The Billie Eilish Taylor Swift Problem, Horrifying Dangling Cable Car Rescue, & Today's News

[@maria44688]

As a teacher, I'll just say that the pay isn't the biggest problem right now. In my experience, the hardest part of teaching is feeling like an emotional punching bag. And I'm not talking about the kids because they're still learning how to behave. The number of adults that I have to deal with who are rude, unpleasant, entitled, or disrespectful is staggering. It's like the worst parts of being a waitress/retail worker except we trained for 4-6 years, paid thousands of dollars, work 50-60 hours a week, don't get paid overtime, and buy our own supplies.

[@Millwrightmike]

Move countries and teach cause everything uve stated isn't true in many countries and 50 60 hours a week isn't much when u get 4 months off a year and have great pensions and are over paid to teach the grades they teach given u spend 50k to do school big deal u don't just learn how to be a teacher when your there switch your job if u learned how to be teacher only it takes under 160hrs here in a country who has higher standards to education and achiev higher grades and higher iqs on average idk if usa is really has a place to win here being so low on the educational totem pole in first world countries

[@jennagoddin2757]

Thank you for being a teacher

[@devynnbelter4970]

Exactly. The US, as a society, doesn’t respect education nor educators. Its sad. It doesn’t bode well for this country’s future. Working in customer service was lovely in comparison-teaching was hardcore, like injecting straight cortisol into the veins. Now I work a tech job and it feels like I’m on vacation 24/7. I don’t feel like I’m about to have a heart attack every 5 seconds, its great.

[@Oddball_E8]

During the pandemic, I was working at a school here in Sweden and one of the rules that *every* staff member LOVED was that parents were no longer allowed on the premises. It took care of SO many issues.

[@kimcruz1305]

In my opinion teachers are the 2nd people to shape a kid to be a good person or bad person in life that's a huge responsibility to our society and yet we tie there hands to what they teach and what they say, we don't pay them enough, we expect them to defend our children in crisis, we don't thank them enough, parent abuse them kids abuse them, make u question why do people even want to be teachers, why do teachers stay as teachers just sound like a abusive thankless job

[@oliviawetzel464]

I am an English Teaching (state certified) graduate yet no schools around me are hiring and are actually bragging about how few teachers they hired while increasing class sizes. It truly is a no-win scenario with the administration higher ups and state school funding. Its not a teacher shortage, its a refusal to put time, support, and money into correcting the current education system.

[@saulv960]

I feel that they make it so difficult to become a credentialed teacher that it deters hopefuls from it. I know plenty of people who were close to getting their credential but the RICA stopped them from attaining it. I'm hearing that it might not be a requirement anymore in 2024 so I'm hoping more people are attracted to the field.

[@skybluebrad2781]

Preach on

[@millythedeer]

@@saulv960 The RICA is for reading competence, I already dealt with teachers throughout all of schooling that could barely read. Improve RICA testing but do not get rid of it. We barely have a functioning education system as it is.

[@christinab5778]

Agreed. The idea that it should be “easy” to become a teacher is part of the problem.

[@RantKid]

Phil never mentions this, if you noticed.

[@lostrebel]

I love how instead of compensating teachers better, funding schools, and adding more support for students and teachers, we've instead turned to policies that will cement teachers into an impoverished class, loosening standards for who can teach, and letting kids suffer the consequences.

[@MrSevvie41]

Just dont have public school anymore, they pretty much promote that its useless anyways, or u can always "go back" (ged). If someone really wants to learn, they'll do it on their own and do it better

[@Pleasekillmysonsdad]

​​@@MrSevvie41most low IQ take I have ever seen. Everyone is less intelligent for having read your words. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.

[@gimmekith]

@@MrSevvie41if we only have private schools how is anyone who isn’t rich/ has enough money supposed to get any sort of education?

[@kaitlynmorgan4613]

@@MrSevvie41 public schools are expensive enough, if everything turned private with the same prices as private schools, then a lot of kids wouldnt be able to go

[@MrSevvie41]

Apparently nether one of u read the full post. If someone wants to LEARN ENOUGH, THEY WILL FIND A WAY, DONT COST MUCH TO GET AN EDACATION THESE DAYS NOW THAT TECHNOLOGY IS A THING LADIES. lol. And as I said before, for public schools, they pretty much promote getting ur GED. Again the point in even having these schools when all the teachers ever do is come up with excuses NOT to do their job. I'm sorry (not) u are not a teacher is all ur gonna do in ur class is make them read out of a book, trace maps and or just make u watch "movies" all day. At lest the private schools have more incentive to be an actual TEACHER, and not ur parent

[@majorlanguid]

I work in IT for a school district, the issue is like half pay and half the emotional abuse for both teachers and support staff. It’s hard to keep your existing staff when they get verbally and physically abused by students and parents, then you can’t find a replacement because you don’t pay enough for someone to want to work for you!

[@FlamingoPulse]

Not to mention being attacked by politicians over dubious moral panics they make up for clout. Most of the moral panic laws are also very vague & target minorities. For example, Brevard County decided to ban anything related to anthropomorphic animals (or what some may call "furries") because of a lie about litter boxes or something. Or even look at the entire state or Florida recently approving straight-up propaganda from a think tank disguised as a "university" & updating middle school curriculum to say "well acktchually slavery has benefits" All of this, along with low pay & a mentally overwhelming environment and these politicians wonder why there is a teacher shortage. Some of them, especially states like Florida & Texas, are making this problem worse

[@cliffhawley1768]

The biggest problem with attracting teachers is that the job requires professional levels of education but pay doesn't match.

[@jillie-rie]

and this is why so many people have education/teaching degrees but refuse to use them cause it’s fiscally pointless when you’re trying to pay off student loans

[@AnnaReed42]

It's also an extremely demanding job with teachers being expected to fulfill many roles (counselor, disciplinarian, cheerleader, curriculum specialist, parent liaison, etc.) and work insanely long hours without being paid a livable salary, let alone overtime. I was a teacher for 3 years before I burned out and left the profession in 2018. Now I'm paid more, I can leave work at work, and I can take time off without suffering for it later. I will never go back.

[@BiggerinRealLife]

Amen.

[@anthonyconnell6575]

And all the child abusers screaming groomer at them currently.

[@devynnbelter4970]

I quit teaching and it was the best career decision I’ve ever made.

[@A.Radwick]

Any time I hear the words "staffing crisis", all I hear is "greedy corporations not willing to hire or train employees".

[@Tustin2121]

Preach!

[@TheBeerPug]

Yeah, just pay teachers and the air traffic controllers more and the problem solves itself

[@naylaw1928]

Or pay them living wages irregardless of the necessity of workers because there's always someone broke enough who just needs the money

[@helensernett9477]

The air traffic controllers and the teachers generally work for the government so in this case it’s big wealthy corporations not willing to pay taxes.

[@sweatygarbage6969]

Well, it's a different since its state and federal governments rather than for-profit corporations, but you are right that the principal problem comes down to greed and mismanagement by top leaders rather than an unwillingness to work by actual workers

[@destinymarie2323]

The teacher shortage is ridiculous. So many people want to be teachers and don’t because they know the pay is shit. This can easily be solved.

[@snowboardingchic]

That was me. I wanted to teach. But there were too many issues and red flags when I graduated. I had one year left for my credentialing.

[@FNLNFNLN]

The teacher shortage is deliberate. Uneducated voters are easier to con.

[@AlexandriaKV]

I’d go back and get my credentials but not for that pay and to have to deal with school shootings.

[@MINDYWAAAA]

that was me too. paid to little for insane amount of work all at once. even though you have summer break, those endless months you ARE working are a nightmare.

[@-Nickname-]

The issue with that is we don't want to pay a lot of money to schools when so many of them fill our children's head with a bunch of political nonsense and do nothing about bullying that leads to shootings.

[@RJ-fm2bd]

This is wild. There is not a "teacher shortage" . There is a "adequately paid teacher shortage". Why would a qualified teacher work grueling and thankless hours for less money than a bar maid. There is one solution that will work and it's the one actively being ignored.

[@RantKid]

And gross that Phil never mentions this

[@lilpenguin092]

I know right, why can't the government just take all the kids to a big boarding school

[@mckenziehershfelt3950]

I8ikkn n hu8l

[@michaellong6892]

For sure. My girlfriend gave up teaching in large part because of the pay. In our area, Target would start you paid more than she would be full time teaching. The only school that gave good pay was the absolute worst school and in the worst neighborhood in the state. It paid really well, but the cost was threats to her life, and kids in 5th grade barely able to write who had parents coming to school trying to fight her. It was insane. Ended up unable to take how many kids were just so screwed because their home lives were so atrocious.

[@MilkshakeGuruTTV]

Phil literally mentioned one of the reasons why they leave is literally pay. and RJ is just playing the semantics game up above. Even if you want to word it as a adequately paid teacher shortage there is still a fucking teacher shortage. He's just focusing on a specific as to why lmao. Yall are ridiculous in some of the shit yall say xD@@RantKid

[@klrl93]

I’m a teacher, and I don’t know if I would encourage anyone to become one. This is a sinking ship, and it’s just getting worse. For some reason, our job has become political. We aren’t indoctrinating your kid. If we could, they’d all be excellent readers and could do basic math. All we want is the best for these kids, and it just feels like we are constantly being shit on when we try. Low pay is also a huge issue. I love teaching, but I don’t want to encourage anyone to become one when it takes a huge toll on your mental and even physical health.

[@Sunflower_Cats]

Learn a diff language and teach abroad. Pay and benefits are better 😢

[@saradoutre9457]

I can’t believe how easy they are pretending teaching is, you’re a custodian, school bus driver? Come teach! WHAT!? Then they are trying to figure out how to create a lesson plan for grade 4 fractions and they CAN’T. How many of these kids are going to slip through the mile wide cracks the are creating?

[@micahgodsey455]

You are criminally underrated. Teachers should be on a similar pedestal as doctors and engineers

[@tiredoldfraggle12]

My mom was a nurse for 40+ years. Every person she met that said they were considering being a nurse, she made a point to sit them them down and explain what the job is really like. Not one person that she spoke with became a nurse. No respect, and vastly underpaid.

[@allynguyen1842]

ln8 o

[@jakefox5310]

I’m a teacher. Taught in Arkansas, now in Vegas. I can tell you how to get more teachers and keep the ones we have. Pay us more, insure us, and better admin support.

[@seanstrizak3654]

The story about laurie absolutely broke my heart. My brain connot comprehend how people can so evil. The purest sense of the word.

[@viceversa7245]

Totally agree. This needs to blow up. People feel so comfortable taking human life and sadly we’re all becoming numb to it with each new tragedy

[@jrose1143]

I’m a teacher and I’ve noticed a lot of my coworkers left due to the rise in apathetic attitudes, post Covid. Teaching is hard to begin with, now having students who have no regard for your safety or emotions does not incentivize people to stay. And the pay does not make the treatment from students any more tolerable.

[@bellojello7865]

For real. I'm a senior in hs. I've watched my counselor get slapped by a junior, countless verbal assaults, and just extremely gross behavior from other students. Our principal left for another position, and in turn, we got a very stuck up replacement. More than 40% of all of the staff from my freshmen year, have left or been fired by the new principal. One of my peers makes more than one of the older teachers with out a degree!

[@JoeAuerbach]

States: woe is us. We have no teachers. If only somebody could tell us why we have no teachers. Everyone: have you tried paying them properly and not treating them like garbage? States: truly, the cause of this crisis is a mystery. We may never know the solution.

[@YellaBellaReno]

Air traffic controllers: ditto.

[@briandesoto7587]

When public schools have shown that most students scores in both readings and writing have dropped for years and even more so during and post pandemic. Will giving them more money make them teach better? Will students be taught to read and do math instead of political ideology?

[@Camazotz-kz9wr]

@@briandesoto7587 Have you considered those scores are dropping because teachers are quitting and not wanting to do their job because of low pay and dealing with harassment from parents and people like you?

[@Nevertoleave]

⁠@@briandesoto7587 okay. Let’s makes it very simple for you. Because funding is tied to how well students do on tests the education boards and government system who determine what is taught have changed the focus from teaching kids how to learn into teaching kids how to throw up answers onto a scantron sheet who cares if they remember it later. They have things like recess, art, music taken away in budget cuts and in the refocusing thinking, “if kids have double math they’ll get even better”. But what happens in kids are burned out. They stop learning because those breaks that their brains need are taken away. They’re given more and more homework so they can’t even have a break after school. You can stop pretending kids are taught “political ideology” aka not your political beliefs, because in the math problem a kid in the drawing is black

[@jodinsan]

@@briandesoto7587 "Certain people exist" is not a political ideology and teaching actual facts is more important than "magic sky daddy says obey."

[@No0bD3sTroYer]

“Mandatory overtime” should be punished by extreme fines and the employees suffering from it being able to punch their CEOs in the throat

[@xxkildarxx]

Sadly we seem to go in the opposite direction. But not surprising considering paying OSHA fines for things that actually risk peoples lives have been cheaper then the cost to fix the cause for decades now. Not to mention they barely have the funding to actually investigate complaints. Can't see giving people more work hours getting any better protection.

[@genericamerican7574]

👊🤥🤛

[@FromTheAshes0762]

It really depends on the job though doesnt it?

[@blackraven8841]

​@@FromTheAshes0762no. The job is the job. Mandatory ot is still very abusive.

[@lordgarth1]

Many people are fine with the overtime. I was. But this isn’t the same and the CEO is the FAA.

[@kjerstinspark-stahl105]

As a teacher heading into my 16th year, it's hard not to look at the HR depts, Admin, and politicians that are so desperate for teachers, reacting to this crisis with Pikachu shocked face as if it's not of their own making.

[@itsabdullahkhalid]

Thanks for talking about the cable car incident here, I'm happy that those civilians who volunteered to help are getting appreciated they are true heroes.

[@LeoP2008]

My sister is a recent college graduate and teacher in Atlanta, GA. And when I tell you she is feeling the heat of the shortage, it's insane. She's a 1st Grade teacher but they have her covering for 2nd Grade *and* occasionally Kindergarten when the long-term Sub can't make it. I STRONGLY value education but I also value my sister's well-being. I hate to admit this but I want her to quit and be valued for what she's worth.

[@starparodier91]

My mom just started teaching 2nd grade (she taught kindergarten and then 1st) because they couldn’t find a new teacher to replace a long-term sub who was there almost all of last year when the previous teacher quit a few weeks in. My mom loves her job and wants to retire after 19 years of teaching, but she feels like she can’t for the sake of the kids.

[@Maverickender]

I was a long term itinerant sub in AZ. The students in my district essentially run the schools. I quit after the students threatened to get me fired and when that didnt work tried to poison me. This was after they got 5 other teachers fired or forced to quit because it was too much of a liability. Underfunding is the least of the problems. I had principles say that they were told to treat parents like customers and thats why students cant face consequences for their behavior. Underfunding and 0 support from administration is killing education. Its only been getting worse.

[@saltyrod8338]

Last year my dad had to teach both 4th and 5th grade its too much

[@AdaireKrickets]

​@@MaverickenderI'madded surprised no one is talking about how aggressive children have gotten as well. I've worked with kids in the school (as a DSP), and teachers are straight up being attacked by students. Nothing to do be done about it, walk it off! We have a generation of angry, violent kids.

[@LeoP2008]

@@AdaireKrickets Oh student aggression MUST be addressed. Yes, the understaffed teachers is huge problem but we also gotta tackle the WHY of it too. Some of these kids simply do not care about who is in charge. When they disrespect a disrespectful teacher, I can understand. But I've been seeing and hearing a huge increase of student violence, both towards each other and staff.. When I was in the school, the worst we had was major string of fights that sent the school home. These days? My youngest sister would routinely tell us of girls bringing knives to school and shootings off campus. One shooting NEXT DOOR to the school. The entire system needs work, in my opinion. From the ground up!!

[@FilledCircle]

I was a teacher for 2 years and left after spring 2020. The school eliminated US history as a subject and suggested that I either learn to teach science or math. Thing is, I was hired to teach English, but they moved me to History as a temporary fix.

[@titheproven954]

I got all the way to student teaching, saw the nutz-o parents and administrative issues and tossed that out the window. I was a dual major and just went to a single. Thing is I loved the kids, teaching, lesson planning....literally everything else is a train wreck on fire and free falling off a cliff.

[@F-aber]

How do they expect teachers to just switch subjects like that. Here in Germany a teacher has to do a bachelor and master on a combination of two subjects (math and English or Sport and History) and then they are allowed to teach those subjects but that's it you couldn't just switch from History to Math if you didn't go to uni for it.

[@Fleato]

@@titheproven954 yeah parents now are people like me who were raised with the internet and some hold quite extreme views of the world and of teaching. i couldn't imagine trying to teach a possibly hot button subject. hell even science, the moment I have to deal with a religious parent telling me evolution isn't real and the earth is only 6000 years old.... ima start laughing at them....

[@Jonny5Fails]

@@F-aber That's where the over 100k "unqualified" comes from. After getting our degree (really, towards the end of getting it), we have to take a Praxis exam and apply for certification in our content area. These "unqualified" teachers are mostly just teachers being hired to teach content areas that aren't included with their certification. They're certified to teach, but not the subjects they're being hired to teach.

[@Camazotz-kz9wr]

@@F-aber That depends on the state. Some states require a masters in what you are teaching, others.... dont.

[@MidnightLillyFae]

I'm a teacher who was cut due to reduced covid funding. We had a reduction in force. So weird to hear these measures in other states. There are so many factors we have to consider with each position. I've had to spend hours of therapy just getting mentally ready to rejoin the profession. Instead of telling teachers, "Bless you, I could never!" Fight for us. Pay attention to how your teachers are treated. We have to put on a happy face for the kids to promote a good environment for the kiddos. I personally give so much to my kiddos when I teach. Just thank them, support, them, and respect your local teachers.

[@CalebWolf]

Yet, the school districts play it off like they're desperate. I mean, yeah. That is what laying-off a majority of your staff would do.

[@mobilegameclips5628]

You had to go to therapy because you lost your job?

[@tobias1438]

@@mobilegameclips5628 Read better.

[@MidnightLillyFae]

@mobilegameclips5628 I had to go to therapy because I wanted to continue teaching. Also I was already in therapy just had to switch focus. It is also valid if I needed to due to not being offered a contract. Teachers are under a lot of stress to make sure their contracts are renewed for the following year. Performance isn't the only way you can lose out. Typically if you have a good score for evaluations you are offered a contract. I did great performance wise, but many of us were cut due to this change in funding.

[@missbekahrose]

Teacher in Australia here... experiencing a teacher shortage over here, too... it's exhausting when the people in power refuse to listen to the people standing at the coalface... I've never been more tired than I am right now... not even during the first year of Covid.

[@elenashortes9563]

As a teacher, it is wild to hear how many things we will try before just paying our educators a fair wage. I teach in one of the most well-off districts in my state and we are still struggling to fill positions.

[@Quagigitymire]

I'm curious about an actual teachers view on the current state of book bannings and racist white washing of issues by the state of Florida. Honestly, how would it make you feel about working for a state that's actively villainizing teachers as they politicize education at every level.

[@Stungray22]

Shitty job no matter the pay

[@elenashortes9563]

@@Quagigitymire I don’t work in Florida but I work in the southeast, so while my state doesn’t have the extent of censorship that Florida is instituting we certainly feel the effect of the laws on a social level. I teach high school English, and the general feelings of myself and my colleagues are that we love this profession, our kids, and our communities, but we cannot work in a place that works against us and the education of our children in every way. If I lived in Florida and couldn’t move I would leave the profession. We all want to stay for everyone and everything we love so much, but we can’t when we are actively censored, structured, and underpaid. I know a teacher who hasn’t had a raise in well over a decade because she reached the step limit on the pay scale. Public school teachers get a set raise every year based on the years they have been in education, but there is a limit to how many steps you can get a raise. After year 25 or so (depending on district, not all are the same) you just don’t get raises anymore. I can’t fathom how she has done it, but she loves her students more than herself.

[@kathleenistalking]

@@Quagigitymirehonestly I try not to think about it since I was lucky enough to grow up in Illinois and go to college and teach in California. It seems like a no-win situation. Your options are 1. Stay there and follow the new rules, which will do a disservice to students and go against my values 2. Stay and break the rules, risking my job and also legal repercussions 3. Move so I can teach in a way that aligns with my values elsewhere, losing the support system I have and feeling like I’m abandoning my students

[@SephoneNorth]

Not only that, but discipline in school that works would be helpful. But theyll do whatever they can to keep us to stay poor. Its so dumb.

[@andreagallegos3120]

Love how they're doing almost everything but fix the issues that made teachers leave in the first place. Very happy to see this as a new parent who would like to have more kids in the future.

[@bammythegreat]

as a cancer patient who smokes daily, thank you for bringing up how important it is to still talk about issues with weed in the fight for legalizing.

[@Zultzify]

you should try edibles if you havent, theyre known to help with pain and discomfort more for some, but results vary depending on the person. best of luck, wishing the best for you

[@daydrip]

ngl u had in the first half xd

[@coynerooski]

Sorry for your battle and I hope you are staying strong! Glad cannabis can help. As a commercial grower, I really do hope the high THC fad fades away. We’re losing amazing genetic traits and flavors of heirloom strains just to get higher off less puffs. It’s like drinking everclear instead of vodka because it’s higher abv. I enjoy the act of smoking cannabis. It’s a cool social thing. But I roll 12% thc joint for people and they get ripped. We’re just giving people panic attacks.

[@dotjs0n]

Something just doesn’t sit right with me when it comes to putting restrictions on the potency… I don’t think we should take away access to something that only SOME people misuse or have issues with. I’ll use punish for lack of a better word, but it’s essentially punishing heavy smokers for having a manageable tolerance while mindlessly slapping a massive band-aid on an issue that can be addressed more directly. An example of a more direct approach could be identifying groups of “abusers” such as teens, and using those god-tier marketing tactics to deter instead of attract. Notice how with the rise of positive marijuana attention in the media, the issue discussed also rises… it’s not just weed becoming more potent, the sentiment behind “getting high” is becoming less potent and more so encouraged. To conclude, nobody is forcing people to smoke 3 oz every day… if they have problems stemming from doing so, that’s their individual problem, not the person who grows weed for legal and responsible consumption.

[@benhoganjr]

can't compare buds to distillate and speak about cannabis going from 1.7% to 90% without speaking honestly. it's like comparing a beer to everclear. it's not the same

[@fireflyfox93]

I really appreciate the 'chapters' in the video. It's so helpful if I need to get to a specific story. I usually watch while doing other things so if I miss part of a story it's so easy to restart that section without trying to rewind to the right place.

[@jotapete]

Teacher from New Mexico here. During COVID we had so much time at home and Fridays off. It was hard teaching online and I would never want to return to that but the job felt more relaxed. Since then the responsibilities have increased ten fold. We're responsible for 100 kids' safety, mental well being, behavior, socialization, and-oh yeah- for actually teaching them. The COVID gap didn't help. Years later, students are still well behind where they should have been. My class sizes have grown and there is just no way I can give students the individual care they need. And on top of this, I'm one of the lucky ones. I teach at a public charter school in a nicer part of town where class sizes are not nearly as big as they are for some of my friends. This is my dream job. I've always wanted to teach. And I still do, but it's getting a little harder every year to remember why I used to be excited about this career. I've always thought that there are few careers as vital to a functioning society as teachers. If we were as well respected and paid as we ought to be the world would be a different (and imo better) place.

[@theocjr.43]

With nephews in APS, thanks for teaching the youth

[@carterhicks7441]

Somebody gets it... Society begins with education, devaluing it only spells disaster.

[@vincentdaniels2596]

I've heard a lot of solutions about getting more teachers in this story. Yet, one of the main things that could be done isn't being done. Pay teachers more. Teachers are obviously worth it, pay them more. No teacher should have to get another job, no teacher should have to worry about not being paid for 3 months during the summer. Pay teachers more, simple as that.

[@AmberWilkins-ft6ti]

agreed. there's plenty of ex-teachers out there who left because they don't get paid enough to put up with everyone's best and worst days

[@vincentcriscitelli8008]

A big part of this is if you want to pay teachers more, then you need to raise taxes. Or alternatively allocating funds locally differently via money from taxes. We are paid usually with an x# of dollars per student. As such if you have 5000 students k-12 you get x(5000)/number of teachers and their budgets.

[@trevyG]

@@vincentcriscitelli8008while theoretically that is correct sadly they have a decent amount of money allocated to the education industry that can very easily raise their wages by a very decent amount but the people managing the allocation are being dumb and people higher up being paid waaay too damn much

[@heatherdontcare]

Exactly. They aren't JUST TEACHING our kids....they are partners in raising them! They are with our kids, in some cases, more than some parents are! Teachers pay should be comparable to medical professionals, IMO. Their jobs are just as, if not more important! What is more important than the education of our future adults and leaders????

[@Moon_x_sun]

Wait teachers dont get paid in the summer in America?!?!

[@LettaLeeJoy]

As someone who comes from a family of teachers and has friends who are teachers, I think it's insane that we will do anything to fill these positions except pay our educators and treat them properly.

[@Rayxster]

The murder of Laura Ann is beyond devastating, but most of all it makes me angry, so very very angry. People DARE to argue that we don't need Pride anymore. Pride isn't a celebration, it's a protest against the blatant hate and discrimination against us by people deeming us less than human.

[@alexroy5854]

100% agree, it's crazy how many people believe and/or pretend that pride doesn't matter seem to be either under a rock or l simply not care about the lives ruined and lost

[@mikekrier1465]

Yea but the word "pride" is a terrible term. Look- you can't simultaneously say "being gay isn't a choice I was born like this" and then say you're "proud" of it. How can can you be "proud" of birth?

[@alexroy5854]

@mikekrier1465 You're proud of who you are, and not hiding just to not upset people who are disgusted by your nerve to live openly

[@heliodorable4612]

@@mikekrier1465 this is the stupidest thing i've ever heard. why not be proud of something you're born with?you can be proud of having naturally curly hair or blue eyes. why not be proud of a piece of your identity that other people seem to hate so much for no reason?

[@BeckieeC]

@@mikekrier1465 And who are you to word police a group/movement that has existed far before you started to give a single shit about it?? Did you even fully read OP's posts before deciding to reply with whatever half-brained logic this is?

[@GraceShanahan]

My brother is a history teacher in California and he’s struggling to get hired. Despite being fully accredited and being loved by his students. Last year he worked at a school in a very wealthy district and he was paid less than he was is a less wealthy district. A lot of district higher ups give themselves bonuses and take away from schools. Or play with budgeting hiding money so they can tell teachers. “Sorry we don’t have the funds” when they absolutely do! A lot of the teacher shortage is due to districts and administrators being the absolute WORST! The old saying of people don’t leave good jobs they leave bad bosses. It’s a lot of playing games and not caring at all about the kids. This country needs to wake the hell up and shape up, before we turn into an even worse hellscape than we are now!

[@erikahennen3952]

I completely agree. My school district currently has two superintendents and yet we're in a budget deficit!

[@IAJ2112]

I’m a teacher, only a few days into the school year, and I am so tired already. The behaviors of the kids are so exhausting, but I don’t blame them, I blame their parents (or lack of parenting). Not only that, but there is SO MUCH expected of us with no time allotment in working hours to get even half of it done. I come home exhausted and still have a ton of work to do. I feel bad for the kids, and I hate that they’re the ones that suffer the most from our burnout.

[@trumpetluver1022]

My husband is an elementary school teacher. The amount of work they expect from you all compared to the pay is just plain stupid. I didn’t realize a music education degree made you qualified to lead Science Night, but apparently I missed something

[@Millwrightmike]

Sounds like u need to micro manage and be grading things in your spare time like when kids have things to do like there work or reading playing outside etc only time u should be taking work home is if they completed big projects that come max once a month. not one of my teachers growing up would get that behind they have so much work to do at home..... and we would ask them and they were honest when they said they were up later than normal grading our stuff etc cuz we wanted our marks 😂

[@IAJ2112]

@@Millwrightmike Lmao. I teach secondary and have over 120+ students. Plus all the additional/alternative content for students with accommodations. Plus team meetings. Plus licensure certifications. You think all we do is grade? You think I can grade and plan and teach and meet separately with 120+ students in 1 planning period? Spoken like someone who doesn’t work in education.

[@devynnbelter4970]

The education system in the US takes advantage of kind people who want to help kids.

[@TheCnih]

​@Millwrightmike you can give kids busy work but that doesn't mean all (or even most) will do it with no classroom management/motivation to do it. All it takes is a few off task to set the tone for the rest of classroom in regards to behavior and using/abusing work/individual practice time. I wish I could mark when they're working but that means then I'm distracted therefore questions don't get answered (kids now off task) and basic classroom management doesn't last when they get unfocused. That's a recipe for disaster.

[@Unsteady.Eddiee]

As a teacher who walked away from the classroom last year i cant say we are over worked not only due to class size and deliverables but in the age of technology we are expected to always be available. 6:30am to 8pm work day is not possible when the job is so mentally demanding

[@laurahoughton5911]

As a huge swiftie, the fans flooding to try and get a glimpse of her makes me so embarrassed and angry for us as a group. She's written and sung about how she feels like shes "too big to hangout" and that she ruins things just by being there - and they did exactly that to her. The audacity to mess with someones wedding because a celebrity you like is there is just insane, and I am sure she feels awful that her fans are overshadowing her friends wedding. Its such gross behaviour and the rest of us swifties need to call it out as gross when we see it.

[@tonichan89]

For sure. I would be *mortified* in her position if I'm sitting there watching the ceremony and all of this is somehow on any level distracting... and it's all because I'm there. I'd feel like everyone in the room was irritated with me having the audacity to sit there, whether or not it was true.

[@psolo768]

What sucks about being a teacher is that many people don’t realize just how much we actually do as teachers. The amount of emotional labor that goes into our job, the emotional manipulation to do more, the amount of unpaid hours that go into it, and the overall scrutiny from outside individuals. My first year I would come in at 6:20am,leave at 4 and STILL do work at home- all unpaid. I burned out so fast because I had no work-life balance and that’s just expected in your first year. I was told by veteran teachers that if you’re crying everyday because of how stressed and how tired you are, that’s normal. That shouldn’t be normal! I love my teaching! I don’t see myself doing anything but working with kids. However, it’s hard and it really does take a special kind of person to do it and do it well. I just worry for students teachers who will be so burnt out before even getting to truly start their career.

[@MsKornkitty]

That cable car story is an actual nightmare. Glad they were rescued.

[@peggedyourdad9560]

Could be made into a movie in a few years after the dust has settled from it. But yes, that sounds actually terrifying and I'm glad that the kids are all alive and relatively well.

[@YellowLemonRedApple]

as a teacher, this is 100% a problem that would go away if they just threw money at it

[@heathermichael3987]

Ya think? Oh look let’s pay people no money and while their dealing with the nations children . Cause all the violence on tv is on the classroom. 🤦‍♀️ And also we will use person we don’t support don’t give any money to as a political pawn and make all the countries problems the teachers and for the teacher to fix 🤦‍♀️

[@blazenfate]

​@@heathermichael3987 you having a stroke? Because I am from reading whatever you think you wrote

[@aestevalis0]

I think it's supposed to be sarcasm? @@blazenfate

[@ripn929707]

For the life of me, I have no idea why anyone would want to be a teacher. Half the kids are heathens, the pay is worse than fast food burger flippers, and the schools don't have enough supplies for you to even do your job right... Oh, and then the parents are even worse than their brat kids. Most schools atleast had the summers off, but that's been going away as well, so there goes one of the very few perks. I'm glad my kids are grown and out of school. Every last bit of it is a nightmare.

[@bakaichigo]

Lol facts... Teachers have one of the most important jobs Re: the future prospects of the country. They've not been paid appropriately is far too long, in addition to so many things going undealt with due to poor finances. :(

[@lybbilabeau5341]

My partner is an air traffic controller and his schedule is INSANE. He has to be 100% on at all times while on the job and it takes a huge toll on his overall energy levels, to the point that his days off become all about “recharging” instead of enjoying the time we have together. It makes running a household or attending family and social events nearly impossible. Their medical requirements are insane - I honestly don’t know how any human being can qualify for it without neglecting to get care. I can only hope that things in the industry do change because it’s incredibly hard on both the ATC workers and their loved ones.

[@automaticallyari]

Yeah there's a reason alcoholism is rampant in the ATC career field.

[@xeapenrose4165]

The story about education hits hard as I just had an interview for a postion today. As an educator who just finished in December, its scary. There were many points where if I didn't have a love for teaching, I would have left this profession because I saw the pay and how teachers were treated. Its really hard.

[@wormitha]

My aunt has been a teacher for over 20 years. For many years now she's had to not only teach but do administrative work without a pay increase. She finally had to step back from teaching and do full time admin work because it was physically and psychologically killing her to work 80 hours a week.

[@YinYangAngel55]

This teaching shortage just reminded me of my English teacher that had a student teacher shadowing her because she was the only qualified teacher she could shadow. When it came time for the teacher to sign her completion form the teacher said no, because she thought that they wouldn't make it as a teacher. She killed her love for teaching right there.

[@rybread5363]

I can’t wrap my head around how there is people who would rather see people die than mind their business and work on their own damn selves. It’s getting tiring and heartbreaking.

[@DepthPerceptionEnjoyer]

Its because theyre very hateful. Gay people dont even affect them lol

[@Enl1gtend]

Damn it's crazy how all these fields with historically low pay and low resources that are highly demanding have such a high turnover rate. If only there was a way to ease the burden of the workers, so they'd be less likely to leave. Some kind of way to make life more reasonable for them. Like paying them more and giving them more resources.

[@Lord_Nikon33]

They are paid extremely well and retire much earlier than regular workers. It's lack of staff for many reasons, one of which being If your 30yo you can't be one.

[@Enl1gtend]

@@Lord_Nikon33 Define extremely well.

[@shaesmith2831]

Its funny that they've come up with every solution under the sun bar paying teachers more

[@emanwhomakesbarrels701]

​@@Lord_Nikon33they're not. New teachers are earning nothing. Their wages have decreased and now inflation is making it worth less. Teachers should of had a 10% raise to keep in line with inflation.

[@Fillyann11]

​@@Lord_Nikon33my dude which teachers are you talking about? I know several teachers who live paycheck to paycheck. ESPECIALLY in smaller more rural districts where this shortage is affecting people the most. I'm currently a student teacher and have gotten several interviews from districts who are desperate to get me as even a long term sub before I graduate from college. Not to mention the emotional strife we go through on an almost daily basis

[@GhostStealth590]

No matter where you go, there is a staffing crisis in 2023. Yet getting hired to these understaffed places is damn near impossible to even get a response back. I've applied to 15 jobs a couple weeks back and still have yet one of them reach out in any form, even just to let me know they received my application. Many places complain about being understaffed, yet do nothing about it for the people that want to work.

[@drivera0502]

Its stories like yours that make me believe that many companies just want to propagate the narrative that no one wants to work

[@sikeaux]

I lost my job in May of last year and vowed to do 50 apps a week to anywhere even remotely close and the first callback I got was in August. It's fucking awful. I was applying to my field plus retail, fast food, anything. I have a BA too.

[@almanac4150]

It's almost like these employers are beggars and choosers. They're begging for people to apply and yet when you do they reject you for no real reason. I can't tell you how many applications I applied to got rejected from just to see them close out that application and repost it.

[@Panama_Red]

Times are tight. I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of these employees don't try to hard to actually hire new staff so that they can hold onto the extra hours for themselves.

[@Panama_Red]

@@sikeaux so you applied to 800+ jobs and only one called back? Cool story, but that math don't check out. Why try to inflate your problems for likes in the youtube comment section?

[@Jaximillion1]

The thing that really shocked me recently, adding to the list of reasons why I am leaving teaching after this year is that my local QT is hiring ASSISTANT managers for up to $60k/year, which is $8k more than I make as a teacher this year, which is a $5k increase from last year… This is such a blow to my morale that an assistant at a gas station can make more than a teacher and receive more benefits, like free gas. I drive 20 miles to work everyday and make less than my students that just graduated and are working assistant managerial positions selling gas and junk food to travelers.

[@Nien10]

I studied for two years to become a primary school teacher, and 1: the amount of students dropping out because of the intense pressure and lack of support was insane. 2: I cannot imagine for a second that 20 hours is enough training, there has to be a middle ground :')

[@lilpenguin092]

Responsible parenting could help but that's becoming less common these days

[@griffint6215]

Here's the thing about the teacher shortage: Teachers are not paid enough. I looked into becoming a teacher back in 2020. I even took and aced the qualifying exam for the alternative path to certification (I work as a web developer now). I was willing to take a pay cut, but when I did the math I realized I would need multiple roommates to afford housing on a teacher's salary. And rent has only gone up since then...

[@jackofminds8338]

As someone who went to a school that had some untrained teachers, it doesn't go well. Most of them just played movies nonstop. One guy reached into a kid's pants claiming "He thought he saw him on his phone and just wanted to get it out of his pocket." And that same creep teacher also tried to fight my elderly grandfather in a Wal Mart parking lot.

[@skurmf3924]

love how the easiest solution to the teacher shortage is the one thing they are continueally not doing which is just paying them more

[@brawlybard7014]

This is the solution to dozens of industries' worker shortages. No one is naive enough to do shit jobs for shit wages and think that thing are going to get better in time. We all know the system is fucked. Fuck them, pay us.

[@idkvwad]

Louder for the back row!

[@joseangeles8382]

EXACTLY! Maybe there wouldn’t be such a shortage if they just actually PAID THEM

[@JamesRoyceDawson]

Pay would only soften the issue. A bigger problem is just the workload and expectations we have put on us. There's just no way to do the level and amount of work expected within a reasonable 40 hour workweek but if you don't stay on the treadmill, you fall behind. We need more teachers, more learning support staff, less paperwork and overall better management on top of pay that should frankly be double where it is now for our level of education

[@BrytniLove]

I asked my 8th grader what she thinks about being a teacher and she laughed. Apparently society these days is very aware how crappy of a job being a teacher is and how low the pay is as well so her and her friends look at being a teacher as the worst future job they could have and I don’t blame them Teachers are more important than almost any other career in our society and yet we give them no recourses, no funding, no respect, no support, and no pay.

[@lilpenguin092]

It's become a daycare system to help children reach 18 where they can then join the military (voluntarily or otherwise)

[@lochnessamonster1912]

​​@@lilpenguin092Or to graduate and start a service sector job. There are 36 million millionaires that have needs to be met in this society, along with the retired. Add daily needs of poor people on top and you can see how we are running an economy where 10% control 90% of the wealth, in perpetuity.

[@Cobalt360Degrees]

That Tennessee session shit is lowkey fucking scary. They've basically removed the entire point of the session and turned it into this purely performative clownery. Like, the steps they've taken to *purposely* avoid the topics the people clearly _want them to address_ is so transparently scummy and cowardly.

[@masthar401]

"The Land of the free", brought to you by the first amendment crowd.

[@luciavaughan9464]

Just want to say thank you, Phil & team, for the responsible, high quality news work y’all do every week. Longtime subscriber, but over the last couple years the show has become my preferred news source since more traditional sources tend to leave me feeling overwhelmed. Love ya.✌️

[@LorcaNomad]

My uncle is a retired air traffic controller. He retired for over 5 years ago now. His sleep schedule is still fucked even today. He's completely unable to just go to sleep at a normal time at night, and is pretty much forced to just let his body tell him when he needs to crash. Something absolutely needs to change in the aviation industry, and seeing reports like this just tell me that everything's going to come to a head very soon if nothing is done.

[@SugaKookie7b]

As an almost teacher my biggest worry is dealing with parents. The pay in my districts is fine-ish but I wonder everyday how in the world I’m going to deal with these parents. 😬😬😬

[@Rachaelx333]

Same!! Went to school to be a teacher but the state of children’s behavior and parental support is just not worth my sanity.

[@lilpenguin092]

Better see about insurance in case the reading material you assign makes a grown up feel offended and they see dollar signs.

[@MAJICB0B]

I originally planned to go into teaching while in High School. Unfortunately, the more I've observed how they were treated by the students and their parents and how little could be done about it on a day to day basis, I decided it wasn't worth it. Seeing just how bad it's gotten since, I'm happy I ultimately decided against it. I have nothing but respect for anyone who's willing to put themselves on those frontlines in an effort to help keep an educated society going.

[@Just_a_commenter]

The story about Laurie just boils my blood. People just trying to exist or show support for queer individuals are targeted with hate and violence for zero reason. The policies pushed by hateful politicians needs to come to an end, either by them learning it's not a strategy that'll provide endless success... or more ideally, young voters getting out to the ballot boxes and voting against hate. I'm not going to encourage violence, but I will encourage in-your-face queer action. Fuck the haters, embrace love instead, and shun those who perpetuate hate.

[@sushiroll3795]

I'm not gonna encourage violence either, but let's just say that if bigots keep pushing us queer people down, I'm pretty sure that we're gonna have another Stonewall on our hands.

[@rileyfuckingrifle]

I think it should give certain people pause... its the bigots who decide who are "queer", they don't stop to ask if they're right in their bigotry. What I'm saying is: being a cishet person won't save you from queerphobia; You're in danger, too, if some bigot decides you "look queer".

[@hardwatermaniac]

Its brutal but it is also her fault for confronting the guy when he was clearly being erratic already... she should of just replaced the flag like all other times instead of mouthing off.. RIP either way but it is why cops say to not get involved with criminals and just call it in and let them deal with it. No need to risk your life being a hero

[@NietD12]

Sis man wtf is that even

[@KayosHybrid]

Make no mistake, they have been killing trans people and gay people for decades. It’s only now that the news considers us human beings worth any acknowledgement instead of freaks and degenerates. Hundreds of trans people have been murdered and then buried under their birth name with zero acknowledgement of who they actually are.

[@Cannonhandman]

I can't believe all these ridiculous plans for getting more teachers when the solution is just: PAY THEM MORE

[@Craftymom1o19]

I work full time at a gas station I make more than my kids’ 2nd grade teacher WITH A MASTERS DEGREE. That is wrong. Emts in my area make less than me with NO benefits. That is also wrong. I agree with you but who’s gonna foot the bill to fix it? I’d pay more in tax’s but I know others scream at even a tenth of a penny increase.

[@RaptorJesus]

@@Craftymom1o19 I mean. The people who have plenty to spare, obviously. Return to the Eisenhower taxrate for the super-wealthy.

[@HardGayMoose]

​​@@Craftymom1o19yeah, we have the money to do it easy peasy, but getting the government to do it right and not misuse funds, how do we fix it... besides you know a revolt

[@Dontstopbelievingman]

@@Craftymom1o19 Teachers have become punching bags in the US, tossed around on the horns of the political right, banned from doing their jobs, disrespected and underpaid. Finally it's coming home to roost. Can't help thinking that most teachers are women, and this tends to happen in all professions where women make up the largest contingent. A general lack of respect for their skills and labour. Let's hope that this crisis brings some attention to the fact that a good educator is worth their weight in gold to our society.

[@danielsterling3499]

school board how much don they do they make just transfer that money to the teachers @@Craftymom1o19

[@Fillyann11]

It's not just paying the teachers more, its FUNDING THE SCHOOLS MORE. I currently teach in a cinderblock oven with no windows, a metal roof, and no AC. Today it was 81 degrees inside my classroom. This is not an environment conducive to learning or teaching. I am not the only teacher dealing with issues like this due to a lack of funding, old buildings, and a lack of support.

[@kelleenbrx6649]

Our school is actively under construction in multiple sections until mid-October (fingers crossed). I'm glad they're working on it- but the building is empty all summer- why didn't more take place then? Random periods are filled with noises of drilling, and they're kicking out classes for a few days at a time to repaint this semester.

[@Fillyann11]

@@kelleenbrx6649 I know admin deals with a lot but I do sometimes wonder what's going on in their minds sometimes.

[@joshg6910]

As a teacher, watching coworkers leave the profession is pretty draining. I was first hired on to the school I’m at now 4 years ago, and I’ve seen several teachers leave each year. Sometimes it’s because they got a job at a different school, but usually it’s because they decided to retire or quit. I’ve watched mentors from my early years go from eager to teach to burned out and bitter in real time, and it’s usually because of feeling disrespected and overworked.

[@djkang9222]

There is no teacher shortage. They just don't pay teachers enough and they have to deal with a lot of bs to the point its not worth being a teacher.

[@Tustin2121]

I mean, there *is* a teacher shortage, *because* of what you said after that. And, let’s be honest, there’s a shortage in a LOT of vital jobs for the exact same reasons.

[@heathermichael3987]

There is a work shortage everywhere and there is a massive teacher shortage because it’s a professional job the is is the 100,000 dollar plus range and the political sphere doesn’t want to pay it. Eventually they will push for private and still take the peoples money instead of providing a service.

[@MelodicQuest]

You're just kinda describing a "chicken and the egg" situation

[@MrChinesenoodle]

its not just the pay. There is honestly just not enough appreciation and respect shown for the profession and people would rather just do anything else than to be shouted at by Karen parents all day no matter the pay

[@stalecracker24]

​@@MrChinesenoodle... its the pay. Six figures goes a long way in making the worst parts of any job tolerable.

[@andrewlevy9858]

As someone that’s smokes concentrate every day, this is a little eye opening! I don’t suffer from any negative symptoms of THC but I will definitely be more aware about people that do. Love you Philly❤

[@Worldwidewrath]

Seriously, get off of that stuff. Alcoholics won’t quit just cause a new study comes out saying your liver will fall out of your ass if you keep drinking. Stop smoking

[@rileyfuckingrifle]

It's long been known that if you are predisposed to certain mental illnesses, that cannabis use can cause those issues to start showing up earlier then they would have without use. I don't think it is at all a stretch to assume that stronger cannabis would also exacerbate that more.

[@Panama_Red]

I've found concentrates to be a better high than flower. Less harsh and easier to moderate the amounts. I bought some 30% joints in Canada and after two/three puffs I was wrecked, compared to the vape I got which I could take little hits and go about my day.

[@06alymay]

@@Panama_RedI’m with y’all, I feel like it all come down the the individual as well. If one does not have negative effects I don’t see the problem

[@jar-jar3806]

I’m so glad it’s finally being talked about. I’ve almost died from cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome. It happened to me as recently as last week. It’s the most horrifying thing I’ve ever experienced and people just laugh when I say I literally can’t smoke

[@marrellhack2]

The teacher shortage is actually crazy. I work as teacher assistant at an ESE (exceptional student education) school and basically everyone has a foot out the door. Anyone who isn't gone already is actively looking for a new job which in most cases has nothing to do with education. ESE is a can be quite a bit more taxing than regular gen Ed schools so it really takes a special kinda person to even stay here, for my 10 years doing this I've noticed that most people either leave after a few months or they stay forever. There's rarely any in-between. So the fact that so many people who like me have 10+ years at this same school are eagerly trying to make an exit from education altogether should Illustrate how fucked the situation is. The 3 big reasons At least where I'm at come down to the lack of pay(doubly so for support staff like myself), the lack of support from administrators, and the lack of incentives to stay long term. Lack of pay: we don't get paid enough for our job. Like point blank. The raw unfortunate truth is that our job specifically in ESE can be physically, emotionally, and mentally taxing in various ways up to and including trips to the hospital if any given situation gets bad enough. The risk for most isn't worth the 15$ we (support staff) get that for most barely covers bills. Literally every support staff member and even most teachers have extra jobs. Its practically a requirement. Lack of support from admins: our admins treat us like we're expendable. At our school the admins are on some. Crazy iron first power trip. They refuse to take any suggestions that might make things run more smoothly And Since this current school year started we've had our AP slap us multiple times with "if you don't like it leave" as if we don't have 5 vacant instructional positions and a whopping 14 support positions open. ( our school has like 300 students total so this it may not seem like much but it's very bad considering the amount of support our students need) and guess she's getting her wish cuz people are tap dancing out the doors. Lack of incentives. This one is especially for support staff. Your years in the system do little more than secure you a good bus route to ride with the students. Every one who isn't a team leader gets paid the same across the board no matter how long you've been around and any raises have to be fought for tooth and nail. In this one I can't speak much for the actual teachers but from the ones I've worked with they're getting higher salaries for moving out of state so many are considering that. For all these creative solutions these states and school boards coming up with they're desperately avoiding the solution of pay us more. It won't solve everything it it'd AT LEAST cause schools to stop bleeding staff. I had a coworker switch to working at an ice-cream shop with no benefits just cuz they started her out at 18$. Thanks for coming to my rant our my job that I used to love but now want out.

[@InaZeaAnaZazi]

honestly, I really feel for Taylor on this one, despite not being her biggest fan. Like, I had irrational fears about runing my brother's wedding by being my introverted self and I remember sitting in the bathroom at work crying because of that. And I was just a weepy 25-year-old, not someone who has to worry about riots and security and shit. Fucking hell, people suuuck.

[@RIskSO]

Quebec is having the same teacher shortage and the minister of education is dealing with it just as bad as the US is. He recently said that all students need is an adult in the class room and that's it. He also said if those adults aren't very good at teaching they can be put in the kindergarten classes cause they just play and sleep all day. Earlier in the year when asked why his salary (and all elected officials' salaries) was raised while teacher salary couldn't, he said you couldn't possibly compare teaching to being an elected official. And he wonders why teachers are fed up.

[@rileyfuckingrifle]

I mean he's right: teachers actually do something worthwhile, whereas officials just keep getting paid more for nothing. 😅

[@BlitzerXYZ]

Ditto from Ontario. Just fed up with the government blaming teachers for everything. Like they haven't kept with inflation ever. We need to give teachers a massive raise and give cops a massive cut.

[@ribottostudio]

you know this is oddly comforting. Considering how many Canadians and Europeans tend to just RAG on America it's kind of cathartic in a weird way to see that yeah it's not sunshine and roses in your country either. I don't know why people do it honestly. It's easy to make fun of my country sure, but it's also easy to make fun of yours. We just don't bother cause...well we just don't know enough about them to do so lol. Except for Germany lol.

[@peggedyourdad9560]

@@ribottostudio Well, I think it's because a lot of the problems that those other countries are experiencing are mainly because the US still kinda sets the standard for other Western nations, this includes government policy. Whatever US politicians are doing, politicians in other Western nations try copying. This isn't the only reason why other Western nations are experiencing many of the same issues we in the US are dealing with, but it is a significant one.

[@Nevertoleave]

@@peggedyourdad9560 yeah. Our shitty people are learning from the US’ shitty people. Like, literally. In the 2019 Canadian election it was accidentally leaked from a forced birther group that they went to the US to learn how groups down there fund republicans likely to win so the politician will back the laws they want. And they tried to do the same in Canada. Only we have no idea which conservatives were being funding by the group because that they didn’t accidentally email out

[@dudere]

As a teacher I can say tapping bus drivers and custodians to fill teacher roles is an insane thing to go for. There is such a lack of custodians and drivers in my district that buss routs are hours long. We don't have enough custodians either but the fix for that is simple. Admin just tells us to stay overtime and clean.

[@willtheprodigy3819]

At our school, some bus drivers have to do two morning routes just to pick everyone up. Some kids are on the bus for 2-3 hours, sometimes more.

[@GorgieClarissa]

honestly there is no reason kids can't clean up after themselves. i worked overseas and the kids did all the cleaning of the classroom. it taught them to take pride in their school and classroom and also responsibility for the messes they make. the school had one custodian for repairs, but the kids swept, emptied garbage, restocked toilet paper. everything. to ask a teacher to do this is insane. teachers are already overworked... but this is a great opportunity for kids to get a little bit more hands on with their classroom other than homework!

[@Satou_Rin]

Laurie’s story crushed my soul. As a member of the LGBTQ+ community, I’m so thankful for our allies, especially those who try to openly show support for us whenever they can. A lot of people, even the relatively accepting ones, don’t feel the need to speak up or talk about us, probably because they don’t understand how much it means to us. In a world where your identity is something people normally don’t expect to come across, it can be scary trying to figure out who’s accepting and who’s not. Seeing something as small as a pride flag (progressive pride flag especially) in front of a business tells me “you’re welcome here, and you don’t need to hide who you are.” It means everything. I don’t want these violent altercations to happen anymore. I don’t want people getting hurt for being themselves, and I don’t want people getting hurt for defending others who just want to be themselves. I wish we could live in a world where we didn’t have to worry like this. Stay safe, y’all. 💛🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

[@savannahswan810]

My fiancé is a teacher at a title one school. They have so many teaching openings that talks of shutting down one or two of the three middle schools in the district is underway, being more concrete and definitive in about 5 years. Just today, a deeply sought after STEAM class has now be dissolved and students moved around because they could not get someone to fill the position. It’s wild.

[@angela_eric]

The core problem with the teaching shortage is the high mental strain it takes on you while paying you barely enough to get by, and still expect the teachers to pay for things in the classroom the school refuses to pay for. My mom was a teacher while I went through school, and I saw how she eventually was forced out because she just didn't want to deal with the students anymore. She didn't even work in a violent area where school districts have to worry about gangs and things. Then there is a social problem where parents are using school as like a daycare for their kids. They expect the school to punish and teach their kids how to act in society, and then let their kids do whatever they want at home. Parents can be just as guilty for a lot of problems as the school system itself is. We need to come together as a society and decide what we want from our classrooms; do we want a place for learning, or a daycare to hold our kids while the parents work?

[@AngelSaintCloud]

It's really sad people need help and to be set straight.

[@spectral__]

The teacher issue is one of few problems where throwing money at it would in fact fix it.

[@thirdpedalnirvana]

I have never known a bus driver or a school janitor who wanted to be a teacher. They know that emptying trash bins is a cushy job compared to teaching.

[@xsanguine8]

I'm not saying I worked either job, but I remember once while job hunting that teachers had fewer education requirements, like Landscaping and Janitorial needed a couple degrees around Bachelors level at least, but only Associates for the teaching gig I saw at the same school. Probably how they justify the lower pay.

[@frostfang1]

Yea my mom started subbing wayyy back when I was in middleschool. Only did it a few times, not a teacher, just someone who was verified and was just there to make sure kids didn't kill each other. She went into being a cafeteria worker for like twenty years, way less time than teachers have, no homework outside of school hours, all the benefits of working for the government, none of the downsides of dealing with shitty parents or kids. Just make the food provided, serve the food provided. Most of my bus drivers barely tolerated us. Some were protective of the younger kids (like when I was in highschool and there was only a handful of children on that bus) but they barely interacted with us unless it was like Halloween candy or Christmas candy they bought themselves, or to tell us to get in line. We also had maybe one well known janitor (their kid went to the school when I was a kid as well) and we had difficulty having coaches on hand, especially for girl sports, when coaches kid (usually daughter) wasn't in said sport or at least in the school.

[@Reapnslice]

My favorite part of the teacher thing is that, out of ALL the solutions they put forward, exactly 0% is "listen to the teachers and give them what they need/make the job more enticing". It's always "let's see how fast and cheap we can replace you".

[@CriticalComplainer]

I worked as a teacher for a while. It was very rewarding to work with a lot of the students. I still loathed every single day, because for every great day, there were 2 horrendously terrible and exhausting days. Plus, I made barely more than minimum wage.

[@Adrift_]

The education crisis has been coming for a long time. Education means more people realize how bad the world is and republicans want the exact opposite which is why they are getting rid of libraries or making teachers lives even worse

[@ribottostudio]

won't stop a thing thanks to the internet. This WORKED back in the olden days like Medieval Times, or times of the great plague or even as recent as the American Revolutionary War. Information was slow moving, easier to suppress. But in this day and age nothing stays hidden forever. You'd think politicians would have learned this after Chernobyl. The Russians tried hiding THAT, countries have tried to hide war crimes, but the truth always comes out. People need to start asking themselves, not what is the cost of the truth, but what is the cost of lies?

[@Annie_Annie__]

Exactly this. It’s also why certain Republicans are so rabidly trying to get rid of books in the classroom. They don’t want students being able to identify with or feel empathy for people that are different from them. They don’t want them to know that there’s a wider world out there. They want to keep their world small.

[@rosenrot234]

I still see so many folks saying "no one wants to kill you. quit being dramatic" when it comes to the rise of lgbt hatred. Its draining.

[@spootot]

Some even claim we have it better than they do. But I'd bet not one of them would trade places with me.

[@rileyfuckingrifle]

Call them fash to their face. We've let bigotry grow too long in this country. Time to make the bigots afraid again.

[@sereously]

just leave children alone it's really that simple.

[@regalvas]

@@sereously Because having a flag in front of YOUR store was worth getting shot and killed, surely that was damning all kids who saw it enough.

[@konradcurze8176]

@@regalvaswe need to send him back where he came from

[@MuddySteelArt]

Thank you for talking about THC. As someone who worked in the industry for years, this has been a genuine concern of mine. So many stories today hit close to home. Thanks again to you n' your team for all the work y'all do.

[@Gigachadent]

It's all misinformation, look at the facts.

[@hectorescobar3945]

Also work in the industry and his coverage of it was bad he talked it up like it was bad for you and had hella negative points when most those points are 1970 sudo science and has been disproven your still in the industry expand your mind and stop clinging to old fears it’s a new day and a new pair of glasses

[@AgentMarcx]

Honestly, there was a brief time in my life where I considered becoming a teacher and it was the low pay and poor treatment of teachers that pushed me away from pursuing it.

[@snowboardingchic]

Me too. I had one year left and I would have been a full-fledged teacher. But I saw so many things that I didn't like, especially the pay so I never finished and did something else.

[@elizabethr.9359]

You made the right choice tbh, the expectation and workload is only increasing while the pay barely does

[@cajunoutofwater4806]

@@elizabethr.9359 Oh, the workload is absolutely insane right now. More and more of our time in my district is being taken up by mandatory tutoring (for which we are NOT compensated), meetings, and professional development. This means we're taking more work home than ever before. There's just not enough time in the day to finished even a fraction of the work we're required to do right now. My cardiologist told me I needed to reduce my stress before my heart gave out on me, and I laughed in her face and reminded her of what I do for a living.

[@Anthonipa]

Glad that Phil is more comfortable and happy making longer and more consistent shows

[@kietus]

For the teacher problem: Man, this country is like my kid when I tell her to clean her room. They'll do everything but the simplest solution. These states just need pay them way more than what is currently paid so that it becomes competitive. It will drive so many people to start looking for that as a career.

[@AVA4242]

My grandfather was an air traffic controller and it's such a stressful job already, I can't imagine how it is when they're stretched thin right now. It's really sad.

[@jennifermc1221]

As far as the education crisis is concerned I'm not surprised. I was working on my masters in education just as the pandemic hit. They threw me into a school and I feel like I was set up to fail. I had never been so stressed out, worried, underqualified and unappreciated. It ultimately made me quit.

[@JuniperJadePR]

Fellow newbie teacher here; felt the same way since they were expecting us to "just make things work" somehow. I really hope you're doing better now or at least are on the path of healing from your experiences.

[@MLGeorge]

Its intentional, republicans will block every attempt at changing it because they DONT want kids going to schools, they need dumb and radicalized children.

[@GutsyTen42]

That plane story was lovely to listen to at the airport. Edit: I lived bitch

[@memegazer]

Surprised people think it is new...this shit has been happening for years...they even made a movie about it called pushing tin years back...its not new

[@titheproven954]

Like a lot of things that are problems currently, it is Regan's fault.

[@Nevertoleave]

Lol that’s some timing

[@Tustin2121]

@@titheproven954- Very much this. He was the tipping point for the US and it’s insane that his presidency is STILL being felt 40+ years later…

[@GutsyTen42]

@@titheproven954 to be fair, we can't forget Nixon either

[@thevegabus]

Thank you for highlighting the tragic and disgusting anti-LGBT attacks. Absolutely horrifying and sad that such hate and violence still plague the nation

[@tweakfreq1982]

Nothing said would equal an actual point of perspective that would convey anything from outside that echo chamber.

[@3MolesInATrenchCoat]

Very tired of these horrific murders being afterthoughts in news coverage. These people were taken from their families in the most violent and cruel ways imaginable but other stories get ten times the coverage. Even when it does get covered it feels like it's just mentioned and moved on from. No further details.

[@saintkitten9984]

​@@3MolesInATrenchCoatWhile I get what you mean, to me it's more like there's not much else to be said that wouldn't end up exposing the family in a vulnerable state Or hitting the same keys as always with nothing new to be discussed There are so many different news across the globe daily that need addressing and people like Phil try their best

[@davidtee5367]

godless conservatives can only think in violence. they have truly forsaken jesus

[@jesusbarrera6916]

@@3MolesInATrenchCoat a lot of them are not really hate crimes, but just homicides or disputes that lead to dead so the stories go nowhere because there is nothing more to write about until the perpetrator is captured and a verdict is reached

[@liamer88]

I do need to mention that I went to the hospital a few years back and they tried to dump Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Disorder on me because I regularly imbibe responsibly and happened to be high that day. Wanna know what it actually was? An Ulcer in my stomach. Yknow, an actual physical ailment they ignored in favour of just writing me off. There's good way to handle a crisis, but not even actually doing anything when someone is in pain because you think their habits are hurting them without good cause for that explanation. Everyone involved in this crisis needs to take it seriously, INCLUDING the medical personnel who wanna dump labels on people and leave them to suffer on their own.

[@badadandotcom6191]

Yes. Too quick to assume. I have CHS and was happy that it wasn't more serious

[@gregorymyres]

I was on that American Airlines flight. Last minute pull up and then we were stuck in the air for 30min waiting for the runway to be cleared. Shit was terrifying

[@hannahsage8707]

Yessss thank you! I’m a huge Swiftie and have been since Taylor started making music but I would never swarm someone else’s event just to get a 2 second glimpse of her! It’s so rude and making all us Swiftie look bad but 99% of us know how terrible it really is and how uncomfortable it makes Taylor

[@RantKid]

Glad you focused on the most important story...

[@hannahsage8707]

@@RantKid I commented that after I watched the first little bit and since Phil always says “if this story is relevant to you, let me know your thoughts” I’m not gonna include stuff from each topic in one comment anyway 🤷🏼‍♀️🫶🏼

[@Drghost1235]

​@@RantKidWhy don't you just chill?

[@PhreshNicky]

As a teacher the only way to get people to stay is to support them. Students get away with everything. There is no follow through with discipline and good students and teachers suffer due to the push to keep psychos in the classroom. We really need more schools for emotional stunted children.

[@Cilantro4875]

Some fellow teachers that I have kept up with recently said that newer generation of kids are off the chain. In their words “pure demons that won’t listen.” It’s almost as if these kids, like you said are getting away with the absolute worst of incidents. We have had subs be “temporary” while the school looks for replacements for teachers who quit. I don’t think I would even want to work w a bunch of crazy kids/teens, shouts out to all those teachers who endure w this.

[@heathermichael3987]

Remember the teacher that got shot in the face and no support. 🤷‍♀️ People don’t want to work in that environment.

[@blazenfate]

Emotionally stunted children??? Talk about a complete lack of understanding anything but spewing buzz words to get likes. Kids, especially thus generation, lack discipline, consequences and parenting. Not everything can be chalked up as a mental problem and excused away.

[@tearainey1]

@@blazenfate While you're right in that dubbing kids as 'emotionally stunted' isn't addressing the larger issue, we can't ignore the fact that many schools keep children with severe developmental and behavioral issues in the classrooms to the detriment of the teachers and students. I don't know why they do this, but it's led to many attacks and problems. The idea of having a special school for students who suffer from those afflictions isn't a bad idea. And for the rest it's a very complicated issue. Why do they have behavioral problems? Some could be due to abuse, some could be due to lack of present parents, and then there's lack of discipline. It's a multifaceted problem that can't easily be solved. However providing teachers a supportive environment to do their job and paying them a good wage is a great start I'd think.

[@kyoyameganebereznoff]

@@tearainey1Unfortunately, the history of those special schools is bleak and filled with a ton of child abuse.

[@192tyler]

Also with the way kids be acting lately, I don’t blame people for not wanting to be teachers. SO MANY kids think they can do whatever they want. And teachers can’t do shit about it. I couldn’t imagine the feeling lol

[@liamroarke7991]

Ngl but T-Swift fans acting like they're her ACTUAL FRIENDS because they saw her at a concert ONCE is the most cringe take.

[@lexirey430]

As an “OG Swiftie,” all of my social medias are filled with people who have also been fans for years. And everyone I’ve seen talking about it have been absolutely appalled. Especially because Taylor has been so open in interviews and HER MUSIC (which you’d think they’d listen to..?) about how negatively that aspect of fame has impacted her, it’s so strange to see self-identified Swifties who just… don’t care. Watching her blow up to such an extreme these past couple years has been soooo crazy. These new fans are a different kind of unhinged 😭😭🤚

[@sashagemini7623]

@oceanlemonyt This. SO many of the more diehard fans have called this behavior OUT. So many of these people are just obessed with the clout of seeing a supermega famous person.

[@thatbeaatcch9884]

And the worst part is that the swifties won’t call this shit out because “oh well I don’t do it, and it’s not swifties, it’s the people.” But what other artist does this? Literally none, they don’t tell people they’re gonna be somewhere on purpose but Taylor loves the fucking attention. It’s so weird

[@jellytwins1018]

@@thatbeaatcch9884 lol do you think she announced it? someone saw her entering a venue and her location got leaked on all her fan accounts.

[@lexirey430]

@@thatbeaatcch9884 oh dude… you have NOT read the comment sections on those videos. I promise you the people are getting called out. It’s a war zone

[@rrrubiks]

I've had CHS a few times and it's awful. I was in unbearable pain for 1-2 weeks and couldn't keep down any food or water. I hadn't eaten any food in about a week and could barely keep any water down. It's the worst I've felt in my whole life and I'm glad you're talking about it Phil, it's something I wish no one would ever have to go through. I had no idea until I got it.

[@thatbeaatcch9884]

It’s only because kids are using this shit! WHY ARE KIDS GETTING ACCESS TO THIS?!

[@quwokka-e5l]

It makes actually 100% sense to hire unqualified personal as teachers. They pay so little, it makes no sense for someone with a M.ed. to teach.

[@ithinkibrokeit9327]

Makes sense to everyone but the kids trying to learn from somebody with the intelligence of a goldfish

[@IndridCold00]

Your perspective on marijuana is really refreshing. I'm also an advocate for legalization. But for about five years of my life, I was hopelessly addicted to it. It was so hard to get off it. The fact that it's illegal in so many places, unjustly, makes people vie hard for its positive qualities. We forget to almost ever discuss its potential risks

[@KomoliRihyoh]

People keep telling me "The fight for Gay Rights is over" because we can get married now. Then stuff like this happens and reminds me we still have a long way to go.

[@moni_monaka]

I’m from Tennessee (don’t live there anymore) and every time I’ve seen anything about TN on the news, it’s been horrible and disheartening. It’s really frustrating to see lawmakers continuously trying to suppress voices, censor history, and ‘reform’ education to where kids basically learn nothing. I thought it was bad when I was in school and we had abstinence-only sex-ed, but this is getting ridiculously out of hand.

[@AsheAbhorrent]

As a teacher, the burnout is definitely real. We are overworked, underpaid, and our hands are tied with our student's education needs. People talk a lot, but the U.S. as a whole really doesn't respect educators and we are frequently beat uo on in by adminitration and parents. We suffer and the kids do too.

[@Bandgazebo]

I'm a parent of kids that attend a Dual Language Immersion public elementary school. It's a regular public school, but some of the classes have the option of doing immersion language learning (our school is Chinese). My kids have two teachers each - they swap classes halfway through the day - one half is in chinese, one half is in english. Not only is this really appealing to a lot of families because our kids are learning a second language easily, but also it really helps our district because they are able to recruit and hire qualified teachers from other countries on work visas. All the Chinese teachers are from China on work visas, are excited that they get to be here, and are super qualified - often with masters degrees. It's been awesome.

[@Bubblegum6969]

Phil I’m day one sober from weed today (for the thousandth time) and every single one of those points was me, all 11. It’s so hard because no one thinks it’s possible to get addicted to it but it’s so so real. Currently vomiting and shakes and chills come in waves. You 100% can become addicted I know first hand

[@L3onking]

You can get addicted to anything. It’s very easy to fall into a trap of numbing ourselves.

[@valzahnzahn]

I hope you feel better soon ❤

[@thomasjohnson3544]

This, 100% this. I'm currently at 34 days sober for the first time in over 10 years. I am absolutely an addict. Quitting was the hardest thing I've ever done. Just so you know it gets so much easier after the first 2 weeks. For me on day 14 or 15 it was like a fog lifted off me, but before that I could have cracked any day, I'm just lucky I didn't.

[@meeples7599]

Stick with it! It’s worth it. I was a daily smoker for years but was noticing I felt better sober after taking my first hit of the day after work, but it was such a part of my social life that I kept putting off quitting. Then I got so uncomfortably stoned at a bday celebration that it was enough to wake me up to the fact that this habit wasn’t serving me anymore. I had mood swings and trouble staying asleep for probably six months or so, but my social life was fine and I didn’t miss getting high. I also had to learn how to deal with my feelings instead of being numb all the time. Now when I try even a little bit of THC, it makes me crazy paranoid, so I don’t. I look back at how much money I wasted on it over the years and wish I’d stopped sooner.

[@localmenace3043]

That first story is just so horrifying. I hope those kids are alright, emotionally and mentally after that. Especially the one with the heart condition - that could’ve gone so wrong 😔

[@frostfang1]

That cable car story is the real reason why I and a lot of people are so afraid of elevators and cable cars and ski lifts. It's not even quite the height and fall we are afraid of, though there's plenty to fear there. The fear is being trapped in there not knowing your fate for hours and hours on end.

[@alienboy1322]

I'm just glad everyone in that cart came out safe.

[@IngPeace]

2 hours - 4 min seems a lil too good to be true💀

[@ashkebora7262]

Well, that's mostly short-sightedness on your part: Everyone dies some day. Mortality indeed does suck.

[@AncientBullfrog]

Former paraeducator out of CA here. I was never a teacher, however, I did work with many over the years. The biggest detractors for teacher job satisfaction seemed to be: lack of Admin support, Lack of adequate pay, and abuse from parents. It simply does not make sense to go into (sometimes massive) student debt for a job that has those problems.

[@ArabellaTurner]

It’s genuinely scary how much more vocal and violent the anti-lgbtq people feel comfortable being as of late. It feels like we’re moving so far backwards and so many people are going to suffer or even die from it.

[@maninanikittycat4238]

I wonder whats causing them to get more and more vocak

[@alienboy1322]

@@maninanikittycat4238 I blame Trump and the rise of far right conservative wankers.

[@nickys5578]

And they've become much more vocal over the last couple of weeks not just anti LGBTQ but anti-abortion people and anti-women's rights people have been popping up in forums all across the internet any comments on videos all across the internet lately. Like I mean an area's where they weren't previously people are openly being intelligent like blaming women for them not being able to get laid every night kind of thing. It doesn't matter whether it's 4 Chan Reddit or any kind of forum it doesn't matter whether it's KZbin or TikTok I don't know what's going on I feel like there's a ton of bots being bought or that there's like coordinated efforts to be online during certain high time periods and just comment stuff to make people feel likeOr sperthers and anti LGBTQ people are more common than they are. Keep in mind these are the same kind of people that literally have been arrested and shut down for making organized plans to on specific dates attack gay bars across the nation eat whether or not they were successful even sexually assaulting women in order to increase white births and other weird c***. These kind of people are f****** delusional because they want to control someone else's life to such an obscene manner. Specifically around LGBTQI am seeing all over the internet that miss information of they need to quit forcing it on kids they need to quit allowing kids to have surgeries for sex change and all that kind of stuff and like dogging on hormones which I always bring up you know insulin's a f****** hormone to it p***** me off these people don't know a d*** thing about war mountain only think about sexual dimorphosis And it's pathetic and terrifying

[@Nevertoleave]

Yeah. I think more of us allies need to stand up publicly for lgbtia+ people. Remind bigots that they do not speak for us

[@kgal1298]

@@maninanikittycat4238 I think it's online communities. The rise of people calling them pedo's and such doesn't help at all. That's what they did in the 80's and before even though it was never backed up with fact. I blame representatives and other online channels that push these narratives then they claim that it's "freedom of speech" it may be, but it leads to this crap and they won't take responsibility for it.

[@keelahrose]

When I first found out about the air traffic controller shortage, I looked into becoming one. However, I'm too old to begin. If they want more people to become ATCs, they need to change that rule and let anyone who wants to begin the training. If you pass the training process, you should be able to take the job, regardless of your age.

[@lucylongobardi]

I just looked it up and you have to be under 30! That’s crazy. I thought we were trying to avoid ageism

[@Shadag]

The age requirement is not the problem.

[@someoneidk308]

Frankly the issue is that you have to be under 30 and have no history of psychiatric illness. Meanwhile things like depression and ADHD are much more commonly diagnosed nowadays because seeking help is largely destigmatized.

[@keelahrose]

@@Shadag I say it IS a problem. They've been having trouble recruiting people for decades and the problem keeps getting worse. They're obviously failing at convincing young people to take these jobs, so unless they want the entire industry to crumble, they need to revise their recruitment policies.

[@vagrigoras]

This is beyond true man. I felt immensely different smoking herb vs edibles. That’s probably an obvious statement but the idea that you will get so high smoking weed that you won’t physically be able to smoke more is such a blessing. Such a safety net. Edibles on the other hand are so much more effective at getting you stoned, but that’s not necessarily a good thing and that should give you some caution before you decide to take more. I can’t say what’s good for one person or another but from my personal experience, life is a lot better off of it. Just having your mind not clouded, not having to wonder if you’re thinking a certain way because you’re coming off a high or that’s your actual thought is such a relief. Understanding how weed effects your mind, understanding how you think off of it, how you are on it, and how you cope with and without it is so important. Be safe y’all

[@Agforever12]

My sister was a student teacher at a school in the middle of nowhere in the remedial class and she hated it so much she didn’t become a teacher. The class she had the school had already given up on and some of the kids where really badly behaved which made it harder for her.