I was talking to a friend of mine a while back who was interning with a state legislator. We got on the topic of bake sales for schools and my friend just about flipped his lid.

He went on a good 5 minute rant about how school budgets take these "bake sales" into account, with goals and measures. So in essence, bake sales allow for states to lower the amount of money they would normally get. (Let's ignore the fact that schools in affluent districts often have the time and resources to even have bake sales.)

No one wants to pay for schools. Schools don't win elections. Public safety does. You can still win an election if you don't fund a school but you won't win an election if you're "soft on crime".

Our entire system is fucked up.

The Onion has been in rare form recently

I knew a bunch of people that were teachers, but left for tech jobs because the pay was twice as high and the work half as much. This is bad for society.

Quality education for children pays tremendous dividends for the future. Having another "we're AI on the blockchain" startup does not.

All this venture capitalism bullshit needs to go. Minimum wage needs to be way higher, and universal basic income would help, too.

Can't even make fun of the American education system anymore, cause there is no such system left.

genuinely at what point do teachers just give up? it's not like they're able/allowed to teach kids important things in the US anymore anyways

fuck it, go out with a bang, teach the kids the horrors of capitalism and outright tell them to be socialists, then move to another state

Once they establish that rule ... they'll start working towards a system where they will require teachers to provide a salary as well as pay the school to do the job.

/s /sarcasm /iknowthisissarcasm /pleaseletthisbesarcasm

That’s what it feels like in Japan, too.

Welcome to university Mam. Bring your own salary, bring the salary of admin and caretakers, and if you are really good bring enough money that you don't have to teach.