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NEWS Study reveals how much teachers spend each year on school supplies
NY Post ^ | May 15, 2018 | Associated Press

Posted on 05/15/2018 8:58:34 AM PDT by EinNYC

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To: 1Old Pro

Word got out and welders were never in short supply on our ship. Used to bet the CO I could get something fixed over the weekend - only caveat was he had to provide cover fire and he couldn’t ask any questions. Everybody was happy.


61 posted on 05/15/2018 4:07:10 PM PDT by GreyHoundSailor
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To: Trump.Deplorable
I spent more then that on a new suit.

That is actually a great point.

An admin assistant (secretary) could spend that in a year on pantyhose.

62 posted on 05/15/2018 4:39:57 PM PDT by riri
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To: dragnet2
Why should corrupt unionized teachers be any different?

Because some bizarre new cult of teacher worship has developed.

63 posted on 05/15/2018 4:41:08 PM PDT by riri
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To: dragnet2
Well I don't live in a union state so I don't have any first hand experience with unions. I know they are generally liberal bastions and in many places you have to be a member of one to get a job, something that I would abhor. I doubt that every member supports everything the union does.

Instead of just lambasting everyone in the profession, we should try to recruit more conservatives to become teachers instead of driving them away. That way the kids wouldn't be brain washed with liberalism.

You never answered the question of whether you watch professional athletes who play in tax payer subsidized playpens....

64 posted on 05/15/2018 9:09:12 PM PDT by Smittie (Just like an alien I'm a stranger in a strange land)
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To: Smittie

Not a sports geek. See the tagline.


65 posted on 05/15/2018 11:09:01 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Smittie

Here in NJ our teachers are among the highest paid in the country - and our students are ignorant and uneducated. I guess the droves of taxpayers and employers fleeing this legalized theft by teachers’ unions are all wrong...

In which school district do you collect your pay?


66 posted on 05/16/2018 3:00:45 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: Smittie

How many people do you know that pull in $50K-$82K working 180 six and a half hour days?


67 posted on 05/16/2018 3:02:53 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: kearnyirish2

I live in Texas, we don’t have unions.


68 posted on 05/16/2018 3:17:52 AM PDT by Smittie (Just like an alien I'm a stranger in a strange land)
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To: Smittie

Do you work 180 6.5 hour days?


69 posted on 05/16/2018 3:20:26 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: kearnyirish2
How many people do you know that pull in $50K-$82K working 180 six and a half hour days?

Around here, a teacher is on campus nine hours plus whatever time is spent preparing for the next day at home. The contract year is around 200 days plus continuing education hours and any necessary workshops or conferences during the summer.

My plumber pulled in $1000.00 for four hours work. There are plenty of jobs that pay better than teaching.

70 posted on 05/16/2018 4:45:47 AM PDT by Smittie (Just like an alien I'm a stranger in a strange land)
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To: riri
Because some bizarre new cult of teacher worship has developed.

Aided and abetted by the corrupt union loving liberal media. The fact is that public schools are a colossal failure and teachers keep their mouths shut because of the union provided gravy train especially around DB retirement plan. It's become the third rail of politics, I'm not sure Betsy is up to the job as the system needs to be blown up.

71 posted on 05/16/2018 5:33:54 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Smittie
In Texas, teachers aren't even allowed to join a union.

Then please explain this: No, unions are not ‘illegal’ in Texas And yes, we’re a union . From the arti cle: "the Texas State Teachers Association, which is affiliated with the National Education Association. And it embraces the union label. (Although not quite as much as Texas AFT!)"

72 posted on 05/16/2018 5:34:21 AM PDT by 2nd amendment mama (Self Defense is a Basic Human Right!)
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To: kearnyirish2
How many people do you know that pull in $50K-$82K working 180 six and a half hour days?

In New York those figures are low. And they retire at 55 with inflation adjusted pensions approaching 60k/ yr with almost fully subsided healthcare (which equates to about another 8-10k)

73 posted on 05/16/2018 5:36:34 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: 2nd amendment mama

In Texas there is no collective bargaining, no right to strike and are teachers not required to join any association. There are a couple of these associations which would probably like to act as unions but don’t have any union powers.


74 posted on 05/16/2018 5:49:46 AM PDT by Smittie (Just like an alien I'm a stranger in a strange land)
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To: Smittie

Your plumber has voluntarily customers; more and more of those paying teachers have no children at all. I’m in NJ and live near a school; at 3:00:01 there is a mad stampede as the teachers bolt to their cars. As for “working at home”, I know enough teachers to know that’s total BS - if it can’t be verified (by remote login, etc.) it is an outright lie - based on the lack of results among other things. Our students go to school 180 days per year.


75 posted on 05/17/2018 4:08:48 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: 1Old Pro

I’m sure; these figures are even low here in NJ.

Anyway, the taxpayers have had enough (in both areas), and are voting with their feet. The foreigners who fill the schools with their kids can pay for them; those children are the primary reason the borders are left open.


76 posted on 05/17/2018 4:11:09 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: kearnyirish2

Well I can’t vouch for New Jersey. The Northeast seems to have succumbed to the cancer of liberalism which has infected and is destroying all the country’s institutions. We may have a short reprieve with Pres. Trump but I don’t think he can change it all by himself.


77 posted on 05/17/2018 8:03:26 AM PDT by Smittie (Just like an alien I'm a stranger in a strange land)
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To: Smittie

We had the same experience with Chris Christie - he couldn’t fix it alone. It isn’t “liberalism” in the northeast as much as it is a political scene dominated by public workers’ unions. The nanny-state mentality is now ingrained in the culture here; the government bureaucracy is huge, and both those getting paychecks and those getting freebies vote to grow it even more.


78 posted on 05/18/2018 3:49:16 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: riri

Women still wear pantyhose? That is news


79 posted on 05/21/2018 1:32:34 PM PDT by Trump.Deplorable
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To: Trump.Deplorable

I wondered the same thing. I looked it up and apparently, in a professional setting, yeah, they still might. Some say yes, some say no depending on the setting.


80 posted on 05/21/2018 1:50:17 PM PDT by riri
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