Just some of the supplies teachers have had to pay for: We asked our HuffPost Parents Facebook community about the items people are surprised to learn that teachers often have to buy for their classrooms. Some schools and districts are well-funded, down to the electric pencil sharpeners, but a shocking number are not. If you haven’t had a child in a public school or worked in one yourself, you might assume that most teachers are given “the basics” - but the teacher wish lists you may have seen online tell a very different story. I, too, had to pay for basic things like printer ink, pencils, and paper. When the Huffington Post brought out this list of things teachers ask for on wishlists or pay for themselves, I nodded in recognition. Teachers are also paid less than their similarly-educated peers. So the cost of supplying your own classroom adds up quickly because you have to replace these things over and over. But most of the supplies teachers need are things that kids use up–paper, markers, glue sticks. A mechanic can use the same wrench for twenty years. Look, that makes sense for artisans or mechanics to buy their own tools, to a degree. One of the worst things about teaching (to me) is the expectation that teachers should supply their own classrooms. I was briefly a classroom teacher several years ago (pre-panini) and it was very bad. The truth is that public education in this country is in crisis and has been for a while now. A post shared by Abbott Elementary this past Hot Labor Summer, I had kind of hoped to see educators striking more in the fall.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |