Apart from anything else, why should teachers have to buy the tools to do their job?
Because for decades teaching has been marketed as ‘a calling’ not a job. People say things like, ‘teachers do what they have to’ or ‘no one goes into teaching for the money’ or ‘you might be the only person in some of these kids lives that care for them.’ These kind of phrases allow higher ups to continually slash teaching budgets while convincing teachers that they must fill the shortfall because of they don’t, who will? It’s bullshit.
People are in for a rude awakening after republicans get rid of public schools. You think buying your own supplies is expensive — wait until you get the bill for going to private school.
“Oh, you can’t afford to send your child to school? Well the coal mines are always hiring if you need to get them out of the house.”
They shouldn’t. Education is critically and routinely underfunded because dumb people vote conservative.
