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HikeEveryMountain t1_j2wyojj wrote

Cops get weekend-long training events (or have them on the job), always seem to have updated equipment and vehicles, have everything they require for their jobs provided for them, and get to just go home and relax when they clock out.

Teachers have to pay for most of their own professional development out of their pitiful salaries, and have to find time outside of school to do it. They still have hours of making lesson plans and grading papers when they get home at night. They're stuck with 10+ year old textbooks (if they're LUCKY), and have to buy their OWN classroom supplies out of their own pockets, which they can barely deduct on their taxes.

So yeah, cops get all the resources they need and can barely do their jobs. Schools get a pittance, and do amazing work with what little they have. Just imagine if our teachers were paid enough to lower their stress levels a bit, if kids actually had the supplies and support they really need, how amazing our educational outcomes could be?

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