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Tulsa public schools just voted to go 100% virtual for the first 9 weeks
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<blockquote data-quote="Glock 40" data-source="post: 3401353" data-attributes="member: 32"><p>My wife was a school teacher for 9 years, before quitting to stay home and raise our kids and home school them. We would have gone broke if we tried to help every kid that needed help. Lots of heart breaking stories for sure. She taught in the worst school in TPS for a year her second year. Sadly a lot of the schools are not doing any teaching. They are simply day care centers. She was never not a single time allowed to hold a child back. Even when the parents that didn't speak English wanted it. </p><p></p><p>She taught in two schools that gave the kids breakfast and lunch and routinely sent food home with kids. As with anything the 3 or 4 parents that came for teachers meetings were not the ones she needed to talk to. It was the ones that were stoned or letting their 6 year old listen to gangster rap and talk about wanting to be a pimp when he grew up. My wife has said when our kids go to college she will not return to teaching. The public system has decayed so much in the 20 years since she started teaching. </p><p></p><p>While I have no issue with charity and believe those of us that a blessed beyond what we deserve should help others. I do often wonder, when we feed these kids, clothe them and provide them all their essential needs. (Most of their parents take advantage of every freebie they can get their hands on) so they can have things I have to work and save for. These kids just learn how to play the system and end up continuing the cycle. So when we say "Do it for the kids" in reality we are simply creating the next generation of welfare and system abusers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Glock 40, post: 3401353, member: 32"] My wife was a school teacher for 9 years, before quitting to stay home and raise our kids and home school them. We would have gone broke if we tried to help every kid that needed help. Lots of heart breaking stories for sure. She taught in the worst school in TPS for a year her second year. Sadly a lot of the schools are not doing any teaching. They are simply day care centers. She was never not a single time allowed to hold a child back. Even when the parents that didn't speak English wanted it. She taught in two schools that gave the kids breakfast and lunch and routinely sent food home with kids. As with anything the 3 or 4 parents that came for teachers meetings were not the ones she needed to talk to. It was the ones that were stoned or letting their 6 year old listen to gangster rap and talk about wanting to be a pimp when he grew up. My wife has said when our kids go to college she will not return to teaching. The public system has decayed so much in the 20 years since she started teaching. While I have no issue with charity and believe those of us that a blessed beyond what we deserve should help others. I do often wonder, when we feed these kids, clothe them and provide them all their essential needs. (Most of their parents take advantage of every freebie they can get their hands on) so they can have things I have to work and save for. These kids just learn how to play the system and end up continuing the cycle. So when we say "Do it for the kids" in reality we are simply creating the next generation of welfare and system abusers. [/QUOTE]
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