Comment on Parents opt kids out of school computers, insisting on pen-and-paper instead

• andros_rex@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  They also have to be paying for the software that tracks how many prints you use. It’s fucking stupid, and it’s just one of a million little ways that they make sure to punish anyone stupid enough to teach.

  I ended up buying my own printer. Printing alone got me to the maximum $300 of classroom expenses I was allowed to write off on taxes.

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  • Lemming6969@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    So you save 100 in taxes and pay 500 in printing costs… You’re down 400 for supplying your employer. Lol

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    • andros_rex@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      Also spent several hundred just on vinegar and baking soda for labs.

      But yeah, I actually had to quit teaching after my divorce because I could no longer afford to do it!

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    • Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      They’re pretty obviously supplying it for their students, not their employer. Weird as hell to rub someone’s nose in the fact their students are trapped in a school system that doesn’t even supply teachers with proper access to printed materials. Even Reddit used to run a donor program to help teachers out with the costs.

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      • daychilde@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        The way I read their comment was pointing out that the employer (the school district) should be providing sufficient printing. :shrug: But there’s many ways to interpret, I suppose

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      • Lemming6969@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        It’s like tipping… It happens because we let it. It’s so incredibly common that literally poor teachers are paying for basic supplies the school doesn’t when they should look those kids in the eyes and tell them they are sorry and that their society and school have failed them and to go home and tell their parents to vote differently.

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• SinningStromgald@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Teachers where I live are constantly asking for donations of basic school supplies, snacks, tissues, and cleaning supplies for classrooms. It is incredibly disheartening.

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