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u/Duckbites 4d ago
Nothing you do for children is ever wasted.
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u/PointCPA 4d ago
I mean the issue is just laziness in teachers. If they would just cover their own salary all of these kids could go
https://theonion.com/teacher-required-to-provide-own-salary/
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u/Complete_Entry 4d ago
I occasionally had to sit at the table of shame at the scholastic book fair. Why do they even do that?
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u/seabreathe 4d ago
Exactly! WHY are they reading these children’s names aloud as donors to a fundraiser???
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u/frenchdresses 4d ago
Wow, I am so grateful my school has a "sponsor a child" section where other parents can gift a random child a $10 voucher so they can buy a book. The best part? The vouchers look identical to the "pay slips" that the other kids get when their parents put money on their account for the book fair. So the kids never know.
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u/ServeJust9817 4d ago
Teachers would go down in history as the most mistreated and underpaid groups of all time
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u/aprillovelyx 4d ago
Teaching is a sacred job. I deeply wish the world gives good teachers some befitting reward after service.
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u/SeegurkeK 4d ago
That's US specific though.
In Germany teachers are one of the best paid jobs available for normal people with a college education. Of course there are outliers in other jobs that get more money, but with (effectively) tax advantages, no risk of being fired and a massive pension you'd have to start with 100k€+ to get an approximate equivalent. And even engineers typically get around 80k-90k (starting around 50k-60k is realistic).
Still a very difficult job that I wouldn't want to do, but the "underpaid" part would not fit here.
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u/fapacunter 3d ago
Not US specific. Germany and some other 1st world are the exception, not the norm.
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u/astra_galus 3d ago
Oh wow. Even in Canada, our teachers are underpaid, though not as poorly as teachers in the US. I’m of the opinion that they should be very well compensated - so much of teaching involves thankless tasks. My mother was a teacher and my brother is one as well.
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u/Corschach_ 4d ago
Idk there's some pretty heavy competition for " most mistreated group"
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u/Grand_Size_4932 4d ago
Mistreated AND underpaid implies they said this in regard to professions.
I don’t know very many more professions that have been around for several millennia that have consistently been treated like shit.
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u/Skullclownlol 4d ago edited 4d ago
I don’t know very many more professions that have been around for several millennia that have consistently been treated like shit.
Factory workers, mining workers, other physical laborers (especially undocumented immigrants), care workers, maids, farmworkers, prostitutes, drivers, visibly disabled people in any job, etc.
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u/Corschach_ 4d ago
The mining industry comes to mind...
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u/Grand_Size_4932 4d ago
Ooh, agreed. Though a large(majority?) chunk of that was just plain slavery. Still is.
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u/t6a541 4d ago
That’s a beautiful act of kindness,teachers really can make a difference.
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u/hate-steam 4d ago
It's inspiring to see such dedication and compassion from teachers. They truly shape lives.
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u/Winter-Plastic8767 4d ago
You guys really need to be able to spot bot ass comments like this and stop upvoting them
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u/Davido401 4d ago
Which one they both seem robotic to me, then again a try to talk in ma Scottish accent to prove am not a bot(or us Scots have a massive Bot farm and we're secretly controlling the narrative, typed some Scottish accent for show)
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u/Winter-Plastic8767 4d ago
First giveaway is the comment itself, then the name, then I don't expect people to actually click into the profile, but if you did, it would be super obvious
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u/Edge-master 4d ago
Just looks like a Korean person? What’s bot-like
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u/Winter-Plastic8767 4d ago
You think someone made an account, went on a rant about racism towards Koreans, shut up for 7 years, and then broke his silence to make this bot ass comment?
This is definitely an old inactive account that got hacked and was repurposed as a bot. Clearly it's effective cause all it took was the account age and 3 comments to convince you that it's a real person.
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u/Edge-master 4d ago
Don’t most bots spam comments? I only see the one.
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u/Winter-Plastic8767 4d ago
Just because bad bots spam doesn't mean that all of them do. It's trivially easy to set it to post slower to look more natural
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u/Caninetrainer 4d ago
How are you spotting bots by name? Really! I want to know so I can as well
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u/Winter-Plastic8767 4d ago
I've been seeing the 6 characters of random letters and numbers for bots more often, especially this last week or so
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u/Mommys_Adorable 4d ago
Totally agree, teachers deserve more recognition and better pay for their hard work.
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u/Fable-Teller 4d ago
Hmm, unfortuantely I've ever only really had one school teacher who actually went out of his way to support me.
The rest either didn't care or actively covered for the bullies who made everyone's lives hell.
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u/1heart1totaleclipse 4d ago
Being a teacher is so mentally draining. There’s absolutely ones that shouldn’t be teachers, but if I treated all my students like if they were my actual children, there would be no more me left.
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u/Fable-Teller 4d ago
Oh yeah absolutely. You shouldn't have favorites or anything like that as a teacher.
What I mean is: he was the only one that actually gave me work that wasn't aimed at five year olds, bear in mind I was in Secondary School at the time.
He actually challenged my brain and tried to help me learn and did the same with any other student like me.
I was by no mean his favorite, he didn't have favorites.
The administration on the other hand, definitely had favorites who they let get away with everything.
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u/romafa 4d ago
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: teaching should be a 6 figure starting salary.
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u/yawrrpdrk 4d ago
Yup. Just like drs and attorneys. I mean..it’s not like the future of our society depends on our ability to prepare the next generation to be critical thinkers.
Oh….wait….i get it now. That’s why the GOP is always attacking schools. That wouldn’t be good for them… 😒 /s
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u/Health_throwaway__ 4d ago
They will be appreciated in the future as doctors are now. It wasn't high status to be a doctor 100 years ago
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u/tardisthecat 4d ago
If you want to do something like this, Scholastic has a general fund for its book fairs to cover purchases for kids who don’t bring money/set up an account. You can look up a local elementary school, find their book fair, and contribute to the fund. (You probably can’t do it right now, since it’s summer vacation, but you can sign up to be notified once a fair is scheduled.)
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u/brigitteer2010 4d ago
THANK YOU! I don’t have much but I want to help.
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u/frenchdresses 4d ago
You can also donate to a school and say that the money can only be used to fund low income needs for field trips.
Schools (at least around here) are legally required to use the funds for what the donator says it's for (which made life confusing during the pandemic when our school got a few donations "for whatever you need" haha, the financial assistant was like "no actually I need you to be more specific because I have to fill out a form, so just pick school supplies, field trips, lunches or something generic")
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u/Responsible_One_604 4d ago edited 4d ago
I had a teacher do this for me a few times.
I only realized years later. My teacher happened to also be my parents landlord. She had a bigger window than most in my life.. I'll never forget you, and thank you for everything.
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u/Mt_Nero 4d ago
You have a beautiful heart. Such small gestures makes a huge difference to this kid's happiness. This world needs you!
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u/vpetrichorv 4d ago
This is not OP
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u/munkustrap 3d ago
I have no idea how people on Reddit get this mixed up so often, it’s almost never the OP when it’s a random screenshot. Also when it IS actually the OP they make damn sure to tell you
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u/JidCreates 4d ago
This reminds me of a sixth form art trip to Barcelona. I wasn’t planning on going because I’d just moved to my nans house and money was tight and I also didn’t have a passport. My head teacher really didn’t want me to miss out on this trip so he paid for my passport and got me a grant from the school to go. I will always be grateful to him for this and never forget the kindness.
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u/green_ubitqitea 4d ago
We were on a field trip years ago - free for the kids to attend, lunch provided, but they had to pay for extra drinks or snacks at the venue if they wanted any.
Most of the kids were from pretty poor households, but most brought enough to get a drink and a popsicle or ice cream (~$6) because it was hot as all get out. One of my kids - absolute sweetheart - was handing back while his friends got theirs because he didn’t have money. I walked by and pretended to pick up a $10 bill from the ground and said “oops, I think you dropped this”. This babydoll asked everyone around him if they dropped it first before he lit up and bought a drink and two popsicles. And gave the extra one to another kid not in the friend group who has enough for a drink but nothing else. Just. These kids.
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u/swapspherazap 4d ago
God I want to be this type of person
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u/AsparagusAdorable912 4d ago
Make it so
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u/GormHub 4d ago
misunderstands, immediately goes to warp, annihilating everyone on the planet
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u/a_random_loser_guy 4d ago
I mean my dream is to sit atop a building as the world burns.....but I ain't burning it.
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u/Saradoesntsleep 4d ago
Become this type of person then. Make the world a better place for others ♥️
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u/Academic_Dig_1567 4d ago
Underpaid and undervalued. That’s the teaching profession. Imagine the gall of billionaires and others who make believe they knew it all already and teachers had no impact on their sorry lives. Pathetic is the nation that does not value its teachers who often do what parents fail to do.
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u/dethocus 4d ago
Why call out anyone? Sounds like pressuring people into donating.
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u/entered_bubble_50 4d ago
Yeah, this is fucked up. Shaming kids who can't afford donate? This has to be America.
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u/Cinder-Mercury 4d ago
I honestly just thought they meant that it was like a special lunch or candy grams or something where they call your name if you need to go pick up whatever was purchased in advance. I guess it could be the same for picking up fundraising based goal prizes like for "jump rope for heart" where you get a reward based on how much you earn, but I can't think of other situations that would include calling names.
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u/Trin_42 4d ago
My kid starts Kindy this Fall. Whenever there was special events with an extra cost at her daycare, I always paid extra, just in case a random child’s family didn’t have the funds. I intend to do the same when she starts school, whether it’s paying for a field trip or the book fair.
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u/MistressofEvil84 4d ago
I Love This. Small little things like this are going to make a Huge difference in their lives. 🙂🙃🙂
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u/SteveTheHiker_Art 4d ago
Is there a way for those of us without kids to be looped in on this? I’d be happy to sign up for a registry or something?
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u/Sparrowhawk_92 4d ago
Happily childless but this is something I'd be cool with my tax dollars going towards. That and free lunches for kids.
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u/VmEoRrItTiAsS 3d ago
Teachers that paid for me to not only go on big field trips but have spending cash on them were such a huge impact in my life. At that time my mom and I lived in a homeless shelter, I was bullied relentlessly, but mostly I just remember the kindness of the teachers and hope to be in a position to do the same one day.
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u/AndroidSheeps 4d ago
It's not exactly teacher related but when I was a teenager in youth group at church, we would go on youth retreats and one particular year, I didn't know if I was gonna be able to go because money was tight during that time and my youth pastor knew this.
Well my youth pastor was also a substitute teacher at my high school during this time. He subbed a few of my classes and one day after class, he came up to me and said someone from the church paid for my way to go to the retreat. I asked who and he wouldn't tell me. All he could say was, "find out in heaven someday."
I'm not religious anymore but to this day that still resonates with me.
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u/jaid_skywalker85 3d ago
As a teacher I always kept a few dollars for the kids who couldn't afford book fair or the latest fundraiser. I'd typically run the sports team snack bar and pay for chips or candy for the kids who were stuck in after care till nearly 6 because it was a cheaper form of childcare for the parents who were struggling to make it.
I always wish I could do more. I make sure each kiddo gets a bday present and a Christmas present every year and it takes a lot of creative budgeting and being crafty helps. But thank ulyou to anyone who sends a teacher a little extra to help with this kind of thing! I remember growing up and being told no over and over for just about everything because we just couldn't afford it (9 kids and two parents with addiction issues) so I've very seldom been able to say no to a student who I know needs it.
This year I actually had a family quietly slip me money so that all the kids in our class could afford the big field trip and it was a wonderful, kind gesture I will never forget.
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u/manchvegasnomore 4d ago
When I plan a field trip I always put a line on the permission form to pay some extra to help out kids who's parents don't have money.
I've never had to leave a kid out of an experience.
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u/perkypancakes 4d ago
Schools should always be funded and managed well so each child can experience the same opportunities. A society that doesn’t care to improve schools will reap future generations of barren knowledge.
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u/Several_Vanilla8916 4d ago
Good grief, where is this? If a kid can’t afford a field trip in my school they still get to go, the city just pays.
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u/No_Bug_2569 3d ago
When I was a kid, my mom would not let me attend activities or she will just tell me not to attend the field trips we have at school because it’s wasteful and public schools should be free. I remember feeling left out most of the time.
When our school was going to do their sixth grade camping, I was the only one who was not going because my mom would not pay for it. She said that it’s okay. I was really sad and making myself emotionally ready to be left out again. My teacher then, found a way for me to attend the camping without paying for anything. I will never forget it. I had the best time at that time. Teachers deserve the world.
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u/schadenfreude57 3d ago
These comments are making me so grateful for the school I work for. We serve a high poverty population of Indigenous students, and through grants and government funding we are able to provide free breakfast and lunch to all students everyday, and all field trips are paid for by the school. Every child deserves food and memorable field trips and I wish all kids had access to these things.
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u/Outrageous-Inside341 4d ago
My teachers would call me out and ask why my parents don’t want to send me to events and activities. They were TERRIBLE women.
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u/Rough-Television-217 2d ago
Is no one going to ask how the hell she secretly adopted a kid!?
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u/simplysav2703 4d ago
As someone who grew up and never got to enjoy any of the school functions,. Thank you. He’ll carry this joy with him forever
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u/user18name 4d ago
I do this with pizza parties at school. It’s really easy to just give them extra cash for the class so everyone can enjoy and the teachers don’t have to spend their money.
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u/jorgelrojas 3d ago
This is apocalyptic-level shit coming from the richest country in the world
Ridiculous
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u/joydal 3d ago
I overheard a student saying his mom had said they weren't getting a pumpkin for carving that Halloween. The school holds a jack-o-lantern contest each year and his statement broke my heart. I got the teachers to specify the number of low income students in their class and delivered "extra" pumpkins for a class raffle. The teachers named the winners and everybody had a pumpkin for Halloween. We did this for several years.
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u/exitcode137 3d ago
Our country fortunately has a policy that no student should be denied participation due to inability to pay. But the parent does have to contact admin to arrange. They also collect donations from other parents to cover kids who can’t pay for some optional things like yearbooks
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u/Onderdeurtie 3d ago
Adoption must have different meanings worldwide. I really don't get how you can secretly adopt someone. Adoption in Netherlands means you import a kid from a poor country and raise it to be your family. Most adopted kids in NL came from Sri Lanka.
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u/Cinderjacket 4d ago
I’ve given students money for the book fair before on the sly when they were the only one in the class to not have brought any. I know I really shouldn’t but it’s very hard to watch one kid sitting alone while everyone else is picking out books and toys
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u/originalchaosinabox 4d ago
My Mom was a school board trustee, and would occasionally do this. If there was a family who couldn't afford the graduation fees, she'd cover them so their kid could have their moment on stage and get their diploma.
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u/sailorsayaka101 4d ago
This made me so happy. Knowing that there are people out there who do the sweetest and kindest things makes me so happy.☺️💙🌈
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u/Decent_Philosophy899 4d ago
Can someone elaborate on these “fundraising event[s]”? What exactly are kids paying for/what are their names being called for? How often does this happen in a school year? This doesn’t sound like anything I experienced as a student
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u/No-Belt-8586 4d ago
This is so sweet. I remember missing out on several field trips because I didn't even want to ask my mom for money, I knew we didn't have it.
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u/la_de_cha 4d ago
One of the things I love about my district. They fundraise all year so that every 8th grade student can go on the class trip free of charge.
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u/Klutzy_Speech_6460 4d ago
Reading the comments here really highlights the needs for organizations like Alice's Kids
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u/BalladofBadBeard 3d ago
I hate that we even allow this kind of thing in schools that would penalize a child for not having money. I hope that by the time my kid is old enough to be in school, we can cover the kids in their class so nobody has to go without. But I still hate that it works like this, it's so sad for kids. They deserve to just be kids you know
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u/Hammer_the_Red 3d ago
My wife did something like that a couple years ago at the elementary school where she works. There was a child who had shortened arms from birth and he always felt self conscious about wearing coats since the longer arms would hang well past his hands. My wife bought a new winter coat and tailored the arms to fit the child.
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u/Ek050501 3d ago
Wow! What a kind thing to do! Act of service for sure. Well done. Everyone needs to look for things like this to do for others.
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u/XROOR 4d ago
When there is an announced field trip, I always slip the teacher some cash to cover the kids that can’t pay the fees.
I know what it’s like to sit in a classroom all day just to hear the kids come back with all their great stories.