Oklahoma Teachers Are Fed Up And Walking Out On April 2. Here's Why.

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  • Lyndsey Stuart is a history and leadership teacher at Bartlesville High School in Oklahoma. She’s been teaching for 10 years. And she’s never had a raise.
    “I don't think any teacher goes into the profession and thinks, ‘Oh my gosh, I'm going to be a millionaire,’’’ Stuart said. “But we also don't think that we're going to be that close to poverty.”
    Earlier this month, the state teachers’ union, the Oklahoma Education Association, called for teachers to walk out of their classrooms on April 2, the day after the state legislature is required to pass an education budget. They’re calling for a $10,000 raise for teachers over three years, as well as a $200 million increase in funding for education, which has been cut 28.2 percent since 2008.
    Stuart makes $34,929 a year as a teacher, but she works around 30 more hours a week as a photographer to make ends meet. She said she makes about as much as a photographer as she does teaching.
    And Stuart isn’t alone. The average high school teacher in Oklahoma makes $42,460, which ranks 50th in the nation.
    “I know more teachers than not that have to have second or third jobs,” she said.
    And teachers in other states within the seven-state region of Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas average $48,103 as of May 2017.
    Teachers at Bartlesville High School have been taking personal days every Tuesday to lobby the legislature in Oklahoma City. But they haven’t been as receptive as the teachers would have liked them to be.
    “We had a senator come to our school and told our children that a teacher walkout wasn't going to change anything. And I beg to differ. When you have 50 to 80,000, maybe 100,000 teachers show up at the Capitol, it's going to change things.”
    While the Oklahoma House has passed a package that would give teachers at least a $5,000 raise and raise taxes in the state for the first time since 1990, it hasn’t become law yet. And it doesn’t include an increase in school funding. So the Oklahoma Education Association has said the walkout is still on.
    “We were left with no other option [but to walk out] because they will not listen to us. And thus far they've gotten away with doing whatever they want, and telling teachers just wait and be patient,” Stuart said. “And how long do you wait? How long can we compromise?”
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  • @VICENews
    @VICENews  6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

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  • @AuntyEm
    @AuntyEm 6 ปีที่แล้ว +116

    I love Mrs. Stuart. She was my history teacher. It makes me so sad that she is going through what she is.
    I'm so proud of her and every teacher across the state fighting for what they and their students deserve!

    • @lostandlooking
      @lostandlooking 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I am a Spanish teacher and I've decided to pursue trucking for a year, or two in order to pay off all of my loans and THEN return to teaching. It would be livable if I can get rid of all of my debt first.
      Btw, my last two years of my undergraduate were completed while being homeless. And the first 4 months of my first teaching position, I was homeless living in my car. No one knew, as I always take care of myself as normal, but let me tell you how difficult it was. Grading papers in my car...
      It's not ALL bad, but for those of you going into it, be sure to get a good representation of the good and the bad before dedicating your life to it.

    • @brunomagri7
      @brunomagri7 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks sweetheart

  • @christinaguernsey589
    @christinaguernsey589 6 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    Omg this is my history teacher!! I'm so proud of her for standing up for what's right. Being a teacher is a hard job and education deserves so much more it's just so extremely important, it's also hard to be a student in Oklahoma with huge class sizes and no textbooks but hopefully we can eventually change that for the better

    • @iamedyson
      @iamedyson 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Okay so what happened in the end?

  • @riannewest4188
    @riannewest4188 6 ปีที่แล้ว +775

    If I went to school for 4 years and got a teaching degree to work 3 jobs I'd be pretty mad too

    • @IamCancer624
      @IamCancer624 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      +Rianne West ***If I went to school for 4 years and got a teaching degree to work 3 jobs I'd be pretty mad too.***
      If someone cant get by on 60k a year(the national teacher salary) then I don't know what to say to them...FACT

    • @stephaniealmeida5932
      @stephaniealmeida5932 6 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      IamCancer624 they don't get 60k... did you watch the video?

    • @taterkaze9428
      @taterkaze9428 6 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      Iamcancer624 - hey stupid, virtually no Oklahoma teacher is paid $60k, which also isn't the national average (it's lower),

    • @taterkaze9428
      @taterkaze9428 6 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      4 years? Most school systems require masters degrees and now it's common to see Ph.Ds teaching in high schools. I have absolutely no idea why anyone would want to be a teacher.

    • @wretchedwringer
      @wretchedwringer 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      The Taterkaze well humans do, machines no longer need teachers, big data covers them well. Humans need to transfer knowledge and that needs infrastructure and time, social cohesion needs space to develop away from the noise of commerce.
      Money is the best medium to buy other people's time from their life and other commitments to focus on creating impressions on the growing generations.
      Machines don't need all these human mess.

  • @50StichesSteel
    @50StichesSteel 6 ปีที่แล้ว +629

    The unnoticed teacher giving their all to help students excel...I just wanna say thank you to those kind of teachers..I appreciate what you do

    • @JeffLocke1
      @JeffLocke1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      50 Stitches Steel Thank you for your kind and supportive words. It really does mean a lot. Most teachers know the work they do has meaning and an impact; its convincing the undereducated public that seems to be an issue...

    • @50StichesSteel
      @50StichesSteel 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Jeff Locke I see it first hand. My wife is a teacher and it amazes me the responisbility they lay on her with the extra time she puts in helping the ones that struggle..Thanks again

    • @zzulm
      @zzulm 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      They are doing something great for there are many parents that didn't know how to support their kids in their education and this teachers don't ignore the problem they try to help with a solution. Education was never important in my house, bringing a paycheck was important and i dropped out. When my daughter started school i didn't know how to help her out but her kind teacher gave a lot of advice in a humble way. I always mention to her that she gave me the help the we needed to make good habits.

    • @StinkyBlack1
      @StinkyBlack1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      50 Stitches Steel dude, theres only 180 school days in a year. thats SIX MONTHS OFF. they only work six months out of the year and make over 40k. heres how teachers unions work, give them fifty, and next year theyll want 55. then next year they riot because the average has gone up, so now they want 60. teachers are not doing charity work. its a cakewalk job. especially now adays with steict premade curriculums. tons of holiday time, sick days, paid vacation, these teachers unions got it made in the shade.

    • @50StichesSteel
      @50StichesSteel 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      anton eckart Yeah you do have that happening too in some places, but not everywhere..That wasnt for teachers just clocking in to get a paycheck..I have witnessed first hand my wife changing lives though..She took a kid from getting into shootouts and being a gangbanger to helping him fill out forms to colleges and turning his life around..Thats what I meant by that

  • @Internet_user777
    @Internet_user777 6 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    I feel her pain. when she said ...never thought I'd have a college education and be working above the poverty line....

    • @platinumpineapple9943
      @platinumpineapple9943 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      D J you mean below?

    • @Grady00683
      @Grady00683 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@platinumpineapple9943 guess that degree was a waste of money.

    • @platinumpineapple9943
      @platinumpineapple9943 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      aaron g education degree? sure it is, u can basically be a teacher with any degree

  • @doxide
    @doxide 6 ปีที่แล้ว +568

    Every teacher in America should walk out. It's shameful how they're treated in this country.

    • @goldjozi1276
      @goldjozi1276 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Absolutely

    • @AvgJane19
      @AvgJane19 6 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      Ghastly Grinner teachers don't control the curriculum the school board does

    • @IamCancer624
      @IamCancer624 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      +doxide ***Every teacher in America should walk out. It's shameful how they're treated in this country.***
      Governemnt teachers are overpaid and the yare treated with as much respect as cops, they cry every election about school funding, when their workers is even a failure, we need merit based pay...FACT

    • @kieran3415
      @kieran3415 6 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      underpaying teachers will make the problem worse! The quality will improve if they received a higher salary.

    • @bluetextonwhitebg
      @bluetextonwhitebg 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      they're public servants who knew exactly what they were signing up for. more like every teacher who walks out should be arrested.

  • @august361
    @august361 6 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    As someone who is still going to school in Oklahoma its true for all these teachers. I work with my English teacher at a whole foods store. Its sad how much they get paid and how much time they put into it.

    • @user-ub3hd4sy4e
      @user-ub3hd4sy4e 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I don't know any other country where teachers work at 2 jobs. It is nonsense even for such a poor country as Russia.

  • @edwardbiglang-awa7313
    @edwardbiglang-awa7313 6 ปีที่แล้ว +228

    They have to respect teachers they are the foundation that’s where they start for our workers today engineers doctors

    • @IamCancer624
      @IamCancer624 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +Edward Biglang-awa ***They have to respect teachers they are the foundation that’s where they start for our workers today engineers doctors***
      nope, that's trade school where you ACTUALLY learn something to use in the real world...FACT
      govnerment teachers are too busy teaching kids about safe spaces, diversity, multiculturalism, teaching little kids to give oral sex in their schools and our schools are fialing across the nation and these teachers expet us to reward their failures with higher pay? LMAO
      Fun Fact: The AVERAGE Teacher Salary is 60k a year...FACT

    • @minibullet91
      @minibullet91 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      These copy and paste attempt to trigger someone is getting old. If you are not seeking to be properly informed, why bother? Trolling ?

    • @johnbrown2163
      @johnbrown2163 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Edward Biglang-awa Hahahaha robots will replace 99% of all jobs. Including lawyers, docters, teachers, police.... Thank god!!! Bye bye hard earned degree. Now you just a human like me.

    • @jglobetrotter2830
      @jglobetrotter2830 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Which Trade schools can you get an engineering or medical degree at again?

    • @colinglen4505
      @colinglen4505 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      they are churning out the next generation of burger flippers and pizza deliverers..they are essential to society.

  • @soloryn02
    @soloryn02 6 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Why the hell are the taxes so high in Oklahoma yet teachers are paid the lowest, when in Texas they don't have state taxes and are paid more? Why the hell can't they pay them without raising our taxes?!

    • @leicesterblackthorne9699
      @leicesterblackthorne9699 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I guess your economics and civics teachers didn't do a good job with you. Here's a starting point for the answer to your question: The government has no money, none, zero, zip, zilch, nada, not one single shiny new penny. To find out how and where government gets money just do a search on "where government money comes from" and study a lot.

    • @soloryn02
      @soloryn02 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Leicester Blackthorne You mean Oklahoma's state government? Has no money? The same one that gets money from oil, native American revenues, the lottery we passed. That government? Perhaps you would like to Google just how many billions a year go into education solely from Native American gaming revenues. Perhaps you need to do a research yourself before telling a native to Google their own state worth. Thanks for the "lesson" tho!

    • @joaquinjr2570
      @joaquinjr2570 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Most schools are funded but property taxes which Texas has which are higher than OK

  • @MarcLloydZ
    @MarcLloydZ 6 ปีที่แล้ว +191

    They should have walked out a long time ago, teachers deserve way more

    • @IamCancer624
      @IamCancer624 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +MarcLloydz ***They should have walked out a long time ago, teachers deserve way more.***
      the average teacher salary is paid 60k a year and with schools fialing across the nation, they deserve a pay cut, not raise...FACT
      We don't reward failures with higher salaries...FACT

    • @soulcleaner3578
      @soulcleaner3578 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      IamCancer624 Blaming the failure of schools on the teachers not the curriculum or the mass defunding of public schools, ridiculous.

    • @Cool99MG
      @Cool99MG 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      MarcLloydz cx

    • @jglobetrotter2830
      @jglobetrotter2830 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Jacob Garrison, where are you getting this information? It's highly inaccurate and outdated.

    • @GhostCharacter
      @GhostCharacter 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You don't get talented people seeking out jobs in public education if its salaries can't compete with those of other industries. Underpaying educators is the primary way of bringing down the quality of education, because that's the way you fail to attract people with skill they could take elsewhere.

  • @davidcovarrubias3673
    @davidcovarrubias3673 6 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    She has three jobs to be correct.
    1. Mom
    2.Teacher
    3.Photographer

    • @zephead843
      @zephead843 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      So she's a Mom who teaches and like to take pictures. What's not to like? Still not gettin' the nose ring though.

    • @callusklaus2413
      @callusklaus2413 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@zephead843 The ring is for her, not you.

  • @leroy92TX
    @leroy92TX 6 ปีที่แล้ว +307

    Pay the teachers. More respect for them then the thug cops imo

    • @leroy92TX
      @leroy92TX 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Troll Ov Metal i respect police. But teachers get more.

    • @Abeydooooon
      @Abeydooooon 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Most teachers make more then cops and they don't get shot at

    • @riannewest4188
      @riannewest4188 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Seriously idk how much school is to be a cop, but I'm guessing less than a teaching degree. How are their salaries the same??

    • @leroy92TX
      @leroy92TX 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ali Beydoun cops get paid more then teachers

    • @IamCancer624
      @IamCancer624 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      The government school teach is paid an AVERAGE of 60k salary a year, they are overpaid...FACT

  • @912deborah
    @912deborah 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I studied education to because I love the interacting with growing minds. However I was given a pink slip bc my school was being systematically shut down and taken over by charter school. I went into trucking and after 2 years I’m a trainer. I average over double than what I was making as a teacher. Last year I made $67 with bonuses. Life is great

  • @wtf1231122
    @wtf1231122 6 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    2:00 work at a Convenience store and make more money than a teacher? 40k a year is about 25 an hour.... Youre not making that at a convenient store

    • @lasooo7389
      @lasooo7389 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Doubtful she makes that much money. 30K is a lot more realistic. In Lawton that is, it's not exactly the beat place in the world. Also lots of teachers easily work 10 hours daily, so it's not that much of an exaggeration.

    • @lasooo7389
      @lasooo7389 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      The Critic I woudlnt say a convenience store, or just a regular employee, but possibly a manager could be making that money.

    • @wtf1231122
      @wtf1231122 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Edgar Rios teachers should get payed more, i agree, but unions and tenure need to be abolished. Now, im sure if you took a poll on what people would rather; manage a convenience store, or be a teacher: teacher would win by a land slide

    • @Aeroldoth3
      @Aeroldoth3 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I would SURE as hell prefer the store. Dealing with whining, crying kids every day, dealing with parents complaining constantly, spending all my free time on lesson plans and all my free money ons supplies.... store it is!!!

    • @wtf1231122
      @wtf1231122 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Aeroldoth3--- Yeah having weekend and summers off must suck

  • @vlad-pm2zr
    @vlad-pm2zr 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    To this teacher, thank you for all you do, from bottom of our heart.

  • @grandioso3507
    @grandioso3507 6 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Teachers deserve a better pay.

    • @IamCancer624
      @IamCancer624 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +grandiose pulsios ***Teachers deserve a better pay.***
      Teachers are already paid an AVERAGE of 60k a year and schools are failing across the nation. FACT

    • @JeffLocke1
      @JeffLocke1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Ghastly Grinner that's not the teachers fault buddy. The state sets the curriculum and determines what gets taught and how. If you don't like what has happened to education then you need understand how it works. Teachers, in general, know how to teach well. However, their impact and effectiveness has been lessened by the politicizing of education as a platform. Just read the polarized comments in this thread. Its shameful how many people think that teaching children is bad, or an "agenda."

    • @IamCancer624
      @IamCancer624 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Jeff Locke ***that's not the teachers fault buddy. The state sets the curriculum and determines what gets taught and how.***
      you basically made the case the teachers have no agency...FACT
      so we can replace government teachers with computers and just fire ALL govenremnt teachers and save the taxpayers monies...FACT

    • @jglobetrotter2830
      @jglobetrotter2830 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      "you basically made the case the teachers have no agency...FACT
      so we can replace government teachers with computers and just fire ALL govenremnt teachers and save the taxpayers monies...FACT"
      Ha. You think having to follow State curriculum means a computer can do their job? You really take the cake for stupid.

    • @IamCancer624
      @IamCancer624 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      +J Globletrotter ***Ha. You think having to follow State curriculum means a computer can do their job? You really take the cake for stupid.***
      who said follow "state curriculum"? I LOVED reading ACTUAL history books where the civil war was over high tariffs and the right to seccesion from a tyrannical dictator, not the "civil war was over slavery" nonsense...FACT
      and actually, computers have many programs to learn basic reading, math, etc...the children can teach themselves, making their progress that much more better...FACT

  • @Caesar_Kuma
    @Caesar_Kuma 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I personally had this woman as my teacher. I find this somewhat kind of irritating and a little misleading. I agree that you can always make a claim to being warranted to receiving more pay. I will also tell you that being one of her students for several years and having multiple periods in classes, she has always gave the image of receiving hand outs. She was also the teacher to sit in her desk and allow us to work out of our books and maybe have a decent lecture once or twice a week. I will also speak on the mindset of this community and area and say the living quality is very cheap. Most residential areas in this place are very cheap when compared to any housing in the nearby states. The amount of pay that they are demanding is just simply not there. I'm not going to even brush on the fact that her family lives well out of its means compared to most of the residents around there. I will also say she is close to not even knowing what she is speaking of when making such a false claim to the pay rates in the area. The probability of finding a job that pays more then 7.25 an hour is an oddity. She is a great woman, and does care for her students. But this is high charade of what is actually going on. She had also made the claim several times of not choosing the career for the money, and had quite the amount of education. She choose the job, the job did not choose her. Her spending must only be lavish, to have issues with a low mortgage house in that area.
    here's the math, According to money.usnews the bottom 10 percent of teachers make 38,180 a year. Teachers days off ~ 4.5 months * 4 = 18 weeks. Compared to the average worker of 2. 52 - 16 when factoring in weeks worked compared to the average worker = 36. 31810 / 36 = 1060.55 / 5(days in a work week) = 212.11 / 8(hours in a work day) = 26.51 dollars an hour. SO the BOTTOM 10 percent of teachers make 26.51 dollars an hour for work compared to an average worker equaling ~ 53020 dollars an hour worked.
    www.trulia.com/real_estate/Bartlesville-Oklahoma/ The house of median value in the area only comes about to be about a 127,000.
    An overview of the general cost of living index for Bartlesville, OK is displayed above for your reference. Residents in Bartlesville, OK enjoy a cost of living index of 91. This index is 4% higher than the Oklahoma average, and 9% lower than the national average.
    (This means its 9% lower cheaper to live anywhere else then the rest of the country.)
    So taking the average teacher salary of Kansas. 47,464. Minus the Oklahoma state teacher average salary 44,128. =3,336
    With the increase of daily live compared to each state, the increase of pay is worth nothing. I love you vice, But you need to show the other side of things.

  • @GachaQueen-cm7nm
    @GachaQueen-cm7nm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love this lady she works so hard for her kids and students I feel so bad for everybody

  • @corbinv9729
    @corbinv9729 6 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    i’m a student at bartlesville high school. i participated in the BHS walkout. this interview was an eye opener and shows that change isn’t just something that happened in the past or is happening somewhere else. change is happening NOW and ANYONE can be a part of it.

    • @izzyvaclaw3869
      @izzyvaclaw3869 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      corbin v preach

    • @Lance-ii6sg
      @Lance-ii6sg 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Shut up kid, if you were my son and you walked out of school I’d beat your ass boy.

    • @Aeroldoth3
      @Aeroldoth3 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Good for you Corbin!! If you were my kid I'd praise you up and down, show you off, and then have Lance arrested for beating kids.

    • @Lance-ii6sg
      @Lance-ii6sg 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      For beating kids? It’s called discipline. Something the new generations are lacking more of each year. School is one of the most important things and is what you should be focused on. Stop being a sheep and be a wolf, a leader. But if you want to take your education as a joke a be a loser your whole life then keep taking your education for granted. Such a shame to see all you young kids acting like morons. I could go on for a while on this topic and many adults could as well. But I’m not going to waste my time talking with someone who isn’t going to listen.

    • @corbinv9729
      @corbinv9729 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      For someone that claims that their argument is being ignored and is attempting to be the better person, you sure were quick to resort to name-calling. I'm sorry, but I don't understand how walking out for 22 minutes is worse than more than 10 years of deception on the part of the Oklahoma legislators. I don't understand how you can put me and my fellow classmates into the box of being "sheep" and "losers who take our education as a joke." In fact, I believe quite the opposite. We are incredibly passionate, and we are willing to stand up for what we believe is right. We are willing to take opposition and ridicule in order to bring our small town into the national eye so it receives the attention is deserves and kick-starts change. Wouldn't that be considered a leadership trait? I digress, I could go on for a while on this topic and many students and adults could as well. But I'm not going to waste my time on someone who is too ignorant to listen.

  • @gbriank1
    @gbriank1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    During the three years I lived in Oklahoma (Enid), it was the WORST education I received. Buildings falling apart (Asbestos abatement), oversized classes (had to sit on the floor due to insufficient seating), teachers that didn't care, books falling apart, no air conditioning in sweltering 100 degree days.

  • @ndnaf3705
    @ndnaf3705 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Our teachers here in Oklahoma deserve better! I was a pain in the ass student and just for that they definitely deserve a raise for putting up with me for all those years back in the day! Lol!

  • @jaylafunk5764
    @jaylafunk5764 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This is what happens in a 100% Republican Controlled State

    • @gmmakesmehurl
      @gmmakesmehurl 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Democrat. Republican. Doesn't even matter. It's time to realize that.

    • @zephead4835
      @zephead4835 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      LOL

  • @AdamO_1
    @AdamO_1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    So she makes more than half of what teachers in northern VA make while real estate prices in her area are a quarter of the price. I doubt she HAS to work an extra job to afford the necessities. Also, what convenience store is a kid working at in rural Oklahoma where they can make $40,000 per year? That's $19 per hour if the kid works 40 hours/week for 52 weeks. To make $40000 per year at the federal minimum wage, you would have to work 106 hours per week.
    It is really sad that teachers (I am one myself) don't get paid more, as so much of this country's progress depends on them. However, don't twist the truth to make your point.

  • @gvenchy2476
    @gvenchy2476 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is so fucked up.. Teachers constantly put in extra hours at school and use their OWN money (when they aren’t even making that much) to buy supplies for their students. They never receive compensation for their OT or the supplies they bought.

    • @CoffeeFresh_
      @CoffeeFresh_ 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      G Venchy there is also a ton of people who over see the school activities who are pretty much useless that make 100k a year. If they cut the fat off there would be enough to pay teachers.

  • @sammyp9514
    @sammyp9514 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    keep going teachers, we stand behind you!

  • @joshthebeardedwonder6622
    @joshthebeardedwonder6622 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My wife and I live in Oklahoma. She teaches a deaf 3rd grade class in Tulsa. Her take home pay BARELY covers her student loan payments. Between time in class and time at home lesson planning, she works 70 hours a week and is only paid for the first 45.

  • @edkrassenstein5534
    @edkrassenstein5534 6 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    wow, are there people out there who didn't know Oklahoma is shit? If you want to make money with ANY job be willing to move, she could make at least 10k more; in not 2-3x that by living in a decent state

    • @d0vahhqueen
      @d0vahhqueen 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      The problem is that they shouldn't have to move to make a suitable wage. As the cost of living goes up, it seems as if salaries go down. Look at some statistics before you make ignorant comments.

    • @tpfrecoil2837
      @tpfrecoil2837 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      My high school teacher talked about how he could move 3 hours down to texas and make double what hes making now, but didnt because nobody could take his spot.
      Most have moved. The ones left are the ones who care.

    • @rarezplzaj4945
      @rarezplzaj4945 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ah yes, because if we took all the teachers out of Oklahoma our problems would be solved- no teachers, no schools. No schools, no education. No education, no educated kids. No educated kids, no jobs in the next decade. No jobs in the next decade, no money. No money, poverty. Poverty, people leaving the state. People leaving the state, Oklahoma is no more... Oklahoma is no more, less wind energy and natural gas. Less wind energy and natural gas, less gasoline and higher electricity bills. Less gasoline and higher electricity bills, higher prices for gas. Higher prices for gas, less cars. Less cars, less pollution... higher prices for gas, less money. Less money, more poverty. More poverty, more people moving to the UK. Oh, I forgot to mention. No education = less air force and arny members.

  • @derekt7206
    @derekt7206 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm behind this walk out, I truly wish these teachers the best of walk. Our government doesn't want to pay and give our teachers the right amount and give out less in terms of budget. All they do is point fingers but no action.

  • @pipisan4467
    @pipisan4467 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i used to go to a tiny school in oklahoma and it was so underfunded that they let us stop going to school one friday to save money to pay the teachers and pay to keep the school running
    (even though we had 2 gyms and they always were squeaky clean and had new floors every year)

  • @kyle-mb1ij
    @kyle-mb1ij 6 ปีที่แล้ว +129

    don't get me wrong teachers deserved to be paid more but the idea that they have to work 2 or 3 jobs to make ends meet is just absurd

    • @ccassidy9090
      @ccassidy9090 6 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      Youtan Poluo If they have small children then it's not hard to believe. Childcare is extremely expensive.

    • @kyle-mb1ij
      @kyle-mb1ij 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      My mother was a teacher and raised 3 kids just fine with one job. Not to mention teachers get months off in the summer. Name any other state funded job where you get a 3 month vacation every year. I love how before they become teachers it's always "I'm not doing this for the money, I have a passion for teaching." Next thing you know they're protesting at the capital because they don't get enough money.

    • @Doosie0124
      @Doosie0124 6 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      Youtan Poluo your view is bias and stupid. You think living costs don't go up? God damn, use your fucning head

    • @IamCancer624
      @IamCancer624 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      +Youtan Poluo ***don't get me wrong teachers deserved to be paid more but the idea that they have to work 2 or 3 jobs to make ends meet is just absurd***
      no its not, its called life...FACT
      and these govenremnt teachers are paid 60k a year...FACT
      They make twice as much as middle class people do and every year I hear them whine about not being paid enough when government schools are fialing across the nation...FACT

    • @pietersteenkamp5241
      @pietersteenkamp5241 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Purchasing power were higher in the 60's . 70's and 80's and men earned relatively much which allowed women to get less and still make ends meet. You are going to have do some actual reading about economic history to understand these issues and try not to blame poor powerless people for 'stupidly' doing 2 or 3 jobs.

  • @crackerjack5572
    @crackerjack5572 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Put it in perspective: 42k for The teachers who works only 3/4 of the year average income in Oklahoma is 49k, Oklahoma ranks 47th in education. You want better pay then produce better results.

  • @MarshalofFrance
    @MarshalofFrance 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    A well paid teacher is a happy teacher, and that means happy students, and that means... Go figure.

    • @IamCancer624
      @IamCancer624 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Marshal ***A well paid teacher is a happy teacher, and that means happy students, and that means... Go figure.***
      teachers are well paid, they make an AVERAGE 60k a year and yet they whine for more raises well schools across the nation are failing? LMAO

  • @ryandowning2956
    @ryandowning2956 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’m not against this but would she have more money in her pocket if her kids didn’t do those activities as they are not only ripping a hole in her pocket but they’re putting unnecessary stress.

  • @gentilejoshsaved1646
    @gentilejoshsaved1646 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    42k is a fine income. No one works at a convenience store for more. Teachers also have insurance and summers off. Maybe you should not spend so much instead. I am so tired of whiney Americans. People are starving in this world. All she is teaches is entitlement.

  • @GachaQueen-cm7nm
    @GachaQueen-cm7nm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You know what’s sad today my chemistry teacher said that we pay 1 million dollars a year on average to take one person to jail all of that can be used for education in just saying

  • @gavinreddig3969
    @gavinreddig3969 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I Live in Oklahoma here's the thing WE DONT HAVE THE MONEY FOR IT we literally do not have the money in the state for it....We will have to take it from mental health and things like that

    • @taterkaze9428
      @taterkaze9428 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Pro tip: raise the state income tax on affluent people.

    • @GoZipper
      @GoZipper 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah, lets just steal more of hard working peoples money. There is no self responsibility anymore. Its the new fad! People just go around blaming others for their own life.

    • @gmmakesmehurl
      @gmmakesmehurl 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Although, I feel that teachers en masse can go to hell for all I care, the source for pay raises should've come from lottery funds. Instead, the rest of us who had absolutely no say in the issue are now paying for it via online taxes.

  • @okorojnr
    @okorojnr 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    $34,000 is pretty low to live on. I taught High school Physics in Dallas, TX for 3 yrs before quitting in 2016 and started with $45,000 and within a year and half got $7,000 raise. And I thought it was still small. Oklahoma and the other states need to do right by their teachers.

  • @uchiabetrayer2
    @uchiabetrayer2 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I agree that teachers deserve to be paid more, but lady going to Starbucks every day doesn't help.

    • @adempc
      @adempc 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Was this lady your teacher? Or how do you know her?

  • @user-oq2wu2tq4m
    @user-oq2wu2tq4m 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    FYI I live in okc and during the walkout we literally didn’t have school for weeks.

  • @oswaldo9127
    @oswaldo9127 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The cost of living is super cheap in Oklahoma compared to the rest of states. Yes, a teacher in California might earn &70k a year but guess what the cost of living is twice or tripe of that in Oklahoma. So I guess pay varies by various factors.

    • @oddmanout4256
      @oddmanout4256 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Though don't you think $35k is abysmal for a college educated professional, and the fact they often don't get raises and benefits in OK.

  • @JD-xv6dv
    @JD-xv6dv 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I think teaching is being devalued because of the internet. Why do we need thousands of teachers giving lectures to 30 students at a time for 45 minutes? Some of whom, are bad and some of whom are good. The smart teachers are posting lectures and tutorials on sites like Udemy and youtube, and making multiples of what a public school teacher makes. Millions of kids can get the benefit of the best lecturers and don't waste their time. Its the way the world is heading, schools need to catch up, because the methods and content they are teaching now... the population is figuring out has nothing to do with success in the real world.

  • @wowomg1980
    @wowomg1980 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I'm not against education, but I found most of my years in public school to be a waste of time. After about fifth grade, you top out, and then it becomes a matter of memorizing answers for tests and showing up five days a week. I never found high school to be efficient in anyway. 90 % of high school could be learned in a fraction of four years. Unless you're trying to get in a really good college, I say go ahead and drop out, and get your GED. You can wrap up High School in a matter of hours with a certificate that's virtually the same thing as a high school diploma.

    • @linusmlgtips2123
      @linusmlgtips2123 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It is not the same. And you will be living minimum wage if you drop out and dont go to college. Not everyone is an entrepreneur.

    • @wowomg1980
      @wowomg1980 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I don't think I've ever accepted a job that pays minimum wage. A degree doesn't guarantee you a high paying job and anyone can tell you that. I'll never be a CEO of a huge corporation, but my overall point was a GED is just as good as a high school diploma in most cases.

    • @soloryn02
      @soloryn02 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      A GED is actually more difficult to obtain. They made it quite a bit harder. Also if you think you can't make as much as a doctor with a GED and no college I'd like to show you to the world of the car salesmen. Or perhaps a home realtor. The jobs are out there and they are numerous. Also be nice to people who work in food sales. That's where college graduates go when they can't get a job...I remember all the ones I worked with in high school.

    • @missdesireindependance5194
      @missdesireindependance5194 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Students who drop out of school won't be prepared for a community or 4 year college. A person may say their not going to college but with the competition for jobs it's best to be prepared for college.

    • @anna-ti6fy
      @anna-ti6fy 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's not the teachers fault it's the school board's idiot planning. Ironically they get paid more.

  • @MondoBeno
    @MondoBeno 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Low pay is fine when the living cost is low. But that's no longer the case. I've seen schools where half the teachers quit and went to work in the state prison because it paid far more and there was no lesson planning to do.

  • @saveUyghurs
    @saveUyghurs 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I learn more from online resources like Khan Academy and other educational TH-cam channels than I do sitting in a classroom with bad teachers and so do the majority of my peers. I'm not saying this teacher in particular is bad, but really because each teacher has varying degrees of teaching ability, this creates huge disparity in quality of education that students should be receiving. I really think the teaching profession is on its way out and as a student with so much frustration coming from bad teachers- the feeling of thinking I'm incompetent when in actuality, it's the teacher's poor delivery, I really don't mind so much. I'd rather have a teacher through a screen that I can pause and rewind and learn at my own pace than moody, disengaging teachers. Everyone should watch Sal Khan's TED Talk for more on this.

    • @jglobetrotter2830
      @jglobetrotter2830 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      "and so do the majority of my peer"
      I guess your online school didn't teach what "majority" means, nor to avoid using words you do not understand. The majority of children do NOT learn better online. Online schools have plenty of failures, just because you have had a positive result doesn't mean anything. That is called anecdotal evidence. For example, I was homeschooled and became very well-educated and successful, but that doesn't mean homeschooling is perfect for everyone.
      Online schooling works for you, well, great, but it's ridiculous to suggest it works for everyone or even the majority. Data does not bear out that claim.
      For another thing, I am willing to bet your parents are involved in your education, and either one of your parents stays home with you, or you are at least 12 and able to stay home alone. Even if you are doing your work at home alone, your parents no doubt check up on you and hold you accountable. Congratulations for being so privileged as to live in such a home. Not everyone has access to parents/guardians that are that involved with their kids' educations. Should all parents/guardians be involved... absolutely. But they aren't. And I don't believe the appropriate response to that is "Screw them and their education, their parents should be more responsible." I don't believe in punishing kids and depriving them of an education because of their parent's irresponsible behavior.
      Teaching is only "on it's way out if you are unwise enough to believe an education is comprised of stuffing information into your head."

    • @eltoroluckypatientzero1355
      @eltoroluckypatientzero1355 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      bengalifob2 Agreed 100% the problem here is being self taught unfortunately will not get you a carreer :/

    • @missdesireindependance5194
      @missdesireindependance5194 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      bengalifob2 You are generalizing teachers and the hard work they put in.

    • @xxjr8axx
      @xxjr8axx 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Miss desire Independance at first its hard setting up lessons plans and getting used to teaching, then they start to streamline it. Back in my grade school we would grade eachothers homework and tests. The teachers are asking to much of a society that doesnt value them. I have no sympathy for art or other useless teachers, as for math and english its hard to have sympathy for a person who knew what they were getting into.

    • @alexc2265
      @alexc2265 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'd say coping with poor delivery is a skill in itself, partly as the receiving, understanding, and accommodating side of social skill, but I feel a decent amount of what you're saying. As for learning online, it can be good for many, but it would have been a recipe for disaster in my case. Many students including myself really benefit from the face to face interaction and the positive peer pressure only a physical environment can provide.

  • @gabethedizzle
    @gabethedizzle 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Oklahoma Tribes have contributed 7.2 BILLION in gaming revenue to the OK school system. Where'd the money go?

    • @soloryn02
      @soloryn02 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Probably the colleges. Just like where that lottery money went when we passed that crap. I think there is a lot of money going to places and pockets it shouldn't be.

    • @jglobetrotter2830
      @jglobetrotter2830 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      What always happens in any State when they bring in the lottery/casinos/marijuana saying it will fund schools. They send the revenue from that to the schools and then cut an equal amount from the school's existing budgets and send it elsewhere. So when that 7.2 billion comes in, they take 7.2 billion from the other funding sources and send it elsewhere.

    • @gmmakesmehurl
      @gmmakesmehurl 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@soloryn02 Exactly! And no one else bothered to figure that out when all this went down. It's insane.

  • @Felix0770
    @Felix0770 6 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    The way america and economics works, if you believe you are not getting paid enough, ask for a raise, find another job, different career or unionize. The market has to adapt. as long as there are people taking the jobs at that salary, the salary will stay the same. But with that said, I believe the market should value a teacher at least double what it is now and be compensated accordingly.

    • @user-qs1ub5gk1h
      @user-qs1ub5gk1h 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      If you try to unionize in this country, you get fired. If you confront your boss about how you’re being underpaid while they’re getting a ridiculous raise and a brand new car for doing approximately jack shit, you get arrested. America is so systemically corrupt that there are few avenues through which you can advocate for yourself besides trying to call attention to the issue like this teacher did.
      Also, who would teach the students in her state if all teachers moved to a different location or switched careers?

    • @fryphillipj560
      @fryphillipj560 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      American economics and valuing someone twice was much just because they do something good doesn't work together.

    • @billwill5051
      @billwill5051 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      下佐粉ケイ
      Actually if they all left the state, the teachers who stayed or others who move in would be paid tremendously, because of a higher demand for teachers.

    • @user-qs1ub5gk1h
      @user-qs1ub5gk1h 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      William Willis That’s B.S. and you know it. Even if schools were perpetual short-staffed, the remaining teachers wouldn’t be payed more because a lack of financial resources isn’t the only problem here! The board takes all the money for themselves because teachers are powerless to do anything about it!

    • @billwill5051
      @billwill5051 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      下佐粉ケイ so they are yelling and screaming about government officials, instead of the over bloated school staff?

  • @yessi_yes_si
    @yessi_yes_si 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you so much Lyndsey you are an inspiration. We hear you thank you for having a voice, thank you to all teachers and people alike who brought this to light! ❤️

  • @andyboi4560
    @andyboi4560 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    lol you don't make more than 42K a year in a convenience store. This story is full of exaggerations

    • @wturner777
      @wturner777 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      The keyword is "average". Some areas pay much less than others.

  • @drec.134
    @drec.134 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is exactly what GA teachers need to do but the state is so divided. Some county’s/cities get great tax funding and money from state level funds. Teacher pay is very good in these areas also but in other areas teachers are poor. I taught for 12 years and made just over 55,000 and the cost of living was slowing but surly catching up to me. I left because there was no change in 9years. But if you went and got a masters in education they would give you this crazy raise around $500-$800a month. Education is all about money a power and control now in Glynn County School system!

  • @lashow4818
    @lashow4818 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    This makes no sense... they have to beg basically to let their state know they are struggling. Amerika is going down.

    • @jcummi1937
      @jcummi1937 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      L A your spelling is very telling as to why America could be struggling.

    • @jcummi1937
      @jcummi1937 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Proving my point even more, thank you!

    • @jakflint7019
      @jakflint7019 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      America is going down when teachers put earrings in their nose. What next a face tattoo.

  • @frontlinemaster
    @frontlinemaster 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’m an Oklahoma student and I think this is stupid. We had to had extra time to our day even though they got their raise they wanted more. And you have to understand they get many days off they get the weekends, all breaks which includes the winter, spring, and summer break which is almost 4 months. I hated the walkout it was retarded and the kids at my school here in Oklahoma think it’s stupid too.

  • @HarperSanchez
    @HarperSanchez 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    She took that “can I speak to the manager?” haircut to the capitol building!

    • @ulyssesdenice5071
      @ulyssesdenice5071 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      One of the very few times that haircut actually looked good on someone though.

  • @SapphireX413
    @SapphireX413 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The way the representatives just walk away.... THAT is what is wrong with this country right now. The perfect embodiment of it!

  • @sohambandyopadhyay5184
    @sohambandyopadhyay5184 6 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    No money for teachers and NRA has tons of money. Explains about your country Usa.

    • @MementoMori._.
      @MementoMori._. 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Soham Bandyopadhyay no correlation at all. the NRA is not government funded. Teachers are paid by the government. www.quora.com/Where-does-funding-for-the-National-Rifle-Association-NRA-come-from

    • @JTTomas-ut7ce
      @JTTomas-ut7ce 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      just stick to the tec support Soham..

    • @impact8109
      @impact8109 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Soham Bandyopadhyay god your fucking stupid.

    • @sohambandyopadhyay5184
      @sohambandyopadhyay5184 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      J.T. Tomas I like that stereotype..... that's good one...😎

    • @Ivzini
      @Ivzini 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Soham Bandyopadhyay I honestly don’t get how does the nra have to do with this is a whole different situation

  • @kimberlyhicks3644
    @kimberlyhicks3644 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I know one teacher who moved from district to district, city to city, and state
    to state in the nearly 2 decades she has taught. She went back to college to earn additional degrees and was even certified to teach in Canada, but lacked the money to move there. In all that time, she never got a pay raise. It's not worth it.

  • @VICENews
    @VICENews  6 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    “I know more teachers than not that have to have second or third jobs,” teacher Lyndsey Stuart told VICE News.
    Watch more on America's school funding crisis HERE: bit.ly/2pL31rz

    • @rawstarmusic
      @rawstarmusic 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      $23,000 is ok money in Europe but how much do you need to live in the US? Is the crazy health insurance part of it? Does a convenient store girl make more than 23000?

    • @pietersteenkamp5241
      @pietersteenkamp5241 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      But she actually represents the mood of teachers in America so stop attacking the person and lets talk about the issue. American workers and teachers are poorly compensated for their work loads and they are always always better paid in more civilized countries.
      Of course the fact that you do not have critical thinking skills and want to jealously drag down others instead of improving the situation for everyone speak to the fact that American schools are in fact not managing to raise a generation of people that will be able to compete with their global peers.

    • @rawstarmusic
      @rawstarmusic 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Teachers are not regarded as advanced professionals because there are to many of them. They are seen as a job that students can take after study if they don't have another job. More like just above kindergarten workers.

    • @silentotto5099
      @silentotto5099 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      OPERATIONS "If she chooses, to have her child be part of extracurricular activities she chooses the associated cost, as well as the cost with her life style."
      Really?
      Extracurricular activities can be the difference in being accepted at a good university and a mediocre university.
      They can be the difference between getting a scholarship and not getting a scholarship.
      They can be the difference between a potential employer deciding someone is a "go-getter" or someone is just doing the minimum to get by.
      It seems to me that such things are much more than just a "choice", as you put it.
      You would do well to think past the first level of complexity.

    • @Stank_Dank_
      @Stank_Dank_ 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      The trick is, just don't pay for health issues until they arise. Do your best to stay out of the hospital, that's why these bleeding heart liberals want to aggressively push a "healthy and active" lifestyle because they want you to do everything you can to prevent (good luck) sickness and shit and therefore not have to ever worry about hospital bills because eating a carrot today will save you from AIDS tomorrow

  • @marisolcastro5466
    @marisolcastro5466 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    My son was an Elementary School teacher. He had to work two other jobs. He worked as a school janitor in the evening and was a bike messenger on the weekends. He worked 3 jobs for 3 years without taking a single day off! I witnessed my son's health and his body deteriorate so bad, until his body couldn't take it anymore. He blew both of his knees and he is now bed-ridden. Now we're fighting for his medical insurance to cover knee replacement surgery. It's a nightmare!

  • @406transient9
    @406transient9 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    because its all about the children, so give me more money, full medical/dental and retirement packages where my contribution is zero. you know, for the children.

  • @heyheyhey40
    @heyheyhey40 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I left teaching in American public schools 3 years ago! I moved to China to teach.... and now I own my own English Language Center! I LOVE teaching! However the system pushed me away!

    • @soloryn02
      @soloryn02 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Have fun eating people's pets at the yulin festival.

    • @jglobetrotter2830
      @jglobetrotter2830 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      You are right, I made more in Korea than this lady makes, and I didn't have an education degree.

  • @TheMinnesotaMaverick
    @TheMinnesotaMaverick 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Fire bad teachers and good teachers can get paid more. Apply free market principles to the teaching profession. The problem isn't pay its corrupt teacher unions that protect bad teachers.

    • @jglobetrotter2830
      @jglobetrotter2830 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      How do you fire "bad teachers" when there is a nation-wide teacher shortage?

  • @frankblack9476
    @frankblack9476 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What convenience store pays more than 30,000 and who cannot survive on that. I'm all for teachers and others being payed more. I raised two kids and their mother with about 25k/yr. People be spending.

  • @saveUyghurs
    @saveUyghurs 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Why does she drive a gas guzzling SUV?? It's a family of three!!

    • @johnsonyessir6638
      @johnsonyessir6638 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      also has a apple watch
      a mac computer w/ editing software
      photography equipment
      gymnastic classes for her kid
      last time I checked photography is more of hobby than a career given the fact that everyone has a camera on them, and even then people don't really pay you that much. looks to me she invested too much into the equipment and is paying back debt because of it.
      Also on side note, I don't want to say apple is straight up trash, but if you prefer a $1200 mac "workplace" desktop as to a $300 dell laptop that can do the same thing, than... I mean... your kinda of a idiot with a lot cash.

  • @QT-173
    @QT-173 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    that's crazy...a Canadian high school teacher medium salary is 56,000US then it changes depending on experience, province you live in, school etc.

  • @gilbeck1972
    @gilbeck1972 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I know a lot of people that would kill for 42,000 a year, also did u notice she was a single parent she probably gets some kind of child support as well. The bottom line is if you can't put food on the table with 42,000 dollars a year, I think she needs to stop buying herself those expensive ass clothes or get a better job

    • @ToxicityAssured
      @ToxicityAssured 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You see her husband around 5:26. Even if single, I doubt she would qualify for assistance. I teach and work in the summer. With both jobs, one at a time, I get by fine with wife and kid.

    • @BassRacerx
      @BassRacerx 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      she got a second job. Also don't understand your beef with the clothing. if you are a professional you dress like a professional. and she's on TV for crying out loud are you telling me if you were going to be on tv you would wear you usual clothes? There is a good chance the tv studio picked out and bought her wardrobe for tv that is a thing that they are known to do.

  • @soloryn02
    @soloryn02 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    They were asking for a $10,000 raise and $3.3 billion in funding. Gov. Fallin offered them a $6,100 raise and 2.9 billion funding. After ending the 9 day strike, they are getting what was initially offered before the walkout.

  • @srgjohnsonson
    @srgjohnsonson 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Education, more like indoctrination

  • @ulises7612
    @ulises7612 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Not just teachers need better wages ,this whole country NEEDS BETTER WAGES FOR EVERYONE!!

  • @SethHarcrowmusic
    @SethHarcrowmusic 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Holy hot damn this got your boy teary eyed af!!!

  • @frenchiehorn4339
    @frenchiehorn4339 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    To the people saying she should just move to a different state with higher salaries, you're insinuating it's her fault she hasn't gotten a raise in 10 years. People shouldn't have to uproot their entire lives to make a living wage. She did it right: she went to college, got a degree, and has dedicated 10 years to teaching. There is no reason she should be required to supplement her income with side jobs.

  • @thatcoolkidjoey
    @thatcoolkidjoey 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The cost of living in Oklahoma is very cheap

  • @johnbrown2163
    @johnbrown2163 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Goodbye.... 👎👎👎👎👎

  • @NikkiKitty22
    @NikkiKitty22 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    "that close to poverty" hah thats so funny
    like i feel her but that was soo wrong

    • @cherriledbetter1120
      @cherriledbetter1120 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      natalie nunez
      New York teachers average 75k , Massachusetts average 73k a year
      Within surrounding states
      Texas averages 31k-44k depending on experience.
      Kansas is around 48k-49k
      New Mexico is 47k-48k
      Colorado is over 49k
      Arkansas is from 44k-47k
      And lastly Missouri averages at 47k-53k

    • @michaelgraffam5423
      @michaelgraffam5423 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Oh and why would that be?
      She is making $34k a year from teaching. The federal poverty line for a family of 3 is $24k. The median average income in the united states is $59k. So she is 40% away from poverty, and 70% away from the average income. She is WAY CLOSER TO POVERTY THAN THE AVERAGE INCOME.
      Of course you can find people that are way BELOW the poverty line, too. But those people almost certainly are not working in fields that require a 4-year degree, nor for employers with the resources of the government. It is egregious that someone could spend the money for an education, work for an employer which takes billions in tax money every year, and still be closer to poverty than average income.

  • @thickymcghee7681
    @thickymcghee7681 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Going to be honest here: I graduated from a T1 school in Finance and Economics, and went off to work on Wall Street at an IB. My first job offered me $105k. This was 8 years ago. I am all for capitalism and I looooove me some money. However, something is wrong when I can get a job that pay's 200% more than the person who taught me, right off the bat.
    Will I do anything about this? No. Is it super messed up? Yes.

  • @Rmulberger
    @Rmulberger 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I worked at Fedex making $35K for a 55-60 hour work week for all 12 months of the year. These teachers complain they pull $35K for 9 months of work....What a joke. They run a daycare for young adults. I would only agree to pay them more if their graduates were able to find good paying, middle class jobs. The reality is very few come out of high school with any licenses, certificates or marketable skills. Government led education is nothing more than day care. If they don't like being paid $35k to sit at a desk, then grab a shovel and head into the coal mines!

    • @brenandemossita1000
      @brenandemossita1000 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Rmulberger teaching is way different than delivering packaged goods.

    • @BrianSmith-yq7ys
      @BrianSmith-yq7ys 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      No inflationary increase for ten years

    • @mablesyrup1571
      @mablesyrup1571 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well, they care about their students. Do you give a damn about your customers? Besides, they put in a few extra years of schooling than we did. I am always amazed that many teachers across the country make less than I do, and I have no college degree and do not have any specialized skills, such as a tradesman.

    • @Rmulberger
      @Rmulberger 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Do you think we have a problem with the American education system? I do. There is a problem with teacher compensation. There is a real problem with students who don't want to learn. There is a problem with students graduating from public schools that don't have a marketable trade. I was from the Detroit area for most of my life. Look up the annual rate of students that don't even graduate (80%+). I hope it horrifies you. Every student that drops out is a burden to society. They will go about their lives receiving government aid and likely be incarcerated.
      I went to public schools (ie teenage daycare). I attended college with my own money. In the end I'm working a blue collar job that pays more than my degree. We have a problem here. College shouldn't cost what it does. Students shouldn't be graduating with $70,000 in debt to Uncle Sam. In an age of technology, we should be able to provide our students top-notch e-lectures followed up by teachers/aides who help them. Everyone says smaller class sizes, but I disagree. We need larger class sizes, better lectures, more aides and group learning.
      Its a mess. I don't have kids yet, but I'm home schooling them. If I win the lottery they are going to private school. Our government is a joke. Show me anything besides waging war that they are actually good at.
      They have a solution: Find another job or unionize.

  • @craigroberts1329
    @craigroberts1329 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The OK State Representatives that they showed looked completely incompetent and extra Wimpy. The good people of Oklahoma need to Elect some New Representatives.

  • @potdragon8091
    @potdragon8091 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thats what you get without the father around.🙄

  • @cheerwhiner7829
    @cheerwhiner7829 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I am an elementary school teacher, if you don’t want to teach anymore, leave. If you can make more money at a convenience store, quit and get a job there. It doesn’t get easier, year-after-year. It gets tougher.
    Make the choice, and stick by it.

  • @bears198542021
    @bears198542021 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    man I thought I had it rough living with a drug addicted roommate in a shitty run down apartment but she got a house a nice car a fancy computer with pets and shes complaining? I think she can cut back and live within the means of survival. maybe you dont need the fancy bracelet jennifer

    • @BonBonPalace
      @BonBonPalace 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Agreed. She can even afford to send her kids to gymnastic. I would kill to have the lifestyle she has.

  • @scoutsco
    @scoutsco 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Teachers are the most important people in our lives, they teach us the most basic things. Without them, we wouldn’t be able to read, write, or speak coherently. In America, they are treated like garbage, when they should really getting much higher wages and respect.

    • @zephead4835
      @zephead4835 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The American federation of teachers union is a standing army of 1.7 million card-carrying members in good standing. And you think they're being treated like garbage?

  • @yeshua64
    @yeshua64 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Abolish the department of education!

  • @hooballoolify
    @hooballoolify 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just left Oklahoma last month and went to another state that paid higher. Even if OK pays more this year, it STILL won't be enough money as compared to the surrounding states. Why? It has nothing to offer for single people without kids. They just cater to families only.

  • @natashavonoskabaya5494
    @natashavonoskabaya5494 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Hard to have sympathy for these teachers.
    They make more money than most people on average do in the United States.
    They don't work a full year.
    They are protected with benefits, healthcare and pension.
    People work 2-3 jobs and will never have any benefits or pension.
    Take your kids out of expensive gymnastics classes and get a smaller house.

    • @shatley123
      @shatley123 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      You don't think one of the most important jobs (needs to be done well for the vitality of the country) is worthy of a middle class wage?

    • @zeeloo101
      @zeeloo101 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      They dont get payed for the full year though.

    • @glossygloss472
      @glossygloss472 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Umm did we watch the same video? Average American salary is over $50,000 a year. She gets paid in the $40,000 range. Lmfao stop lying just for likes.

    • @loveflying4488
      @loveflying4488 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      semen demon yes and her compensation package includes benefits and pension that is more valuable than the 10k she misses in salary. Just looking at salary doesn't tell you how much she is actually getting especially when you know how generous her pension, health care and other benefits are likely to be

    • @elizabethbennet4791
      @elizabethbennet4791 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      BINGO!

  • @getitgotit19
    @getitgotit19 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Not to down play their struggle but what convenient store is starting at $42,000 a year?

  • @elephantoflight3362
    @elephantoflight3362 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Try making 12 dollars an hour full time and then have another part time job for the same, while being a part time student. That equals about 17,000 a year. Privileged white teachers with a second privileged part time job, crying. GTFOH.... 35,000 one job or 17,000 for 2 jobs... Maybe the teachers are living a privileged life they can’t afford? Yup... I heard a married white male, retired from military, say that living with less than $75,000 a year is very difficult. What are you spending your money on folks? I could live for 4 years off $75,000.

    • @JeppeESR
      @JeppeESR 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      ?? a full time jub is at minimum 35 hours a week and with a usual 47 work weeks that is 1645 hours of work a year and with 12 dollars an hour that will be 19740 dollars a year. i dont knowe where my math is wrong and i am not even looking at the part time job because guessing how many hours that entails.

    • @elephantoflight3362
      @elephantoflight3362 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Equals about....... Is what I said. I made 21,421 taxed earnings with 2 jobs, that payed 12 an hour, says my social security statement.

    • @raftash5279
      @raftash5279 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      geez, thank God I'm not an American

    • @nurlindafsihotang49
      @nurlindafsihotang49 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      forgetting the responsiblity to care for students? when did you last job required you to answer many questions, make somebody understand something, make someone passes the test, huh? you think those teacher only works at their office hours? you are one of those failed student that blames school because you refused to listens and now paying the consequences eh? fock off!

    • @Jen-cj2br
      @Jen-cj2br 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      So get an education.

  • @eminempreg
    @eminempreg 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    No place seems to be mentioning that this strike lasted 2 weeks. (Maybe not for all schools but for mine it did)
    We had so many great teachers that I loved leave for different jobs or different states. And power to them but I will miss them.

  • @johnissa4611
    @johnissa4611 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    She works 9 months out of the year. Works 7 hours a day teaching as stated by her. Gets full benefits and a pension when she retires. All those benefits add up. She’s making on average $27 an hour. Another example of people trying to take more money at the expense of everyone else.

    • @Reub3
      @Reub3 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thats what I was wondering. Don't teachers get really great benefits. She's just not living within her means is what it seems like.

    • @minibullet91
      @minibullet91 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      so what do surrounding states make if she makes $27 an hour?

    • @soloryn02
      @soloryn02 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes! People seem to forget they don't even work as much as the average American. Must be nice not working a 12 hour day and having weekends and spring break off....

    • @minibullet91
      @minibullet91 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Malissah B this comment is what's wrong with oklahoma and why they are leaving to surrounding states that pay appropriately. So why do all the other states seem to find teaching important and not oklahoma?

    • @LowkeySheree
      @LowkeySheree 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      minibullet91 how did you calculate that? This is why we need good teachers. 🤕

  • @carsondolezal4633
    @carsondolezal4633 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    For anyone who needs context we have a governed named Mary Fallon who has the 3rd highest disapproval rate of any politician in America. They are using the education fund for non-education stuff.

  • @komerwest9520
    @komerwest9520 6 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    Looks like you are living way above your income.

    • @johnbrown2163
      @johnbrown2163 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      komer west We know she not paying for Gym membership

    • @ciscof4041
      @ciscof4041 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      So you saying the American dream is dead? She most likely has a college education, she works full time, and yet can't make ends meet. She's doing everything right from what she was probably told when she was younger. What's your point here?

    • @MarkMcAllister-ni9sf
      @MarkMcAllister-ni9sf 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The point is how can one NOT survive in Oklahoma on 50k per/year? She's got a nice iwatch

    • @billwill5051
      @billwill5051 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Finally somebody said it.

    • @billwill5051
      @billwill5051 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sounds like she should sit in on a finance course. Are we really complaining about 39000 a year plus benefits. By the way if her state is like mine she will retire making over 80k. With some of the most coveted benefits left in the country. If she wants to make more she should be lobbying against her union.

  • @Johnathan8499
    @Johnathan8499 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    She's beautiful!!!! God bless her heart!

  • @tutorialalisantoso99
    @tutorialalisantoso99 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Pokoknya sip ditunggu klik - klik

  • @ibenzawla
    @ibenzawla 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nothing will change until people learn to stop vote against their interests.

  • @TheViperfang8899
    @TheViperfang8899 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    They get the whole summer off! This is ridiculous.

    • @TACOGOODLOOKING
      @TACOGOODLOOKING 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They don't get paid the same salarys during the summer, smart ass. They get a reduced rate around 40% of their wage paid through employment insurance that they pay into the remainder of the year.

    • @TheViperfang8899
      @TheViperfang8899 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Do you not know what a yearly salary is?

    • @TACOGOODLOOKING
      @TACOGOODLOOKING 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You're an idiot. My mother in law is a teacher, i think im informed on how they get paid. Thanks for the dumb question though.

    • @TheViperfang8899
      @TheViperfang8899 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      So clearly, no, you don't know what a yearly salary is.

    • @cherriledbetter1120
      @cherriledbetter1120 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nick Guizz
      Some of the schools in Oklahoma are year round

  • @Thumpertom
    @Thumpertom 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bunch of over paid cry baby teachers. So if she worked yr round she would make 70k a yr. Teaching is basically a part time job. So sick of teachers crying all the time.

  • @ericyoung429
    @ericyoung429 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Appreciate you want more money but keep your politics to yourself. I don’t send my kids to school to here your opinion and have them walk out. I send them to be taught facts. Don’t use the kids to expand your campaign. This should be dealt with through the proper channels.

    • @mandyschmidt7164
      @mandyschmidt7164 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Eric Young you’re obviously bias. The “walk out” is absurd to you get you say nothing about kids being indoctrinated into Christianity AT school.

    • @michaelgraffam5423
      @michaelgraffam5423 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      No, you send your kids to school because its the law, you don't have a choice, and the state will take your kids if you don't comply. You never once thought "Hey, let me send my kids somewhere so they can learn facts." That's utter bullshit, and you know it. You never once thought about it, just like you don't think about breathing -- because it isn't a choice.
      And you shouldn't give a shit about filling a kid's head with facts. Facts change as new information is discovered. You should desire them to learn how to think critically about facts, how to examine issues, and how to formulate an opinion of their own. That requires being exposed to other people's opinions, and a debate centered around them. Those skills don't exist any longer.
      So, get ready for it, America. We're greased up and primed for one of those good, old-fashioned New York style pig-fucks. In another 10, or 15 years, when the stunted, zombiefied kids of today get into positions of power or responsibility -- it will just be the beginning of the nightmare.

  • @skelbyoof7884
    @skelbyoof7884 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    ‘It’s an easy job’ Is such a dumb thought process. Teaching is NOT an easy job. Have you seen planning books? Lesson plans by week? The amount of papers you have to grade? The effort it takes to teach children? The long work days that in my state usually last over 12 hours? Teaching isn’t easy. It’s hard.
    It’s so disgusting to degrade people because ‘they knew they’d be paid less’. They’re educating your children, and you think they don’t deserve a living wage because ‘they knew what they were getting into’?

  • @soloryn02
    @soloryn02 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Maybe teaches are paid the lowest in the country because we are also one of the cheapest states to live in. You can't compare a teachers salary here to one in California. That's stupid. Also maybe they are paid the lowest because according to Forbes we are ranked 42nd in education. I support pay raises for teachers who have earned it and have shown they excel in their job. That is not all teachers tho. Also I knew when I was in high school 20 years ago they didn't get paid much. You did it for the kids. So you knew damn well what you were getting into.

    • @linusmlgtips2123
      @linusmlgtips2123 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      That doesnt excuse the fact that they are raising the next generation of kids in education and cant afford to get by. 35k in OK is still not that much. Like the teacher said, she has to work 30 extra hours a week to make ends meet.

    • @soloryn02
      @soloryn02 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Like I said, I support teachers pay increase BASED ON PERFORMANCE. I do not support what they are asking for. Which is 3.3 billion. We can't afford that. They are fking crazy.

    • @jglobetrotter2830
      @jglobetrotter2830 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "So you knew damn well what you were getting into."
      OH REALLY. So teachers should have magically predicted that idiots like you would vote in morons who would freeze their pay for ten years?
      "BASED ON PERFORMANCE"
      So, you advocate SHITTY standarized tests, cause that's really working out well, isn't it? No Child Left Behind was a huge success, right?
      "Which is 3.3 billion."
      No you dumbass liar, it's about 200m. The amount you dipshits and the people you elect stole from the education budget in the last ten years.

    • @soloryn02
      @soloryn02 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Their pay stagnated because we supposedly hit a recession as a nation. Altho I do remember voting to pass the lottery thing here. I guess that's not good enough tho. As far as standardized tests.... yeah cuz that's totally what I base my kids and teachers performance on. Nothing else. Last but not least is the 3.3 billion. If I'm wrong on that I'm sorry, but I saw it on the news. 3.3 billion over 3 years is what it said. I seriously doubt they'd just flat out lie about that on the freaking news. As far as the 200 million I'm pretty sure that was what was already offered. I know my town received 3 million alone on top of a 5k raise for new teachers and 9k for the older ones and 66% still walked out. That was in the email we received from the superintendent of the public schools here.

  • @wtf1231122
    @wtf1231122 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Most people over spend. They get a mortgage, a car payment, have kids, and NEED to go on vacation twice a year. That's why they are broke

  • @arco9660
    @arco9660 6 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    34k is good compared to soldiers who earn 20k-40k soo

    • @pietersteenkamp5241
      @pietersteenkamp5241 6 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      The Soldiers have fantastic benefits and various living/expense subsidies. Of course teachers wont get shot at but then most soldiers are not on a daily basis contributing to the future of the country. Also most soldiers don't actually spend money to become soldiers and would do something else if they could.

    • @IamCancer624
      @IamCancer624 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      +Prodigy G14 ***34k is good compared to soldiers who earn 20k-40k soo***
      soldiers make less than min wage...FACT
      teachers are paid ON AVERAGE 60k a year and with schools failing across the nation, they deserve a pay cut...FACT

    • @shatley123
      @shatley123 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @Pieter Steenamp Well it's not a 100% guarantee teachers won't get shot at in this country...

    • @shatley123
      @shatley123 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      People who decide to go on and have a career in the military can make much more than 20k-40k. Plus soldiers can make more depending on if they are deployed and are in danger.

    • @realmassconsumption
      @realmassconsumption 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeah I used to think that way too but then I grew up. They worked harder than they did and went to college. It's the way the world should work.

  • @dustjunky2000
    @dustjunky2000 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I was underpaid once. Know what I did? I went and found a better-paying job, rather than demand that the state steal money for me.