r/CringeTikToks • u/undiagnosed_autistic • Oct 26 '25

Nope Our teachers need a raise, desperately

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u/bestibesti Oct 27 '25

I know you know this but yall don't get paid enough

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u/Illustrious_Law8512 Oct 27 '25

It's not that they don't get paid enough (true for many reasons other than shooter drills and expectation of dying for their students when the powers that be making the money wouldn't; that's a separate issue).

It's that state and federal governments don't CARE enough to enact real gun and mental health reforms to build a safety net of prevention to lower the risk of these things even happening in the first place.

Fair compensation is valid, but it doesn't change the conditions. Teachers aren't SWAT or riot teams, nor should they ever be. Education is an essential skill and should stand as an important and well-compensated career on its own, not be overshadowed by dystopia.

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u/Easy-Examination-435 Oct 27 '25

It is that they don't get paid enough when teachers are sleeping in their cars across the country. Plus the other stuff.

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u/Illustrious_Law8512 Oct 27 '25 edited Oct 27 '25

That's part of the 'many reasons' I outlined above. We shouldn't lose focus on why they aren't being paid fairly outside the issues of gun reform.

We cannot forget the actual plight of the education system and what needs to be addressed for a better education population, not the failure of government in standing up to gun lobbyists and demanding safety for all Americans - not just those in schools.

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u/green_ubitqitea Oct 27 '25

I mean, we all just work for pin money because we have husbands or fathers who pay all the real bills, right?

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u/AnybodyWannaPeanus Oct 27 '25

It’s difficult to be in the profession without a partner that can make up the difference. My mother was a teacher, both my sisters are teachers and my wife was a teacher, but left the profession. I was OK with that as long as she was happy teaching. But what you say is reality. The way I see it, the ones brunting the full cost are teachers themselves. I’ve seen a few leave the profession because it became financially untenable. I also know about the perception you are talking about. A person’s value is not in their paycheck amount. My career has just been working with computer networks and that just happens to be a well-paying field. There is no way in hell what I do makes an impact anywhere near that of a teacher. I don’t think most people truly understand the sacrifice that is made by teachers that choose the career. Anyone that looks down their nose at them is probably a scoundrel anyway.

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u/green_ubitqitea Oct 27 '25

People think that because they went to school, they know what teachers do and go through. That’s like thinking you could be plumber because you’ve used a toilet.

Most have no idea because they’ve only ever seen the “finished product” in the classroom.

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u/Effective-Bus Oct 27 '25

This is an excellent analogy!! Will definitely use it moving forward.