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Old 03-22-2007
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Yes, they may make that on paper... but the reality is that many teachers, especially elementary school teachers, often spend their own money, out of pocket for supplies for their classrooms and students, since the schools are incapable or unwillling to properly equip and supply their classes.

The statistics you cite don't reflect the reality of the working teacher. Go ahead, volunteer at a local school for a month, especially an elementary school, and follow a good teacher around for some time, especially at the beginning of the school year. You have a rude awakening in front of you... when you realize how much of their salary goes to supplying their classroom so they can actually do their jobs.
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You know what the first rule of sailing is? ...Love. You can learn all the math in the 'verse, but you take
a boat to the sea you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turning of the worlds. Love keeps
her going when she oughta fall down, tells you she's hurting 'fore she keens. Makes her a home.

—Cpt. Mal Reynolds, Serenity (edited)

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