TEACHERS SHOULD GET PAID MORE

As a former student, I must say I am heavily disappointed in the way teachers have been handled by the state--or by the federal government.

Has it ever occurred to people that teachers are the backbone of our social education? Without them, where would we all be?

And yet I hear from people is: "I don't want to pay more taxes!"

Can anyone give me one good reason as to why teachers shouldn't be paid more for their hard work? Why can't we give them the benefit of the doubt by giving them what they need to educate future generations?

Are we so stingy on money and funding that we have to force teachers to pay the lion's share in school supplies and other necessities--things which the state and federal governments deem to be unimportant?

Why can't people see this crisis as something which affects all of us? Or are we just naturally blind to the problem and hand?

Maybe we should continue to turn a blind eye and hope the problem goes away.

What is your opinion?

Schuyler Thorpe

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Everett, WA 98204

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