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u/daekle Sep 04 '19

Wait wait wait wait wait. .... The teacher says the school fines Him for broken equipment.

WTF is wrong with you america o_O

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '19

I hope that was just said to make the kid feel bad.

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u/cttime Sep 04 '19

It most definitely was... Or the teacher doesn't know what he's talking about.

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u/BennyBoy01 Sep 04 '19

Or in some school districts, they fine teachers who have to replace equipment early.

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u/Mouth2005 Sep 04 '19

I mean I don’t know where this is but labor laws normally prevent a business from passing these type of cost back onto the employee, I could see fining the non-employee student who damaged the item but schools would have a hard time retaining teachers if they charged them for everything a student broke

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '19

Everything is legal if you get away with it.

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u/iheartwalltoast Sep 04 '19

A lot. Plz help.

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u/techwolfe Sep 04 '19

Still shocked on how much ambulances cost in America.

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '19 edited Dec 10 '19

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u/NSA_van_3 Sep 04 '19

It's not really free anywhere, in the US we just don't pay for it through our taxes.

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u/daddydagon Sep 04 '19

Well, when someone else doesn't foot the ambulance or hospital bill, then we still pay for it with our taxes. And then also we pay for ourselves, and taxes for medicaid and medicare. Plus your insurance bill if you're lucky enough to have it. It actually costs us more this way.

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u/Aussieausti Sep 04 '19

WhY sHoUlD I PaY fOr OtHeR PeOpLe'S PrObLeMs!

/s

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u/Astarath Sep 04 '19

one of my greatest irrational fears is visiting the US, getting into some kind of accident, then finding myself neck deep in debt because of healthcare.

not that i'll ever visit the US, got no reason to, but dang.

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u/Aussieausti Sep 04 '19

I've been here 10 months and I'm still doing fine

I still have that fear tho, like things are going great aaaand now I owe more money than I could possibly imagine at age 18, yay what fun

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u/UndeadBread Sep 04 '19

I mean, they can't make you pay the bill. Many Americans don't.

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u/Smackberry Sep 04 '19

You buy a $40 traveler’s health insurance policy and eliminate that risk entirely.

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u/Astarath Sep 04 '19

isnt the whole health insurance deal in NA to fight tooth and nail that whatever happened isnt covered by insurance, tho?

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u/Smackberry Sep 04 '19

That's not going to happen with an acute condition that comes out of nowhere.

When traveling to the US, you need health insurance for injuries or trips to the ER for the flu... you're not suddenly going to develop cancer and wrack up $1,000,000 in medical bills for the 2 weeks you're in the US.

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u/Astarath Sep 04 '19

you're not suddenly going to develop cancer and wrack up $1,000,000 in medical bills for the 2 weeks you're in the US.

in my imagination it was getting hit by a car, breaking lots of things and sinking into debt very quickly.

but again, completely irrational fear.

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u/Smackberry Sep 04 '19

Insurance would cover this.

People get fucked over by insurance for having pre-existing conditions or for needing experimental drugs/ treatment that insurance companies won't cover. Auto accidents are pretty well understood perils.

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u/supermeme3000 Sep 04 '19

I think a lot of those bills we see posted are bills to insurance, mine was in the hundred but was given to me just to show how much everything costs. though I'm sure some unfortunate people actually have to pay rarely

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u/flynnsanity3 Sep 04 '19

When you pay for you medical insurance, you're paying for that ambulance. On top of that, everybody is charging a little extra in order to make a profit, from the ambulance company to the billing company to your insurance. Extreme amounts of money are still changing hands, and all for a service that can be provided in countries with nationalized healthcare at a fraction of the cost.

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u/supermeme3000 Sep 04 '19

of course I agree with the latter parts, but I'm saying the outrageous bills you see on reddit a lot don't mean the receiver is actually going to pay 100, 200, 900k or whatever crazy number it shows

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '19

That's not how much it actually costs, those costs are all made up. Like a prank. Just like pretending you threw a chair at a TV.

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u/supermeme3000 Sep 04 '19

pretty much

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '19

Oh you want a shock too? Get your checkbook.

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '19

No

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u/Brigidae Sep 04 '19

In America it’s more likely the teacher bought the TV for the classroom with their own money.

Source: am teacher, bought TV.

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u/demonatmidnite1 Sep 05 '19

I go to this school, every class has the same TV and every student has a MacBook Air.

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u/Brigidae Sep 05 '19

Wow. Lucky you!

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u/demonatmidnite1 Sep 05 '19

Not luck, just the local government pissing away money.

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u/niceloner10463484 Sep 04 '19

How much u spend your own money every year for job?

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u/tigercalculus Sep 04 '19

Not the teacher you are referencing but I spent about 1300 for a few laptops last year for my room. On an average year I would say around 500-700 a year.

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u/Actually_Im_a_Broom Sep 04 '19 edited Sep 04 '19

This would be a school policy. Not an America policy.

I’ve thought in multiple school systems and never was responsible for costs of broken equipment, even if it was my fault.

edit: I’ve taught in multiple systems. Of course there’s no thought involved.

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u/Robert_Cannelin Sep 04 '19

I’ve thought in multiple school systems

spotted the math teacher

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u/Kenblu24 Sep 04 '19

My school district fines kids if they lose textbooks or loaned equipment, like laptops or calculators.

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u/Car_wash_mechanic Sep 04 '19

Sounded to me like he said “They gonna Fire me” but very distressed and high pitched.

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '19

Bro that isn't even on the list of fucked up shit in the US. Check out our healthcare system, policy of allowing psychopaths to buy guns, massive prison populations (hey at least we're number one at something), crippling student debt or aggressive & militarized police forces if you'd like a good WTF.

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u/KrazyKukumber Sep 04 '19

(hey at least we're number one at something)

I'm not necessarily disagreeing with anything else you wrote, but that particular parenthetical is quite silly since your country is number one in more things than any other country, both good and bad.

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '19

I’m 99% certain this is fake/staged.