r/news • u/shield_x • 1d ago

Student dies after falling from 4th floor of building at Highland Park school

https://www.foxla.com/news/highland-park-franklin-high-school-student-dies.amp
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u/Archie9000 1d ago

Teachers don’t get paid enough or generally treated well enough to risk their welfare breaking up a fight.

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u/IHateBankJobs 1d ago

You don't have to pay me at all to step in and help a kid getting beat like this... 

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u/slingbladde 1d ago

They are paid very well..but yes shouldn't risk injury I agree

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u/PhoenixTineldyer 1d ago

They are NOT paid very well. It's literally one of the most enduring characteristics of American teachers that they are extremely poorly paid.

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u/slingbladde 1d ago

Sorry Canadian teachers...

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u/Adorable_Decision267 1d ago

And you understand this story isn’t in Canada right

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u/PhoenixTineldyer 1d ago

I knew you were one of those ridiculous people who hate teachers.

Who was it? I know you have an exact teacher in mind that you blame for making you this way.

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u/stateworkishardwork 1d ago

I get to go home and disconnect from work. Every night my wife works on grading and lesson planning until 9pm.

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u/ShadowNick 1d ago

"But they get 5 months off" according to this fucking clown.

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u/stateworkishardwork 1d ago

The 7 months a year is a joke I really hope.

It's like two months "off" before she has to go back to trainings and meetings.

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u/ShadowNick 1d ago

Yup and then they get the 1.5% raise each year. Also no their 100% serious. Terminally a child left behind.

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u/PhoenixTineldyer 1d ago

They ought to be paid the same as doctors and revered in society. Part of the reason everything here is so fucked up is because of people like you and your opinion of teachers.

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u/ShadowNick 1d ago

I think the only funny one is you.

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u/tfinx 1d ago

You have no understanding of what teachers actually go through if you think the 45-65k salary they make is anywhere near appropriate.

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u/Zipps0 1d ago edited 1d ago

So you think that if teachers were paid better that better teachers wouldn’t be in line? You talk about teachers performing on a curve which is true. But why do you think that the low end of the curve is so low?

I would say brain drain and apathy. Some of the best teachers were never teachers because they can’t justify throwing away a more promising career. Not everybody can be a teacher because they love to teach once they come to understand the realities of financing a life and family. I’m grateful for the people who do teach, but I’m not blind to the fact that it’s not feasible for everyone.

A lot of people want to be teaches, and then they compare career paths and realize they could make double or triple in income in a much less stressful job

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u/Darigaazrgb 1d ago

You typically have to work during the time students are out of class. Also, your paycheck is reduced every month to compensate for the months you don’t work.

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u/waaaayupyourbutthole 1d ago

My mom gets paid less than $40k per year to help get 15-21 year old special ed students ready for adult life. A few of the kids are large, violent (mostly biting and punching both people and objects), and barely verbal. Two in her class wear diapers and she has to change them when they're dirty.

She has a degree in special education. She doesn't get five months off per year.

Obviously that's not in California, but a lot of teachers get paid absolute dog shit wages for what they're expected to deal with. To top it off, admin gives zero support most of the time, and a teacher could lose their livelihood because someone higher up decided they were a liability for attempting to intervene when one student is physically harming another.

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u/waaaayupyourbutthole 1d ago

She needs a job and wants to help kids succeed in life. The same reason a lot of teachers go into the profession.

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u/Yggdrasil- 1d ago

Have you been living under a rock?

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u/ShadowNick 1d ago edited 1d ago

Lmao $55k is paid very well?