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senseandsensibility

(24,156 posts)
Sun Aug 4, 2024, 06:16 PM Aug 2024

Anyone around here like teachers and nurses?

Last edited Mon Aug 5, 2024, 04:45 PM - Edit history (1)

Related: the most common occupations for small dollar donors to Kamala are teachers and nurses.

As if they haven't done enough already! They're stepping up big time.

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Anyone around here like teachers and nurses? (Original Post) senseandsensibility Aug 2024 OP
I'm a sucker and a loser who gives BOSSHOG Aug 2024 #1
By that do you mean military? senseandsensibility Aug 2024 #2
I proudly served BOSSHOG Aug 2024 #10
Another sucker and loser here, BOSS. 11 Bravo Aug 2024 #14
Old Grunt here SilasSouleII Aug 2024 #21
Well us nurses and the teachers too have suffered under magas going after us mucifer Aug 2024 #3
YES! Nurses have suffered.... FarPoint Aug 2024 #5
and republicans generally, barbtries Aug 2024 #19
You got that right! ananda Aug 2024 #32
I'm a nurse.... FarPoint Aug 2024 #4
I'm a teacher and I respect nurses! ananda Aug 2024 #33
I'm a retired teacher MurrayDelph Aug 2024 #40
Another sucker and loser here.. Permanut Aug 2024 #6
I'm a retired teacher! Blessings to all the wonderful nurses out there! skylucy Aug 2024 #7
Yes! 🙌 onecaliberal Aug 2024 #8
I am a nurse...and BittyJenkins Aug 2024 #9
What's Not To Like? ProfessorGAC Aug 2024 #11
Teacher here! AwakeAtLast Aug 2024 #12
I was a nurse for 22 years. Not surprised at all. flying_wahini Aug 2024 #13
I'm kind of ambivalent on nurses. markodochartaigh Aug 2024 #15
LOL senseandsensibility Aug 2024 #24
i love them. barbtries Aug 2024 #16
Are you saying if you donate they ask you what your occupation is? What else do they ask? Towlie Aug 2024 #17
High School Social Studies teacher here married to a kindergarten teacher AZLD4Candidate Aug 2024 #18
Add in librarians and you've hit my trifecta... druidity33 Aug 2024 #20
I love nurses! ShazzieB Aug 2024 #22
Am teacher. Have donated ;) Starry Messenger Aug 2024 #23
No argument for me that they are two of the professions that contribute the most to society along with MLAA Aug 2024 #25
School counselor and former teacher Ishoutandscream2 Aug 2024 #26
Kind of strange question. Don't all DUers love teachers and nurses? Or was that a loaded question? Martin68 Aug 2024 #27
Nurses, teachers and research librarians are the best TexLaProgressive Aug 2024 #28
This RN has been donating! Maru Kitteh Aug 2024 #29
Retired teacher after 36 years, and I love and appreciate nurses. badhair77 Aug 2024 #30
I was both LtTx Aug 2024 #31
One of each! I am proudly the husband of one and the father of another. Stinky The Clown Aug 2024 #34
I'm an adjunct community college professor... TheJillMill Aug 2024 #35
senseandsensibility........... Upthevibe Aug 2024 #36
Nurse here. Have donated to Kamala. AllyCat Aug 2024 #37
late mom was teacher for 27 years glendora ca unified . have several fam members who are drs . dont know abt AllaN01Bear Aug 2024 #38
I'm a teacher, viva la Aug 2024 #39
Nurses and teachers are great! We'd be dead without them. mucholderthandirt Aug 2024 #41
I am, or was both at one time MuseRider Aug 2024 #42
Bless you senseandsensibility Aug 2024 #43

BOSSHOG

(44,346 posts)
1. I'm a sucker and a loser who gives
Sun Aug 4, 2024, 06:18 PM
Aug 2024

We are very fortunate in our community to have outstanding teachers and Nurses. We (All Citizens of America) couldn’t get by without them.

senseandsensibility

(24,156 posts)
2. By that do you mean military?
Sun Aug 4, 2024, 06:21 PM
Aug 2024

If so, thank you for your service. It was when maga ignored cheato's disgusting treatment of McCain that I knew they were so far gone that there was no saving them.

BOSSHOG

(44,346 posts)
10. I proudly served
Sun Aug 4, 2024, 06:49 PM
Aug 2024

But Trump says I’m a sucker and a loser, so I’ll just have to vote accordingly and donate money accordingly. Hell, he could have faked honoring McCain but maybe he thought his followers would disapprove. The disdain for him and them is limitless.

11 Bravo

(24,257 posts)
14. Another sucker and loser here, BOSS.
Sun Aug 4, 2024, 07:29 PM
Aug 2024

I'll see your disdain for the flabby felon and his cultists, and raise you some bottomless contempt.

SilasSouleII

(486 posts)
21. Old Grunt here
Sun Aug 4, 2024, 07:51 PM
Aug 2024

1st Batalion 6th Infantry.
Honestly don't know how any military person can support the weirdo pos.

FarPoint

(14,419 posts)
5. YES! Nurses have suffered....
Sun Aug 4, 2024, 06:31 PM
Aug 2024

No vaccines, No PPE's, No masks....Covid ran rampant in America and we served our community with tremendous risk....Many Nurses even died in line of duty ...

barbtries

(31,044 posts)
19. and republicans generally,
Sun Aug 4, 2024, 07:44 PM
Aug 2024

especially the way they act as if teaching is a barely professional occupation. it's infuriating and so wrong, as well as counter productive. A well educated populace is going to accomplish more good, pay more taxes, and none of that happens without a teacher!

ananda

(34,187 posts)
32. You got that right!
Sun Aug 4, 2024, 08:50 PM
Aug 2024

Nothing feels better than when a former student
comes back and tells you how much they
appreciated you!

Permanut

(7,856 posts)
6. Another sucker and loser here..
Sun Aug 4, 2024, 06:31 PM
Aug 2024

My sister was a teacher and a relentless advocate for human rights. She's gone now, but she would LOVE to see what's happening.

BittyJenkins

(602 posts)
9. I am a nurse...and
Sun Aug 4, 2024, 06:38 PM
Aug 2024

My husband is a teacher.
And yes we give small frequent donations when our kids don’t need the extra monies that month.

ProfessorGAC

(75,552 posts)
11. What's Not To Like?
Sun Aug 4, 2024, 06:53 PM
Aug 2024

Known lots of teachers & have 3 family members (plus 2 of my wife's best friends) that are/were nurses.
Then, I started substitute teaching when I retired. So, LOTS of teachers.
They're definitely ok by me.

barbtries

(31,044 posts)
16. i love them.
Sun Aug 4, 2024, 07:41 PM
Aug 2024

your experience in the hospital setting will be determined by the nurse. they are generally really great in my experience, especially during the births of my 4 children. Who would any of us be without a teacher? My family is full of them and that makes me proud.

druidity33

(6,854 posts)
20. Add in librarians and you've hit my trifecta...
Sun Aug 4, 2024, 07:49 PM
Aug 2024

of most excellent peoples! It must be noted Teachers and Nurses are often Union workers too!

K&R

ShazzieB

(22,070 posts)
22. I love nurses!
Sun Aug 4, 2024, 07:59 PM
Aug 2024

My niece is a nurse, and I couldn't be more proud of her. My favorite aunt was a nurse, too, and so was her daughter, my first cousin.

I wanted to be a nurse when I was a teenager but decided I was too squeamish. (I used to have a very intense reaction to the sight of blood, among other things.)

Nurses are awesome!

MLAA

(19,642 posts)
25. No argument for me that they are two of the professions that contribute the most to society along with
Sun Aug 4, 2024, 08:07 PM
Aug 2024

social workers. I can’t think of anything’s more important than the education and well being of school children and those pursuing further education as well as our health. I think our nurse practitioner for non emergency care and nurses in hospitals carry the biggest load and are the best!

Martin68

(26,805 posts)
27. Kind of strange question. Don't all DUers love teachers and nurses? Or was that a loaded question?
Sun Aug 4, 2024, 08:41 PM
Aug 2024

badhair77

(5,072 posts)
30. Retired teacher after 36 years, and I love and appreciate nurses.
Sun Aug 4, 2024, 08:48 PM
Aug 2024

I donated for Kamala Harris the Sunday night after Joe left the race, just to make a unity statement. I’m sure they’ll be more donations as election season continues.

LtTx

(41 posts)
31. I was both
Sun Aug 4, 2024, 08:49 PM
Aug 2024

RN for 37 years. Took a break from nursing 2001-2004 and taught 4th grade and special ed!

TheJillMill

(72 posts)
35. I'm an adjunct community college professor...
Sun Aug 4, 2024, 08:54 PM
Aug 2024

Same name, same birth year, same profession as our First Lady. Our relatively new union allows us to finally be called professors and even make ranks (I'm adjunct associate professor after 31 years teaching in my SUNY, State University of New York, community college). Just got the the entire RNC platform copied and put a summary of it together with some help from AI emphasizing the hyperbolic language and connections to Project 2025. I want to spread it around and start registering students to vote NOW rather than later. We live in a blue oasis in bright red upstate New York in the Finger Lakes region. I've been posting everywhere, the RNC platform is chilling enough and everyone should read it. We have strict learning outcomes for our students mandated by SUNY that involve DEI, critical thinking, and research among other things. It could all go away if we don't GOTV. Here are excerpts from the education section of the RNC platform with the hypey language emphasized:

6. Knowledge and Skills, Not *CRT and Gender Indoctrination*
Republicans will ensure children are taught fundamentals like Reading, History, Science, and Math, not *Leftwing propaganda*. We will *defund schools that engage in inappropriate political indoctrination of our children using Federal Taxpayer Dollars*.
7. Promote Love of Country with Authentic Civics Education
Republicans will reinstate the 1776 Commission, promote Fair and Patriotic Civics Education, and veto efforts to nationalize Civics Education. We will support schools that teach America's Founding Principles and *Western Civilization*.

Upthevibe

(9,926 posts)
36. senseandsensibility...........
Sun Aug 4, 2024, 09:00 PM
Aug 2024

Well.....I'm part of that.

I'm a teacher and I gave $25 the day President Biden stepped aside and said he supported V.P. Harris.....

AllaN01Bear

(28,280 posts)
38. late mom was teacher for 27 years glendora ca unified . have several fam members who are drs . dont know abt
Sun Aug 4, 2024, 09:07 PM
Aug 2024

nurses . i love them though.

mucholderthandirt

(1,738 posts)
41. Nurses and teachers are great! We'd be dead without them.
Mon Aug 5, 2024, 06:33 AM
Aug 2024

Oldest son's girlfriend of almost twenty years is a nurse. Middle son's former girlfriend is a teacher. Youngest son's wife is a vet tech (not able to work now, though).

Add me to the list of "suckers and losers". I served my country proudly, ready to go during the Iran Hostage Crises. My then-husband was going to be there for sure, me only if we needed more bodies. I hate Trump and all he stands for, all Republicans in truth. Can't stand a one of them.

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