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***VIDEO ***Kendall Brown teachers must stop spending their own money (Original Post) Figarosmom Aug 2025 OP
For decades I spent hundreds of dollars a year senseandsensibility Aug 2025 #1

senseandsensibility

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1. For decades I spent hundreds of dollars a year
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 04:01 PM
Aug 2025

(sometimes thousands) as a teacher on supplies. I did this while struggling to survive on a teacher's pay in Silicon Valley. Wasn't fun, but I guess I saw it as my "duty", and in the end, it was worth it to provide the best education I could to the students in my impoverished district. I can totally see the other side though.

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