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appalachiablue

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11. That's it exactly & also what's being done with teachers,

Reply to JudyM (Reply #9)

Thu Sep 3, 2020, 09:08 PM

Sep 2020

lowering pay, decreasing benefits and supplies so overworked, caring teachers have to pay for shortages to help the kids, also increase their income with extra jobs. Or leave the profession entirely, the aim of privatizers so they can hire the cheapest, least experienced 'teachers.'

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Pennsylvania. Shame on you! Baitball Blogger Sep 2020 #1

Appalling, inexcusable in the wealthiest nation in world history. appalachiablue Sep 2020 #3

Horrible. JudyM Sep 2020 #2

Staff are terribly used & exploited, even at the classier centers. appalachiablue Sep 2020 #4

Yes, that's the bittersweet part. So many of them are in the profession because they genuinely care JudyM Sep 2020 #9

That's it exactly & also what's being done with teachers, appalachiablue Sep 2020 #11

Yes! Same thing. Two of the most important roles in society, performed predominantly by women. JudyM Sep 2020 #14

Care work is so undervalued, dismissed in community appalachiablue Sep 2020 #15

i'm usually in favor of giving ppl as long as it takes to learn a job but ihas2stinkyfeet Sep 2020 #5

Relaxed rules for training was what the lobby wanted & got this year. appalachiablue Sep 2020 #7

ty. iow ihas2stinkyfeet Sep 2020 #12

There's been something fishy about these owners DeminPennswoods Sep 2020 #6

So sad for patients & families: you could be right Re MM fraud. appalachiablue Sep 2020 #8

The fact a facility in Mt Lebananon was also raided DeminPennswoods Sep 2020 #10

Big racket corruption, crooks! appalachiablue Sep 2020 #13

That's what I think DeminPennswoods Sep 2020 #16