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LisaM

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8. And it's so dismissive of teachers. Teachers are trained to teach your kids.

Reply to Jake Stern (Reply #5)

Wed Apr 22, 2020, 02:11 PM

Apr 2020

And many of them continue doing it despite lackluster salaries, faint praise, supply shortages, and outright hostility from some parents, who think they ride the gravy train because they have decent vacations because they love it. It's their calling, and it's a noble one.

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And it's so dismissive of teachers. Teachers are trained to teach your kids. LisaM Apr 2020 #8

I know teachers very well Jake Stern Apr 2020 #9

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