[Spinning Hat]

I have to agree. I do a lot of odd Jobs for teachers in my area, and my cousin is a teacher... They love what they do, but they NEED more money. I saw a thing the other day about teachers in MN, and 95% of all teachers have their Masters' Degree in their respective subjects. BUT, 45% of all Licesensed teacher are NOT teaching in their field of expertise.... Why? Because Education is always getting crapped on in the budget from the Fed, as well as the states. Almost ever school district this year is asking for a levy of some ind, just so they can keep schools open. Ask every Politician aboout their views on education, and they say "They need more funding" But it never happens. The Politicians don't even adjust for inflation, they just cut and cut and cut. And so School districts raise activity fees, (Tripled this year a lot of places. When I was in HS, there was never a fee to act in a HS play. Now, It's $150 PER PLAY. My HS did 4 or 5 plays a year. Kinda tough to get kids through the door and act at that cost. Football is close to $300 for the season, and Hockey is insanely more. They cut Busing, so now if you live closer than 2 miles, you have to walk to school, regardless of how old, or what busy roads they have to cross to get there. They Charge kids $100 a year to park at school. But teachers can't get paper for the copier, or have to wait 3 weeks to get chalk, I hear all about this from teachers themselves. And so to keep things running smoothly in the classroom, they wind up buying the materials themselves, out of their pockets, with no reimbursement from the districts. It's a sad state of affairs, With problems like those, I'd rather Homeschool my kids.