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laptop showing gym class assessment score with 0 and caption 'Me after submitting that I can't do any push ups or squats for my assessment BECAUSE IM IN A WHEELCHAIR and my gym teacher gives me 0%' (l) wheelchair user outside (c) laptop showing gym class assessment score with 0 and caption 'Me after submitting that I can't do any push ups or squats for my assessment BECAUSE IM IN A WHEELCHAIR and my gym teacher gives me 0%' (r)

‘I know you’re limited, but you still have to try’: Wheelchair user says her gym teacher failed her because she didn’t do push-ups or squats

'I'd just submit a picture of me in a wheelchair.'

On Mar 4, 2023 by Vladimir Supica

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former teacher speaking with caption 'how are you living how are you gonna pay bills because I was underpaid at my job' (l) former teacher speaking with caption 'after 5 years of being in the education profession I was making $55,000 a year' (c) former teacher speaking with caption 'I now make that amount of money in 3 days a week working as a server' (r)

‘I now make that amount of money in 3 days a week working as a server’: Former teacher says he quit ‘secure’ job because he was underpaid

'My best friend is a bartender and makes 85k.'

On Feb 25, 2023 by Jack Alban

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‘I’m doing this because I can’t survive’: Full-time teacher has to deliver pizza for Domino’s so that she can continue teaching

'I’m a teacher with a masters and I sell my plasma to get by.'

On Feb 25, 2023 by Braden Bjella

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teacher speaking in car with caption 'and she said it was because one of my half day students' (l) teacher speaking in car holding cash with caption 'the director of my school just walked up to me and handed me a hundred and $16' (c) teacher speaking in car with caption 'was picked up almost an hour late' (r)

‘We get paid $2 a minute for every minute they’re late’: Teacher says parent was charged $116 after they picked up their child an hour late

'It goes directly to my pocket.'

On Feb 10, 2023 by Cecilia Lenzen

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teacher with tweet 'Today was such a rough day. My students thought it was appropriate to make several TikTok videos of me. I feel gutted. Education may not be for me. Not sure I'm going back in the am.'

‘I feel gutted’: Teacher weighs quitting after students record TikTok videos of her

'I am not going to subject myself to this abuse and bullying.'

On Jan 23, 2023 by Brooke Sjoberg

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Taco Bell employee with caption 'Fast food workers are bums but get paid more then teachers and nurses' (l) Taco Bell sign on building (c) Taco Bell employee with caption 'Fast food workers are bums but get paid more then teachers and nurses' (r)

‘What nurses you talking about?’: Taco Bell worker claims to make more money than teachers, nurses

'Since when they start making $42 an hour at Taco Bell?'

On Jan 20, 2023 by Brooke Sjoberg

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former teacher speaking outside caption 'I used to be a teacher now I work at COSTCO' 'Like I was surviving every moment' (l) Costco sign in Costco with shoppers walking around (c) former teacher speaking in car caption 'I used to be a teacher now I work at COSTCO' (r)

‘When retail is somehow less stressful than education’: Former teacher now works for Costco, says ‘everything is better’

'The week before Christmas is usually insane at Costco! So this says a LOT about how teaching compares.'

On Dec 27, 2022 by Cecilia Lenzen

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‘That’s my Christmas bonus’: Teacher says school gave her COVID rapid test as holiday gift

'Is this a joke?'

On Dec 22, 2022 by Braden Bjella

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woman speaking with hands on chest caption 'I need updates on each day... I'm invested' (l) woman speaking holding up secret santa gift with name crossed out in pen (c) woman speaking with hands on sides of face caption 'I need updates on each day... I'm invested' (r)

‘She scratched it out and wrote the other teacher’s name’: School counselor says her Secret Santa present was regifted right in front of her

'She could have at least played it off with a new BAG.'

On Dec 15, 2022 by Cecilia Lenzen

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‘I think everybody’s a racist’: Teacher tells Black students that white is the ‘superior race’ in viral video

'Bro they literally let ANYONE become a teacher nowadays.'

On Nov 14, 2022 by Tricia Crimmins

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‘They didn’t let me say goodbye’: Teacher says she got fired for ‘pushing back’ against school administration, sparking outrage

'They have lost one of the greatest teachers.'

On Nov 7, 2022 by Rebekah Harding

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Woman speaking in front of tan walls (l) woman speaking with hand on forehead caption 'One reason out of a thousand I quit teaching' (c) woman speaking in front of tan wall (r)

The teachers of TikTok have reached their breaking point

The teachers of TikTok are leaving their classrooms.

On Oct 28, 2022 by Annie Rauwerda

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‘I cannot believe I could have been a barista this whole time’: Ex-Teacher says she can make $8 an hour more as a barista

'I was paying to work.'

On Oct 6, 2022 by Grace Stanley

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‘We can fight for better wages without putting another group of people down’: Woman called out for criticizing increasing wages for fast food workers

'Be mad that a teacher isn't making enough, be mad the minimum wage hasn't been raised for EVERYONE.'

On Oct 6, 2022 by Brooke Sjoberg

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Teacher speaking in classroom with finger up caption 'Why men don't want to be elementary school teachers' (l) Teacher speaking in classroom with hand up to ear shaped like phone caption 'Why men don't want to be elementary school teachers' (c) Teacher speaking in classroom with hands up caption 'Why men don't want to be elementary school teachers' (r)

‘I’m always afraid’: Male teacher says he refused to help female child on monkey bars, sparking debate

'The way that society has ingrained in people’s heads that males working with kids that age are predators.'

On Sep 21, 2022 by Braden Bjella

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