You mean, Trump AND his supporters, don’t you?

I've never read the book, but I've heard it's a trainwreck so...

I am very anti burning books, but I won’t stand in the way here.

Invite Trump to host a rally and than cap it off once he is inside.

The most succinct summation of that mentality.

Teachers have tenure and benefits that might not transfer were they to transfer to an area they can afford. Additionally there might not be any jobs there!

It’s horrible. And we get a lot of people like the guy here who asks dumb questions about “why don’t they live where they can afford derpderpderp?” because god forbid people be paid a living wage for their jobs. I would love to make six figures for my job. I certainly worked hard enough at the degree to get it.

I hate that I had this reaction, but when I heard this story on NPR this morning I was irritated. I totally understand why teachers want to live where they work and be part of that community, and I agree that they should be able to. But I was put off that one of the interviewees was like, “it’s not like other 9-5 jobs…

I think the point is that teachers have to have a BA PLUS post-grad work and even they can’t afford to live where they work. It's proof of how going to college and getting a good job really isn't enough anymore.

Precisely. It’s like they think all their service workers floated down from a cloud or something.

Plus, moving ain’t free.

When that one Yelp employee got fired for telling a reporter that she made 8.75 an hour, lived two hours outside San Fran with a billion roommates, never turned on her heat, ate nothing but ramen and still couldn’t afford to live SO MANY people ragged on her, saying that she didn’t “deserve” to live in the city if she…

You’re assuming that there are jobs in the areas in which they live.

Sure. Okay.

Basically, no, there are not nearly as many jobs available out in the exurbs. And/or those jobs pay significantly less.

Agreed, but teachers HAVE to be in every community, which makes it a sort of unique problem- it’s us, firefighters, police officers, and ambulence drivers that are in every community, and many rural communities actually have volunteer firefighters, rely on state police, and sub out ambulences, so teaching really is…

And I don’t know about where you live, but in my state the gubmint is constantly talking about how there’s a shortage of teachers. Um, no. No there isn’t. You just underpay them and treat them like shit so they’re leaving the profession in droves.

While thats true, it is very disturbing when you realize that society thinks its somehow ok to ask teachers to not only educate children but increasingly take care of a whole assortment of mental, l and emotional needs (lets just say it: raise them) on pittance pay - where the hell is the incentive for the best…

Where I teach, suburban teachers can’t live in the suburbs where they teach. So they go rural (if that’s an option, which generally means fewer services and tougher drives on poorly plowed country roads in winter), or more dangerous or less in demand suburbs (which are also tough to deal with because most cities make…

“You want [teachers] to coach a team, you want them to teach all day, you want them to be a faculty advisor, you want them to be able to give your kid extra help before school, after school—whenever,” says Kelly Henderson, who teaches in a wealthy Boston suburb. “We’re constantly forced to make that choice: Do I stay…