I live in Kansas.
I get so sick of hearing everyone complain about teachers being underpaid and mistreated. The problem lies with topheavy administration. I also work for a major computer manufacturer traveling around the state and I see from the inside the amount of money wasted on equipment.
My cousin is a teacher and my daughter used to be one. I'm sympathetic to the problems they face. But the average teacher makes a hell of a lot more than I do. If we as a state want to pay them more, then there's plenty of fat to trim at the school district offices (I had a supposed IT admin at one ask me what a RAM module was-- a sweet, very attractive woman, but not suited to her position). You don't need to raise my taxes to do it.
Before you get all up in arms, if you're a teacher, I can pretty much guarantee you have you own stories about clueless administrators.
Yeah, but Roddenberry wouldn't even recognize liberalism today. Re-segregation, white male hatred/discrimination, a culture of victimhood, the demonization of masculinity, etc.
And me with no mod points. Liberalism in Roddenberry's time was *reasonable* instead of radical. The worst mistake Star Trek ever made was to start thinking it was Star Trek. Also, it hasn't been science fiction since then either. I'm sorry but after being disappointed time after time, I will be very surprised if Discovery turns out to be any good.
It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa.