That prosecution strategy would have very real unintended consequences. Mainly, stealing a loaf of bread would get you 10 years in prison. Trust me, if you think any society would be willing to punish stealing multi-million dollar items with 6-months suspended sentences, you are deluding yourself. You want tiered levels of punishments, it prevents the low end crimes from being punished harshly.

Where did you see Kelvin Evans wearing a MAGA hat? I search and couldn't find any confirmation of that.

I love you.

What I want to know about the people who are posting GoFundMe campaigns for basic items is how many of them fall into this category.
1) Working a minimum of 40 hours a week.
2) Are not quite quitting or otherwise putting in the minimum effort
3) Are actually trying to do their best and excel at what they do.
4) Not spending 6 hours+ a day on their phone.
5) Prioritize their needs over their wants. If you have Netflix/AppleTV/Peacock, but are begging for grocery money, then you are doing it wrong.
6) Are kind and respectful.

I am sure there are people out there who really do have hard luck situations, but overall, I bet lifestyle choices play a big role. I see this in my own kids. A couple prioritize all the wrong things and struggle to make rent each month. Whereas I have one son who only has a high school diploma, has never passed a college class in his life (he tried taking two classes), is willing to do whatever it takes, and works really hard. He is in his early 20's, just bought his first home for $265k with 10% down, has 2 cheap (by anyone's standards) paid for cars, and his wife stays at home with their infant child. It can be done if you are willing to work hard and try to help other succeed - like your boss. All this and he lives in a city with a higher than average cost of living.

Sure, you have a limited data set.

My daughter-in-law was homeschooled and homeschools her children.

That is simply not true and has been debunked over and over. We homeschooled several kids and they were working at the age of 14 while going to school because they could get jobs during the normal school day and do their school work in a few hours in the afternoon. All of them excelled in the workplace. The main reason is we didn't give them a phone to sit on all day so they actually learned to communicate.

100%. This is so true.

I don't agree with the parent on may of their claims, but I want to ask about a few of yours.

You can't lump Republicans and Independents together because many independents lean Democrat. The parent poster specifically commented on Republican teachers which make up less than 35% and may be around 27%. You only get to 35% if you include independents that "lean right". The parent is still wrong, but your numbers misrepresent republican views in education too.

https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2024/04/04/teachers-views-on-the-state-of-public-k-12-education/

It really comes down to per-pupil education costs. Private schools have a higher per-pupil in the classroom cost and lower admin costs. That is just the nature of government vs private entities. Private entities tend to have leaner administrative structure. Spending per pupil is a very good metric if you compare apples-to-apples. So you are correct, it needs to be looked at district by district. Do you really think parents would spend massive amounts on private education if the administrative costs were high and spending per-pupil was low? Obviously not. For example, at the private school we send out grand-child. The classroom size is capped at 15. At our public school (in a very wealthy area), classrooms can reach 30 students. Which model do you think spends more per-pupil? Which model do you think give more individualized attention per student.

The other benefit to private schools are they tend to push students to the high end vs teach to the average. If the students can't cut it, they can always attend public school. Public schools don't have that option. Thus, and this is a hard truth, there are students that slow down the pace of the class. Teachers have to differentiate their strategies per student (or so we are told). What they do is differentiate to raise the low-performance students to just below average, and then lower the overall average performance of the other students so it aligns. Why? Because if you don't help a struggling kid out, you get in a lot of trouble. If you fail to differentiate for an excelling student, you don't get in trouble. Simple as that. Not to mention many school districts are doing away with "gifted and talented" - stupid way to name it - eliminating advanced classes.

Complete BS... No. I started teaching as a *Conservative* teacher in 2019-2020 (it was quite the year to start teaching.) I became a teacher to try to provide a neutral classroom in regards to politics. I honestly didn't push any major politically conservative views in the classroom. But I also didn't actively promote any liberal views, which was one of my goals to try to restore a balanced classroom that focused on education.

My starting salary was $41,500 a year. Mind you. I have a 4 year degree and 18 years of experience as a computer programmer. I taught math and computer science. I took a huge paycut to become a teacher, but I thought it was a worthy cause. That was $20,000 UNDER the state median income.

Yep, I think you nailed it. That is exactly what I was thinking too.

Are you reviewing the "official lesson plan" which has the learning objectives, materials, language, structure, etc. or are you reviewing your lesson notes?

Almost every teacher I know reviews their own personal notes and lesson materials but not the formal lesson plan. The formal lesson plan is just turned into school admin to fulfill that requirement and only loosely resembles what actually occurs in the classroom.

But do you update and review the actual lesson plan? I'm talking about the actual 1-3 page lesson plan that most school admin want for each lesson that has the learning objectives, materials, language, structure, etc. That is what I am picturing most teachers using AI for.

As a teacher, do you ever look at your lesson plans after they are written? And I mean the actual lesson plan, not your notes, slides, and other things you use to prepare your lesson. Most teachers I know either regurgitate the lesson plans that are provided by the book publisher or write something that is good enough to get school admin to stop complaining.

Exactly. Lesson plans are for admin. I don't know a single teachers that looks at it after it is written.

Teachers don't care if the lesson plans AI generates are good or not. They will never look at that plan again. Writing high-quality lesson plans that encompass what occurs in the classroom takes time. Time teachers don't get paid for. AI lesson plans allow teachers to quickly complete the busy work that admin requires but teachers never look at again. I don't know a single teachers who reads the lesson plan before teaching a lesson. They all look over their notes, review their slides, and honestly just know how to teach it from years of experience.

Here is an idea. If a district wants high quality lesson plans in all their courses, maybe they should have a curriculum planning and development team that provides the curriculum to teachers...