Oklahoma schools

Tom Dunne

I was reading this article about schools in Oklahoma and I have to admit, I was utterly flabbergasted that something like this could happen in a supposed first-world country:

https://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21736102-low-teacher-pay-and-severe-budget-cuts-are-driving-schools-brink-whats-matter

The pay for teachers is the third lowest in the US and schools only open four days a week.

Unbelievable.

RealJohn

Four day week sounds alright.

That’s America for you though.

evolving_doors

That whole region sounds nuts.
5k a year for health insurance!

2011abc

It could never happen here .....(Sarcasm meter off the scale )

2011abc

evolving_doors wrote: »

That whole region sounds nuts.
5k a year for health insurance!

You could pay near that here for a decent scheme and MULTIPLES of it in USA .5k dollars is bargain basement health insurance over there .$25k woukd probably be equivalent to what average person buys here

Mardy Bum

The Republican Party is a cancerous sore on the face of America and the great tragedy is that the citizens of the Bible belt states are too ignorant and uneducated to ever figure it out.

2011abc

Mardy Bum wrote: »

The Republican Party is a cancerous sore on the face of America and the great tragedy is that the citizens of the Bible belt states are too ignorant and uneducated to ever figure it out.

Same as Tories , FF/FG etc and THEIR voters .

Mardy Bum

2011abc wrote: »

Same as Tories , FF/FG etc and THEIR voters .

Bit of a stretch.

Tom Dunne

Mardy Bum wrote: »

The Republican Party is a cancerous sore on the face of America and the great tragedy is that the citizens of the Bible belt states are too ignorant and uneducated to ever figure it out.

It's opinions like that that have America the way it is right now.

Mardy Bum

Tom Dunne wrote: »

It's opinions like that that have America the way it is right now.

No, it is a weak democratic party that has it like that.

Geuze

evolving_doors wrote: »

That whole region sounds nuts.
5k a year for health insurance!

Note that in Ireland healthcare is mainly tax-financed, where as in the USA it is mainly insurance-based.

So although a family pays more insurance over there, of course they don't have to pay much tax towards h/c.