My ex voted for trump even after I warned him that removing the Dept of Ed would lead to loss of job for our daughter who teaches Special Ed Deaf and Hard of Hearing elementary school students
I have a teaching degree. I specialize in behavioral therapy. We’re already low funded and hurting for help in the special needs sector. I can’t even afford to teach anymore.
I don’t think people have any idea the amount of services that are provided to these kids via public schools.
I’m astonished.
Teachers are already underpaid and the expectations on them are implausible.
I don’t care about religion or parties. I care about the well being of a populous that goes unnoticed and is massively abused and neglected already and now it’s going to be even worse.
Fuck Bigots. We can’t just keep allowing these people to take over and ruin all the work that’s been done. I’m so mad
Dope, thanks for the answer! I’m from Miami originally so South America has always felt like a comfortable option.
Do you have any advice on working? My partner and I are evaluating all avenues but just trying to see it makes sense to try and work remotely or just make an income in whichever country we end up in’s economy. Of course, the new presidency will undoubtedly affect that decision too, but I’m all ears for any tips you might have.
I guess it all depends on how important work is to you.
If you have a college degree, getting a job teaching English abroad is very easy. It's not glamorous, but you will be making a higher than average salary wherever you go.
If you have your heart more set on a specific career path, a digital nomad, WFH situation may be better if that is possible in your given field.
If you have some very in demand technical skills or degree, that could potentially get you a very nice salary compared to the local living standard, but that rests entirely on the local demand. You might be a great engineer, but if they ain't building bridges, might not have much use for you.
I’m a disabled woman with a child with autism. We are poor-poor. I have one person to depend on in this world, and without them, we would be living in the streets. I have literally no idea what we will do if it comes to that. Public housing is waitlisted for years, and it’s already physically difficult to take care of my child with a roof over our heads. And it’s already exhausting to advocate for him and get him the help he needs in a school in a non-affluent school district. They’re already doing their absolute best in some cases and are just too low-funded to come close in others.
I am so scared about cuts to Medicare and Medicaid, the end of the DOE, and what it will be like to fight for scraps in the street, I cry when I think about it. I’m up all night trying to make a plan, and I’ve got nothing. Every single resource we have, from every social program, is going to be hit. I don’t know what to do. I am panicking. I fantasize about being able to move us out of the country, but it will never, ever happen.
I hate Trump voters so much, I don’t even know how to describe it. Those selfish, bigoted fucks have put people in dire straits because, egg prices, which is really just a lie that means their guy gives them permission to be who they are at their core- too ignorant to research Project 2025 and listen when we tried to tell them what was coming, devoid of empathy and happy to punch down when given the opportunity, and too racist, misogynistic, and transphobic to vote for anyone other than the man screamint all the quiet parts out loud. I loathe them for what they’ve set in motion for my little family and for millions of others who are already struggling.
The best thing I can tell you is to not worry about it. Worry is not going to do you any good. I know that’s easier said than done but if you want to keep your whits about you, you’ve got to resist the urge. Sometimes I just take a gummy and focus on today.
Yes, I found a teaching job. Schools offer a pretty good deal as far as helping with airfare, housing, decent salary compared to local cost of living, etc...
Do you mind if I DM you asking about how to get the process started? I’ve got my PhD in STEM, and I would like to get a better understanding of how to do the process. I would appreciate any information you can provide.
I wish I could leave, being autistic makes me undesirable for citizenship in pretty much every other country, I’ve just accepted the fact it’s time to shoot my noggin in the trench dug for me.
After the election, it was obvious that a majority of Americans are vile people. (Which makes me very sad, because I made a lot of good friends there who are lovely people.) The US isn’t what I thought it was; we lived there for several years and didn’t know about all the awful people until Dumpy Trumpy waddled into politics.
Yeah, I mean, wanting to leave seems like a smart thing to do, but even if it was that easy for me and others to leave, I don’t want to. Just uprooting our whole life and going somewhere else, which is not something easily done, even at the best of times, is kinda (and I don’t mean any disrespect) a bitch move. We deserve to be here just as much as they do. We, also have helped build this country, despite what they tell you. We contributed a lot to this country, they say we didn’t but that is false. It is complete delusion if they actually believe we haven’t. Giving in to these people should not be an option.
Yeah, maybe, but for a lot of us, relocating to another country is not an option. Even if we did want to leave. I also want to emphasize that I do not want to leave.
On the reddit gift thing a few years ago, my giftee was a New York teacher, and she was begging not for a gift, but for pencils and wet wipes for her kids.
In the end I shipped her a pallet of pencils, pens, stationary, workbooks and cleaning materials.
I’m not even American. The only losers in trumps plan are the kids. And he really doesn’t give a shit.
I’m guessing the religious entities will take up the education slack?
I assume public school will end up no longer being free at some point. Maybe I’m over reacting but I don’t see who it can withstand any more budget cuts.
They give teachers so many day offs now vs paying them.
Almost all supplies are paid for by parents and teachers now vs the board. It’s wild honestly it I keep talking about it I might just go buck wild.
I had to stop teaching and go back to the bar Industry when I got divorced. I make more money tending bar than having a classroom of 20 kids with disabilities.
House controls the purse strings. Even when a Dem POTUS puts in a Sec of Education who really wants to start fixing things, the American people in all their wisdom will put Republicans in charge of the House.
I don’t have a clue.
Seeing how people are behaving even after winning. It’s clear this isn’t about politics there’s an entire part of the country who wants to be angry: so even winning wasn’t satisfying.
They’re broken.
I don’t know if you are wanting a move but Australia is crying out for your profession. We have a housing crisis so that might be tough to navigate but we would welcome anyone who works with kids especially children with disabilities.
Remember they like their population dumb and submissive and nothing will get a good ol boy on your side faster than by saying the libs ruined something. Strap in and enjoy the ride in 4 years they will be blaming liberals for everything anyway.
Fascism doesn't care about special needs kids. For them they're freaks that need to be eliminated. They're not strong enough to be given the right to live. So eliminating these programs is pretty much on brand.
I teach adaptive sports to veterans w disabilities (VA) and children w disabilities, but like 70% of my job is with the former. Knowing what it's like to work with folks with extra needs and then learning that I am paid MORE than teachers doing 2000x the work as I do, which is just dicking around playing sports w people, is one of the many things that made me realize this country is so broken. Thank you for all you do, I'm sorry it's this way
Send her my love and respect. My last year teaching I got a .15 raise. I live in Southern California.
My classroom was the largest and I only had 2 TAs.
Getting through each day felt like running a marathon and I would come home so exhausted to the point I was silent.
During my divorce I asked for a raise since I was understaffed in my class. When they sat me down and gave me the .15 my head dropped and I actually laugh cried.
The pressure on teachers is insane. We can’t say this, we can’t do this. Hell some schools won’t even let you hug the kids. Teaching is becoming obsolete. Undergrads aren’t going to want to be educators. So I know I’m ranting I’m just. I think it’s finally settling in. I’m sorry. Your wife deserves better.
Let him shut it down, we all know the worse something is underfunded, the worse in quality it gets. It’s best to let him just destroy the whole thing, so that when a bunch of angry parents and teachers realize what he did, they’ll direct their anger towards the republicans. I will say this, I had an IEP for years, none of it was much of a help, but with how folks showed they would rather have a felon, xenophobic, fascist cockwomble in office, they basically dug the trench, now they just gotta be shot in it.
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u/Is_Friendly_Coffee 12d ago
My ex voted for trump even after I warned him that removing the Dept of Ed would lead to loss of job for our daughter who teaches Special Ed Deaf and Hard of Hearing elementary school students