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Originally posted by sexymama
I'm on a rant today about taxes. The wonderful tax payers of Oregon have voted down a temporary sir tax that would pay for education, health care, and public safety. Now hundreds of inmates will be set free. Hundreds of people will go without the necessary health care and end up in the emergency room, causing the tax payer more in the long run. Worst of all, the quality of a child's education will decrease substantially. I already am teaching the largest group of kindergartners I have ever taught. Next year I will have to do the same job without an assistant. Big deal, some of you may say. It is! What happens when I have a special needs child that is not yet identified as special needs -- who screams all day, hits, kicks, and can't go to the restroom on his own and I have NO help. What happens when I have 30 students, none of whom get the individual attention they need to learn. What happens when a child falls between the cracks because I can't do it all, even after 18 years of teaching? Educators are seen as the "problem" or the "bad guy" in today's society. In truth, it is the people who want services but don't want to pay for them that are the "enemy!" It is not only people on welfare, or the unemployed who suffer because people don't want to pay taxes. It is our innocent children -- our future! *Sigh, end of rant.*
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It hurts me just as much. My future may be seriously screwed up from this too, I'm gonna graduation with a Master's in Education and there aren't going to be nearly as many jobs as there would have been. But it isn't just about me, its about feeling like our state doesn't care about us as a society, as a community... that's what hurts the most.