My parents built a house on the salaries of a high school teacher and low level DOT mechanic back in the early 90s. Teachers today have to have two jobs just to afford a basic rental
My friend is a teacher and has to work as a bartender on Fridays and Saturdays after working with kids for 8 hours, on top of all the unpaid labor at home between lesson planning and grading. That’s just unacceptable.