CORONAVIRUS Death Thread

[Mead]

Originally Posted by Kaveh [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Miami area?

Houston is heading that way per my son. He’s a CRNA and they’re done with elective surgeries for now, they’ve asked him to go back to his ICU RN role at his CRNA wages, that’s how short they are. He’s at Houston Methodist in the Texas medical center

Yea, south Florida. Nobody is surprised. Mostly 30s-50s vented in our hospital. The main common denominator is they're mostly all obese. They're also barring visitors from coming into the hospital again. They had a good run (like 2-3 weeks?). It's back to facetime/whatapp/zoom.

[magnetaress]

No one should die from being stupid, but it is the law of nature.

[Tethler]

Originally Posted by magnetaress [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

No one should die from being stupid, but it is the law of nature.

Decades of cuts to public education is costing actual lives now.

[Blingy]

Originally Posted by Tethler [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Decades of cuts to public education is costing actual lives now.

If it were only that simple. My neck of the woods has things broken down by zipcode believe it or not. My zipcode and the two on either side of me are spending an average of $24k/student/year; some of the highest in the country......and our numbers are atrocious both in total numbers and per capita.

[DMN]

Originally Posted by Tethler [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Decades of cuts to public education is costing actual lives now.

in the last 2 decades spending on education has gone up by 300-400%, while inflation is only around 50%.

[Kich867]

Originally Posted by DMN [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

in the last 2 decades spending on education has gone up by 300-400%, while inflation is only around 50%.

Do you happen to know what the original number that is being increased by 3-400%? I know 4 teachers, up and down the east coast, and they all need to buy most of the supplies for their classes. It's a double whammy of not being paid very well and having to spend your own money in order to do your job =/.

[DMN]

Originally Posted by Kich867 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Do you happen to know what the original number that is being increased by 3-400%? I know 4 teachers, up and down the east coast, and they all need to buy most of the supplies for their classes. It's a double whammy of not being paid very well and having to spend your own money in order to do your job =/.

Those numbers are a bit exaggerated. It's more like 3-4x in the last 50 years. A lot of the increase spending comes from non-teacher staff.

[Ennewi]

https://www.cbs17.com/news/nationalc...owns-to-blame/

Closest grocery store used to have +$500 worth of quarters on hand previously, but now it's down to $50 and looking to purchase from outside sources like landlords that own/operate laundry rooms.

[Kaveh]

Originally Posted by DMN [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Those numbers are a bit exaggerated. It's more like 3-4x in the last 50 years. A lot of the increase spending comes from non-teacher staff.

Administrative costs have risen. Wages are up for administrators and they’ve hired more of them. Teacher and professor salaries are declining

[Blingy]

I must be living in a weird pocket of highly paid teachers. According to our school district substitute teachers get paid $250/day. Starting full time teachers start at $300/day with a bachelors degree. Get a district paid masters and that jumps to $450/day. If a teacher does any extras outside their normal in room teaching they get more bumps in pay.

Assistant coaches get $25/hour. Head coaches get $60/hour. This includes activities like school sponsored robotics, debate, competitive dance, etc.

Hell, many teachers are seeing six digits on their W-2 once all extras are accounted for. Granted we live in a high cost of living area (Thanks Microsoft and Amazon) but even then it's a pretty dam good deal IMO.