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  • scarabic@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    $80k is a struggle salary where I live but only if you have the ambition to own property and raise multiple kids. The common narrative is that everyone could do that on manual labor wages back in 1950 but that’s definitely bullshit.

    The real travesty is that my kids teachers are pulling down $25k - absolutely ridiculous.

    Not only that: once, I went to take the qualifying exam for California teachers and the room was full of people yammering about that sweet $25k they were about to start making in just two short years when they get their credential. That’s poor.