I agree that teachers should put kids first, yet when their salary is being cut and they're forced to pay out of their own pocket for school supplies, I think it kind of crosses the line, don't you agree? Teachers have other expenses and families to care for, too. I know of teachers that have had to literally pay hundreds of dollars to do school experiments and to be able to supply kids with basic supplies. There are some kids who never come to class prepared. They have no pencils, pens, paper, erasers or anything with which to learn. Then they sit and do nothing. In order for them to learn the teacher ends up having to supply their needs. I think teachers ought to be worried about how much they're going to be paid if they're going to have to supply kids and irresponsible teens with the basic supplies to learn.

I think that it is embarrassing that parents don't supply their kids with the basic materials and the teacher ends up being the parent in this case having to supply their needs. So in a way teachers are entitled to worry about their wages.

Maria Cruz, Kennewick