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Epstein_Bros_Bagels t1_jd4ut8o wrote

Reply to comment by AurelianoTampa in Los Angeles schools closed as first day of district workers strike begins by Additional-Force-795

Yeah I was a para last year and the wage really is shit. Mind you, I worked in a good district for teacher pay. I was making 19k last year, so I worked at Kroger's on the weekends. What's absolutely soul crushing is I knew students working in retail stores that made more than me. Heck one student worked at the same grocery store I worked at. Some classes I was pretty much teaching the content and at least once a week I was a substitute despite not getting the pay

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NATIVE_COWBOY t1_jd6nsl4 wrote

$19k/year as a para is disgustingly low for what it entails.

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DirtyDracula t1_jdamtsp wrote

I feel your pain. I was paid $17.50 an hour to be bitten, punched in the head, kicked, attacked with scissors, dodge thrown chairs, all while kept working right below the legal limit at which they'd have to pay me any kind of benefits. The only reason it worked out is because I was living at home at the time and could walk, no need to pay for a car or gas.

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