If fixing flint’s problems was so easy, it would have been done by now. Unfortunately, it’s not a money problem, it’s a time problem. Shit pipes can’t be fixed overnight. Work takes time.
Assuming an equal distribution and only kids between 6-18 go to school we have around 16% of 6-18 year olds (12 years from a span of 24 years).
Assuming EVERY KID at any given time has to be in a class that means there is one teacher for every 15 kids or so. (Only public school). That's a lot of teachers.
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Mayor__Defacto on January 4th, 2019 at 12:19 UTC »
If fixing flint’s problems was so easy, it would have been done by now. Unfortunately, it’s not a money problem, it’s a time problem. Shit pipes can’t be fixed overnight. Work takes time.
Swarlsonegger on January 4th, 2019 at 12:48 UTC »
Are there actually 3.2 mio public school teachers in the USA?
That's like 1.2% of the entire population or something.
from Wikipedia.
0–14 years: 18.73% (male 31,255,995/female 29,919,938) 15–24 years: 13.27% (male 22,213,952/female 21,137,826)so 32% of the U.S.A. are between 0-24.
Assuming an equal distribution and only kids between 6-18 go to school we have around 16% of 6-18 year olds (12 years from a span of 24 years).
Assuming EVERY KID at any given time has to be in a class that means there is one teacher for every 15 kids or so. (Only public school). That's a lot of teachers.
dippydip3 on January 4th, 2019 at 18:24 UTC »
I think you could probably use $3.5 billion more strategically than giving just teachers a $1000 bonus.
Seems a little shortsighted