LETTER: The challenges Texas teachers face in the classroom

A writer throws out "solutions" to our long-standing education problems. Teachers have always been underpaid for their education level. Beginning teachers often qualify for food stamps. Some teachers sell blood to get by. Our lawmakers overcrowd classrooms by half to save a dime. Too often administrators fail to back teachers. One Tik Tok challenge is to coldcock a teacher. A school officer dragged by the neck a teacher, who was trying to break up a fight. A video from West Brook showing a melee in a bathroom went viral. Teachers just don't feel safe.  

The State does NOT "establish suitable provision . . . for the support . . .of public and free schools." It's too busy sending money to the border and financing Paxton's lawsuits challenging another state's elections and Obamacare. This leaves no time to study other countries' methods. Bashing teachers' unions is no solution. They receive NO federal money and often are the only folk having teachers' backs. Draft bright students to tutor slow learners? They'll love that! Another incentive to coasting to a "gentleman's C." And teachers are expected to provide "extra love" to students when their classrooms are overloaded by a third? That they're still there is proof of love.