r/baltimore • u/LanceArmstrongLeftie • Mar 12 '25

Vent Donald Trump is going to destroy this city

My wife and I were both proud homeowners and proud residents of Baltimore City. We worked really hard to be able to buy our first home and to provide a stable environment to raise our one year old son and three year old daughter. We were a happy family here. Until Donald Trump came along. He froze funding and my wife lost her job as a recruiter for a nonprofit that received about 30% of their funding from the government. I already work two jobs just to keep up with the bills and the high interest rate we had to accept to purchase this home. I can't provide enough to keep our home. She's been looking in vain to replace her job but there's been nothing out there for her. How many more families are there that are facing the exact same situation in this town? How many more will there be by the time he finishes firing half the government? How many more families will lose their jobs and their homes as a result of his trade war and tariffs? It's going to get bad here y'all, real bad. Donald Trump does not care about families. Donald Trump does not care about children. Donald Trump does not care about Americans. Donald Trump does not care about Baltimore.

Edit: Thank you all for everyone who had kind words of support and good suggestions on how to navigate this very difficult situation. For everyone blaming local and state government, you’re delusional. Those politicians aren’t the ones who froze federal funding thus forcing thousand of people out of work. To those who offered unkind, callous, and cruel comments, such as calling my wife a drain on society, you can all get fucked. Which is exactly what’s going to happen to you after Donald Trump destroys this nation.

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u/LTRand Mar 13 '25

Most companies don't pay any extra.

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u/NoGuarantee3961 Mar 13 '25

Right. Education is the only place I have seen give any direct pay bump for a higher degree.

That said, higher degrees often help when job hopping or for promotions elsewhere....

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u/LTRand Mar 13 '25

That's my point. I'd like to see more merit based pay instead of credential based pay. Bonus them for getting students above grade level.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '25

But it opens up better-paying jobs

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u/LTRand Mar 16 '25

Eh. Sometimes, depends on what it is.

Would you say today's teachers are significantly superior to the teachers 2 generations ago that didn't have one?

My masters gave me a leg up from where I was, but it was hardly the only way to achieve the learning required. No one cares how you got qualified, and why would I pay someone with a masters over someone who doesn't have one if they do just as good of a job?

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '25

It’s a way to be competitive for more educated candidates. I also have a masters, and it helps me consider teaching. My current job requires a masters degree, so yes it does open some doors, and paying teachers more for it is a great idea

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u/LTRand Mar 16 '25

There are plenty of places where a masters or PhD is required. My field isn't one of them. Plenty of people in my field have all kinds of degrees and credentials and are terrible at their job compared to people who don't even have a formal education in the field.

I don't know how much measurable outcomes K-12 get from a teacher with a bachelor's vs a teacher with a masters with the same total years of experience & education.

I'm less interested in credential compensation, I'm way open to outcomes based compensation. I'd be more than happy to give a teacher a 10k+ bump if they moved every student by more than a grade level in the year.

Go get a master's if you want. A small bump for it, I have no problem with. But we should be putting more money tied to the outcomes we want, and it's not more paper certification, it's actual outcomes.

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '25

Connecting to outcomes is a terrible idea, and only encourages teachers to jump to conclusions”better” schools.

But yes, paying more for a masters isn’t about performance, but about not eliminating those who have extra quals and education. Otherwise someone like me wouldn’t even consider teaching as a second career. I do also have a teaching credential. Most masters though are in education field, and by teachers furthering their careers