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Freethinker65

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6. Did he bring up all those happily teaching nuns and their oath of poverty?

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Sat Jun 17, 2017, 11:48 AM

Jun 2017

That is usually where their arguments head. You see teaching is a thankless profession that should only be done by women that will be provided for by God and the Church. The Bible, er men in power that abhor education for the commoners, love to tout the nuns, and their idealistic vision of how wonderfully cheap school was in the good ole days, before teachers got all uppity.

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AZ Republican:Teachers get second jobs to buy boats, enjoy finer things in life [View all] n2doc Jun 2017 OP

Education is done, over. Eliot Rosewater Jun 2017 #1

Okay. I'm sure that there are people who take second jobs PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2017 #2

Exactly. Republicans are elitist morons Warpy Jun 2017 #3

Why sholdn't teachers have "the finer things in life" Merlot Jun 2017 #4

Google proves this jerk is lying - Arizona is near the bottom in teacher pay. procon Jun 2017 #5

Did he bring up all those happily teaching nuns and their oath of poverty? Freethinker65 Jun 2017 #6

Alt realty working OT in AZ lunasun Jun 2017 #7

I work in AZ schools ThoughtCriminal Jun 2017 #8