Graduate Student's Have Hard Time Finding Jobs

Like I said before, bringing the pink slips back in the mix. Though these pink slips are currently just said to be a precautionary measure, the Providence school district faces a $40 million deficit anyways, leaving teacher’s futures in jeopardy. Randi Weingarten, president of the national American Federation of Teachers, which represents the city’s teachers said: “A mass firing, announced in the middle of a school year, does not help solve a budget problem, the purported reason, but, rather, disrupts the education of all students and the entire community,” she said in a statement. “Mass firings, whether in one school or an entire district, are not fiscally or educationally sound.” During an interview with a teacher from South Windsor, Connecticut, her response was, “Last year they handed out a ton of pink slips in South Windsor, generally people who are low on totem pole are the ones being fired, you have to be teaching from 7-10 years so they can’t touch you, they put lower and newer teachers on the chopping block. However, usually they will raise taxes or find another way to keep them on.” Currently teachers are losing their jobs and students are coming out of school not being able to find jobs, “They are taking whatever they can get outside their profession; there are no jobs to be had. They end up taking half the pay just to get benefits so they can pay for student loans.”