- Whew.
- That is such a tricky question to answer.
- Hi, my name is Tselane and I have been a science teacher
for about five years.
- My name is Jenny and I have been teaching
in a preschool for about 10 years now.
- Hi, I'm Dan, I was an adjunct professor in art and film,
and today I'm going to be answering
some commonly Googled questions
about teaching, education, schools.
Can teachers smoke weed?
Well.
- I feel like that's one of those questions
that you don't wanna answer.
I mean I guess if nobody knows what you're doin',
you just do what ya gotta do.
- For my perspective, teaching college, yes, you can.
We did not have drug testing of that nature.
I don't really know the law
when it comes to public school teachers.
- I don't know off the top of my head
my schools policy on it, but I would just guess
that they would prefer that you not come to work high.
They would probably prefer it
if you were sober in the classroom.
And I would assume that most schools would have that policy,
so I would hope that most teachers
would follow that as well.
- I think that they're not legally supposed to smoke weed,
but I think that they should be allowed to.
Matter of fact, I think they should add that into their pay.
Just go on and throw in weed in the pay
so that we could be better teachers.
There have been plenty of situations where I've needed weed,
not only wanted, but needed weed,
when I've been cussed out by a parent
because their child is bad.
Like I've substituted a couple times
and when there's really really rowdy kids,
I had a kid WWE slam somebody on a table.
Definitely needed the weed. (laughs)
Why are teachers underpaid? (laughing)
- Whew.
- That is such a tricky question to answer.
- Oh, this is a big question.
- When somebody finds the answer, please tell me.
- Because schools don't have the money
to give teachers what they deserve.
- Schools are underfunded.
The state gives money to a school.
They are essentially investing in the future
of their city and of the world, really.
You're not gonna see return on that investment
for many, many, many years but, it is essentially the way
that capitalism looks at you.
- [Tselane] Why are schools overcrowded?
- There are a lot of people in the world and again,
it comes back to funding and the ability
to build new academic institutions
is not there without money.
- If it's a public school it's just probably
the most available school that is out there.
So public schools are crowded because they're free.
- You just wanna give all of your attention
to as many kids as you can, and the more kids you have,
the harder it is to focus that attention
on the individual students.
- Will school ever end?
Well that's kind of up to you.
- It feels like never.
It feels like no matter what
you're always going to school, you're always learning.
School will never end you guys.
You're gonna be learning forever.
When you have a baby, if you get married,
you're gonna learn, so, no school doesn't end.
You think it does and then it gets worse.
- It doesn't feel like it'll ever end
when you're a teacher but it does end eventually.
- It legally ends when you graduate high school.
There are of course exceptions to that.
You don't have to stay if you don't want to stay.
But I think you should, because cliche as it may be,
you are the future of this country.
- If you are struggling to get through
these final days of school, just keep going.
Just know that you can do it, you're amazing,
you got this, because honestly,
it's worth it in the end, I promise.
- Will teachers be replaced by AI?
- I hope not, because then I will lose my job.
- Ugh, I've taught online classes before,
so, that's a slippery slope for sure.
- You know what, I really wouldn't doubt
that teachers are gonna be replaced,
that would be sad because that's where I got
the most connection outside of the home
was with a teacher like talking to a person.
So that would be so weird and sad.
Will they?
Probably.
Should they?
Hell no.
- I don't think so because I think
you need that warmth of a real person.
- I could definitely foresee a future
in which teachers are replaced by AI.
I don't think it's a healthy future to imagine,
but it's certainly a realistic one.
- An AI can't replicate feelings.
If a child has had an accident or hurt themselves
I don't think an AI is gonna walk up to the child
and say, "Oh, it's gonna be okay."
They're gonna be like, "Get back to your seats."
You guys got some interesting questions on Google,
but now I wanna know what other questions are out there.
- If you have questions for teachers
you should just ask teachers.
Google can give you a lot of misinformation
and no one teacher is the same.
I know every teacher is kind of lumped into
teachers think like this, or teachers are like that,
but we are all unique individuals
just like you are all unique individuals.
- But I think wanting to be educated,
wanting to learn is amazing and always keep seeking that.
We need smarter people in the world.
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