There's a lot of school supplies, you must have a few kids. it's for my class actually its for the man living in the basement my school is boring anyways have u seen Laura lees apology vid?
Today this teacher is shopping for more than just her own bread and butter. You have to supply all this yourself?
There's never enough to go around and most of my students can't afford to provide their own supplies.
In fact a recent study found that 94% of teachers spend their own money on classroom supplies
For many years now teachers have been fighting for higher wages
With mass
Protests recently making the news teachers in Oklahoma are planning to walk off their jobs tomorrow teacher staging protests going on strike
demanding better pay including right here in Kentucky
every public school in Kentucky was closed today at their salaries teachers say extra costs are tough to cover my
bi-weekly deposit is six hundred and thirty nine dollars and
That's not sustainable
I'm sorry your cards been declined. Do you have any cash? I've got $30
Could you maybe please take off the milk?
You're sure you wouldn't want to take off the notebook since then
No
My students need these I can drink my coffee black for a while if you overheard this teacher
Struggling to make ends meet. I guess I can do without the bread
What's the total now, I'm sorry, you're still a few dollars short, what would you do?
Our hidden cameras are rolling at Fitch's Iga and Wilmore, Kentucky
Are these school supplies for your?
Grandkids or your kids my class
Your teacher. Yes. Our teacher is buying her own groceries and stocking up on supplies for the new school year
So you're spending your own money on your students? Yes, they buy some supplies. Never enough god bless you. All, right
It's 39 55
This woman joins the conversation just in time to hear this, I'm sorry, ma'am. It's declined
Here I have some cash
You're giving her money to help pay for
Her it's a situation that feels familiar. Did you need to buy supplies for your kids? I
Feel bad. I mean I could put some food back I've got
Only need to give her more than what she needs
Let's meet this generous woman, how are you ma'am?
We do a TV show called what would you do Oh
And you were a teacher I still am a teacher i'm a mother and grandmother
They certainly need all the help they can get from the community
What is the message you wanted to teach today? If your students were watching this help one another if you can love one another?
Our teacher is back at the register and you're buying all of these for your new class
A new teacher there and she finds some common ground with this next customer in line
Are you - I'm Sarah I sub there all the time it's nice to meet you
Well, welcome to Wilmore thank you so much as a beautiful town. Um, your card didn't go through Oh,
You have it like another form of payment. I think I have some cash
I have 30 so we need to take off
Please if you don't mind the milk when she comes up short she decides to forego some of her own groceries take off for Tuna
You still need one 31, okay
But this fellow educator just won't allow her to go hungry
Seriously seriously, are you sure? Yes, that's really kind of you
if i can get your address i can-
I really are a teacher. I'll be at school all the time. So I'll sub for you sometimes
Time to tell her she's been called on by what would you do? How are you?
Good. She's a stranger well wilmore is a wonderful place. its the friendliest town in Kentucky
Did you all know that what do you think about the way?
Teachers have to provide for their own supplies these days teachers don't get nearly enough
Throughout the day we find there's no shortage of kindness in Kentucky. My kids need these things for class
So let's put the milk back. I'll get it for you. If it's going to kids, ill get it for you. Wow, this is nice
Look at this. You have a lot of money to give? no not really. i got a soft spot for kids so
You're short nine dollars and 55 cents
You paying for kids you don't have to do that I that's all right, it's all good
I think education in particular just needs as much funding as if you get really it's important
you know for the future of our society to really
lets take off the tuna and lets take off the bread.
U will pay for the difference of hers, thats very kind of you
This is very sweet, can I get your address so i can pay back?
are you sure? Yeah
somebody else
I think there probably when the most underpaid jobs in the United States
You get people that get paid millions just to entertain us and then people who you know teach our kids actually change the future
Barely get paid enough to make it on their own
We roll one last time. Let's take off the macaroni and cheese and right away this young man offers his credit card
I'm sorry, you should pay for the rest with my card that work, will that work?
Thank you.
Education system i'm friends with some teachers. It's really sad that they
You know teachers yeah. Yeah and times are tough for them times are tough for them to be stressful
Thank you, he even helps our teacher bag her groceries
Gaining extra credit in our book. Thank you so much before he's done bagging we're there to greet it, buddy. how are you?
Yes, im john quinones with What would you do the TV show? Oh, really?
Why did you do that? right now. we live in a time
That's really, you know polarized and there's lots of stuff going on. You know, the teachers are
undergoing a lot of stress and stuff
And so I'm just looking for what God has given me so I can give to give to other people
That's kind of if I can do that with my life than happy camper. The town of Wilmore is home to the Asbury Theological
Seminary and for these Kentuckians
spirituality seems to inspire their
overwhelming message that kindness counts
inside and outside of the classroom