[speaker001:] okay what do you think
[speaker002:] something wrong with our school systems yes
[speaker001:] right um-hum
[speaker002:] nobody wants to go to public schools um
[speaker001:] yeah the class sizes are too large and they don't pay the teachers enough like in Dallas they have too many administrators they're top-heavy
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] and uh they had yesterday on the news they had some problems with the the text having um mistakes in them
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] and uh a lot of them aren't like the history books aren't historically correct they they covered up a lot of the bad things that have happened
[speaker002:] just what do you think can be done about that
[speaker001:] well I think they need to do whatever they can like um I think um Massachusetts put a priority on education and and um bringing in industry and recruiting
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] and they made a lot of difference in that state and in Texas I think we're like twenty ninth in spending you know and they put through this Robin Hood bill but it doesn't change the amount of spending overall it just distributes the money more evenly
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] and so that they need to do that they need to increase spending they need to um make it so that the teachers want to stay in teaching because most of the time the teachers spend disciplining the the kids instead of instead of teaching the subject now
[speaker002:] I agree
[speaker001:] so
[speaker002:] I've got a friend who's uh a very talented teacher and has given it up
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] uh in Carrollton uh just because it's not I mean she just can't stand the paper work um you know it's uh and she's not paid enough she gets more as a filing claims for an insurance company which she's not even trained to do
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] so I think it's real discouraging
[speaker001:] yeah and uh I I think they changed the way the ladder is now that it takes a longer time for for you to qualify for a higher salary and uh it's it's um it's more subjective than it was before
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] so I don't know you know I don't know what incentive a teacher has to stay in teaching
[speaker002:] I don't either well do you have children
[speaker001:] I just have uh one daughter she's six now she's going to Richardson Public Schools
[speaker002:] out of the Dallas School District basically
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] right
[speaker002:] I don't have any but if I did I don't know that I could I would want them to be in a Dallas School District
[speaker001:] right but the worst school districts are Dallas Garland Carrollton um Coppell really doesn't matter much it's it's is not at the bottom and the best is uh Highland Park Richardson and Plano
[speaker002:] yeah how old is your daughter
[speaker001:] she's six
[speaker002:] so she's just started this year
[speaker001:] yeah and you know and she's learning to read so and she can do a little bit of math now so
[speaker002:] where are you speaking from I can hear a lot of background noise
[speaker001:] oh uh Valley View Mall
[speaker002:] oh
[speaker001:] oh yeah there's supposed to all all the calls are supposed to be from a different phone so
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] that's where I am and they have a lot of pay phones here so
[speaker002:] wow that is funny
[speaker001:] you know and I and I don't know uh uh they cut back on the since Mark White passed that bill about
[speaker002:] well um-hum
[speaker001:] cutting back on all the extracurricular activities that may have improved a little bit because um I was talking to a lady the other day and that that's the first thing she said her her both her children were in band and they'd quit
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] and she said the band teacher acted like band was the only subject that he was taking and he was suppose to spend spend all of his time on band
[speaker002:] and demanded the children right
[speaker001:] right and he he was taking honors classes in all his other subjects he goes to the Lewisville School District
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] and uh you know it's just ridiculous so he just quit simple as that
[speaker002:] hm
[speaker001:] everything should be equal you know and there's no reason you already spend all that time in band there's no reason that he should practice more than an hour a day outside of band if he if he even has the energy especially in marching season
[speaker002:] well that goes along with football though too you know it uh
[speaker001:] you know right and and what do you do when you are taking calculus and uh chemistry and physics two and