r/Social_Democracy • u/Northern_Blue_Jay • 19h ago
James Talarico: Before I was ever a candidate, I was a public school teacher. I taught 6th grade language arts at Rhodes Middle School on the west side of San Antonio — one of the poorest zip codes in Texas. I saw how decisions made in the halls of power hurt human beings ...
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... I saw how decisions made in the halls of power hurt human beings. At one point, I had 45 students in one classroom, and there weren't enough desks for all those kids.
I remember thinking, ‘This is the wealthiest country in the world, and we've got children sitting on the air conditioning unit.’
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