Most of my male figures were people I worked with at work sites, uncles and teachers throughout my whole life, male teachers. That showed me what it meant to be a responsible man. Right now because teacher pay is down, but also because we just haven't prioritized making the teaching profession something that, that should be engaged by men. Males are just leaving, you know, and they end up being the ones that are in school, ends up always being the coaches, the security guards, everything else like that. (22:38–22:49)
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Asserts that low teacher pay and lack of prioritization are reasons men are leaving teaching.
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