Clockwise Cat Issue 40

But that’s way better than in most parts of the country.
In West Virginia, teachers across the state went on a 9-day strike to get a 5% pay raise.
Teachers in Arizona and Oklahoma are planning their own strike due to even worse neglect.
In Oklahoma, some educators have actually had to resort to selling plasma in order to
survive.
KOCO News 5, in the Sooner State, reported on a fifth grade teacher at Newcastle Elementary
school, Jay Thomas, who sells blood to supplement his income.
“I've got a permanent scar doing that. Just did it yesterday,” Thomas said.
“I've been doing it for a couple of years. I've given over 100 times. It's twice a week.”
Though Thomas has been an Oklahoma teacher for 16 years, he makes less than $40,000 a year
after taxes.
Selling plasma nets him about $65 a week.
And if you think Thomas is the anomaly, when this story was spread on Twitter, other teachers
responded that they do the same, some even including pictures of themselves at the blood bank.