One of the propositions that will appear on the ballots in November is about increasing tax rates. If voters don’t approve this proposition, then the Austin school district teachers will not get the 3 percent raise they deserve. The proposed tax rate increase of 3.9 cents per $100 valuation
would raise an additional $21.7 million for a total budget of $865.1 million.
I believe we should all vote yes for this proposition for a couple different reasons. We depend on these teachers to give our children a good education so the least we can do is vote for proposition 1 to give them a raise. Also, if the Austin school district doesn’t give them a raise most likely all the good teachers will start looking for another job that will pay more. People may not realize this but teachers really do work hard and have a lot to handle and they deserve the raise as much as anyone else. Lastly, teachers do a lot to help our children and make sure they are well educated, now it’s your turn to return the favor. Yeah, your taxes will go up slightly but it’s for a good cause. So remember on November 4 to vote yes for proposition 1.
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- Natasha
- My name is Natasha and I'm taking this class mainly because it's a required credit. Also because I believe it's good to be informed with what's going on in our state. At the end of this class I hope to better understand how our government works.
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In Natasha’s blog she is urging people to vote “yes” for proposition 1. The proposition is for a tax increase in order to give our AISD teachers a raise. The proposition would give our teachers a 3% raise, which according to Natasha, it’s a raise which they truly do deserve.
She gives three good solid reasons on why we should vote for Proposition 1. The first reason she provides is that we depend on these teachers to give our children a good education and that the least we can do is give them a raise. I think she is right about this, because if we think about it, what better to spend our money on than paying for our children to have the good education they deserve.
Natasha then argues that if we don’t give our teachers the raise they deserve, then they will more than likely begin to search for jobs with better pay. She says they deserve their raise just as much as anyone else. This is very true. Most people get their raises automatically at their job after a certain amount of time working there, so it just doesn’t seem fair to require a vote for them to get their raise.
Her last reason is that teachers do a lot to help our children to make sure they are well educated and that it is now our turn to return the favor. I think she is right about this as well. I think many people believe that teaching is not a difficult job and that they have it easy because they only have to work Monday through Friday, they get winter breaks, spring break, and summers off. But the reality is, yeah teachers are only in the classroom Monday through Friday, but they take a lot of time outside of the class grading papers, making assignment plans to help the students better understand the material. They also spend lots of time before and after class to spend one on one time with those students who are having trouble and need extra assistance.
Overall I think Natasha’s arguments were excellent. I agree with all of her reasoning on why people should have voted yes for the proposition. She had a solid argument and did very well in her blog.
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