I'm a SpEd Assistant/Para. This job is so demanding. I love the students (most days), but why can't districts pay us what we are worth? Yes, teachers have a tough job, but so do we. Hit, kicked, spit on, urinated on, stabbed with pencils, the list goes on and on. It's hard to find subs because of the abuse we take for the peanuts they give us. I've been doing this for 6 years and I'm making less than $16.50 an hour. I just need to vent.

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I’m in the same boat. $15/hour to get abused verbally and physically. (And due to certain disabilities, once in a while, even sexually. Ever had a student with downs grab your chest and not understand why that’s bad?) I honestly think our job is harder than the teachers’. At least they’re guaranteed a break!

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Do you not have a union?

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Good evening to you. Where are you working? or what state are you working in?

We are very much underpaid. They use our love for the kids against us. I'm just saying. We show up everyday, get abused and assaulted regularly and get told "it's a tough job".

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