{"id":4900,"date":"2023-11-12T15:23:15","date_gmt":"2023-11-12T15:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=4900"},"modified":"2023-11-12T15:23:15","modified_gmt":"2023-11-12T15:23:15","slug":"teacher-who-cant-afford-to-pay-rent-comes-close-to-tears-as-she-breaks-down-paycheck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=4900","title":{"rendered":"Teacher who can\u2019t \u2018afford to pay rent\u2019 comes close to tears as she breaks down paycheck"},"content":{"rendered":"
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One teacher in Ohio has revealed she will go into debt if she carries on being a teacher.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The 23-year-old took to\u00a0TikTok<\/a>\u00a0to vent about her salary, nearly having a \u2018panic attack<\/a>\u2019 due to the little amount she receives every month.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Lexie Firment is the\u00a0science<\/a>\u00a0teacher who works at Blufton Middle School in the town of Avon, just outside of\u00a0Cleveland<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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She filmed the video in her car, where she talked about her\u00a0monthly expenses<\/a>, in comparison to her measly paycheck.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cI’m left with owing money at the end of the month.” Credit: TikTok\/@missfirment<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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In her video, she said: \u201cI’m a\u00a0teacher<\/a>, and I can barely afford to pay rent with my salary.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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She implied that after paying her rent every month, she is left with $500 left over.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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She continued: \u201cGuess how much my car is? $400.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cGuess how much insurance is? $100.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cOh, yeah, that’s right.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cYou do the maths.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cI’m left with owing money at the end of the month.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThat’s not even with groceries.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Coming to her realisation, she gasped: \u201cHoly s**t.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThat’s not even with groceries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cI realise every single month I am transferring money out of savings into my checking account.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cJust had the realisation in the car that I’m actually gonna go into debt if I continue being a teacher.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cJust had the realisation in the car that I’m actually gonna go into debt if I continue being a teacher.” Credit: TikTok\/@missfirment<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\u201cLike, genuinely, genuinely, wow.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Lexie\u00a0graduated<\/a>\u00a0college in May 2022, making this her second year of being a teacher.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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She continued anxiously: \u201c’I’m literally having a crisis right now.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cI’m literally going to have a\u00a0panic attack<\/a>\u00a0right now \u2026 I literally cannot do this.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cI don’t have money \u2026 I don’t know how I’m gonna pay off my credit card this month.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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According to Indeed.com, teachers with one or two years of experience in Ohio get paid $40,000 annually, before tax.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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After taxes in this state, this would mean a teacher would take home around $1,350 per semi-monthly paycheck.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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People rushed to the comments to support Lexie, and it figures she isn\u2019t the only teacher going through the same situation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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One person said: \u201cNot to mention gas, student loans, insurance, subscriptions, brb I\u2019m crying in the club.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Another said: \u201cI wait for payday with a knot in my stomach and then cry on pay day because I have $30 left.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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One person claimed that it wasn\u2019t just teachers who are going through the crisis, saying: \u201cThis isn\u2019t just teachers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThis is all of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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