after year. but what they re outside today protesting is that we can t have kids and teachers pit against each other. we need a down payment to pay teachers a more liveable wage, but also needs to be a down payment for the teaching and learning conditions that melissa was talking about and that is why people are out in force today. we need both of those things because it is untenable what the conditions are in oklahoma. it is untenable. let s talk about who the teachers are. melissa, you have two master s degrees and ended up with about $164,000 in student loans and you do extra jobs like a lot of teachers do at school. you have various titles. i think you have four different titles at the high school. you end up working longer than a 40-hour workweek. and do you earn well for that privilege? well i m a student counsel adviser and senior class sponsor