Air traffic controller Jack Criss is now clearing takeoffs and takeout orders. The single dad took on a side gig as a DoorDash delivery driver during the second-longest government shutdown in modern history in order to make some extra cash and cover his daughter’s high school tuition.
For the past few weeks, air traffic controllers have been receiving partial pay – but next week, they’re expected to miss their first full paychecks as the funding lapse continues.
“It’s been incredibly difficult. You can feel the tension, and it’s heavy…and it hurts,” Criss said in an interview that aired on “CBS Saturday Mornings.”
As the government shutdown rolls into Day 25, Congress remains unable to strike a deal. The Senate failed to advance measuresThursday that would pay federal employees like Criss.
Wait, high school tuition?
private school i assume, probably doesnt want to mix the “plebs” with his bougie lifestyle.
Doesn’t want her mixing with the poors and brown people in a taxpayer-funded public school.
The father in the interview is black. This isn’t a race thing.
He wants his daughter to get a good education. As an air traffic controller, he surely knows the value of education because he works a job that takes a lot of education and training to get into. Public schools in the united states are very bad, and underfunded. Private middle and high schools are common in cities and are usually much better than the public schools. Its a good choice for anyone with the means, which he had every other month this year.
Racism is systemic. It is behind the right wing policies that constantly underfund education. It is rarely the driver of individuals. Individual’s decisions are shaped by the options available more than anything else. Sending his daughter to a private school is the best choice for a father in his position. Hold your ire for those in positions of power.
Black people can be racist towards other black people.
many public schools are bad due to poor funding, many are not. I do t blame any parent for wanting their kid to get a good education, but the more those who can simply turn to private schools, the less political will there is to fix public taxpayer-funded schools.
we have a so-so funded school in the 2000s, but most of the students are sitll struggling, because its not enough funding still. only a select few students each class/graduating class, are exceptional(gifted 4.0+earners), we know because they made big deal glorified meeting how these were the “Best” students and compared it the audienc whom are all struggling.
You are making a lot of assumptions. All the private and charter schools in my town are extremely religious and constantly on the verge of losing accreditation due to prioritizing profit and religion over education. That’s the big reason nobody is using the vouchers my state is trying to push.
When I was in 9th grade one of them was forced to close and several people had to redo grades. I was in class with people who had been sophomores and juniors that’s how bad their private school was.
I’m not saying all private schools are bad or that all public schools are good, but yeah, you are making a lot of assumptions.
I’m explaining the motivation that reasonable people would take when acting reasonably. Attributing the choice to racism is a much less reasonable assumption.
Education varies because of state and local governments. Having a kid in private school is not innately unreasonable.
and all it took was 25 days to become one of “the poors”.
To people wondering how anyone can go homeless from missing a couple paychecks well…makes a gesture at this
Why are you automatically assuming race is the reason that someone goes to a private school?
I’ll admit my answer was a little presumptuous in assuming the reason had to do the other students, but as pointed out plenty parents opt to send their kids to expensive private schools when public school is free for all. Can’t totally blame them when public schools are woefully underfunded in many places.
Because it’s a common reason. Religious indoctrination is another.
Honestly I figured they lived in a state with a school voucher system and was paying to make up the difference.
He lives in arizona. The interviewer is from the phoenix office. The ATC controller is black, which makes the presumption of an anti-brown motivation even more of a stretch.
I’m unfamiliar with the specifics of education in arizona.
You should see a therapist