High school seniors see red when they learn the size of the national debt
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High school students shocked to learn about the $37 trillion national debt and their $323,051 share per taxpayer as their teacher explains government spending consequences
Their ridiculous responses, ranging from millions to billions to $1 trillion, are funny but also sad. Finally, I can't listen anymore and, feeling like the evil queen giving Snow White the poisoned apple, tell them: "$37 trillion dollars." Glenn Sacks teaches social studies and represents United Teachers Los Angeles at James Monroe High School in the Los Angeles Unified School District. He served as a strike captain in both the 2019 and 2023 teacher strikes. His columns on education have been published in dozens of America's largest publications. Follow him on Twitter @GlennSacks.
"No, you're crazy, it's got to be more than that, it's got to be like in the billions."
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