Texas Teacher Living In His Car Draws Attention To Teacher Salaries

A teacher in Texas is shining the spotlight on teacher’s salaries with his viral videos that has turned into an unexpected windfall.

@babblinbill Day 35 lving out if my car. GoFundMe is up and running. #babblinbill #gypsyteacher #carliving #strugglebus #fyp ♬ original sound – Babblin Bill

Bill Atkinson is a charter school teacher in Texas that makes $54,000 a year, but that wasn’t enough for him to pay rent. So he started documenting living out of his car on TikTok. His coworkers also encouraged him to start a GoFundMe, which has raised over $17,000!