Teachers hustle to afford housing

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Does "Teachers hustle to afford housing" mean "Teachers are too busy to afford housing"?

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Teachers hustle to afford housing
Elementary school teacher Stacie Baur in Pennsylvania teaches English to Chinese students via Skype to make ends meet.
JACK GRUBER, USA TODAY

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https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/education/2019/06/05/teachers-pay-cost-of-living-teaching-jobs/3449428002/

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[+3] - Sturgis - 06/16/2019In the context of the article, [i]teachers hustle[/i] means that they (the teachers), cannot afford to pay their expenses (rent, phone, electric, etc.) on their salary from teaching. In order to...

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@oristarA,

In the context of the article, teachers hustle means that they (the teachers), cannot afford to pay their expenses (rent, phone, electric, etc.) on their salary from teaching. In order to manage and avoid debt, they get an additional job.

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@Sturgis,

Sturgis is right.

However, and I'm showing my age here, whenever I hear the word "hustle", part of me always thinks back to this.....

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@chai2,

For those who want to know how to hustle.....

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