Unless something blows up, our school has passed its ten-year reaccreditation visit last week (decision will be made official in December, I believe)! We have some things to work on (which is pretty standard for a visit) but overall we done good!
I guess there must not have been too many protestors in the Wisconsin Capitol Building, because I have not heard that the fire marshall got involved. Even if the firemen were in support of the protestors, it seems to me that they would have to enforce the fire codes, or risk a huge PR backlash. I don’t have a problem with the protestors who remain outside, but I think they ought to enforce the regular hours for the building being open to the public and not allow the people staying there around the clock, as the article indicated.
“I’m sure that President Obama simply misunderstands the issues in Wisconsin, and isn’t acting like the union bosses in saying one thing and doing another.”
It’s part of the teachers’ bargaining strategy to take the largest possible part of their compensation in the form of benefits, rather than salary, because it makes it so much easier for them to mislead people. They talk about how low their pay is and how hard they work, and uninformed people look at the teachers’ salaries and think, “Wow, they’re right — they aren’t getting paid enough.” A few years ago I attended a meeting in our local school district, supposedly intended to gauge public opinion on the subject of paying our public school teachers more. Teacher after teacher got up to speak, going on and on about how hard they work and how low their pay is. I wanted to ask them, Did you not know before you became a teacher how much a teacher is paid? If you thought teachers were paid too little, why did you become one? Why did you not go into some line of work that paid better? (At that time I was still mostly unaware of their lavish benefits, which makes their whining even more ridiculous.)
When they talk about how little they are paid, they always neglect to mention how little they work. They get summer’s off and do not teach for 40 hours a week the rest of the year. They actually make a very good salary if you take into account the actual amount of hours they work a year.
You may find this difficult to believe (I did), but one of the teachers at the meeting referred to above, while whining about how overworked and underpaid she was, felt compelled to point out that teachers don’t get paid for the summer months when they aren’t teaching. Their pay is spread out over twelve months, she said, but they are actually getting paid only for the nine months they actually work. Hmmm…. and this is supposed to be evidence of injustice?
In any case, how ever much or little someone is being paid, that’s the sort of thing you’re supposed to find out BEFORE you go into a line of work. People who look at what a teacher earns — in salary, benefits, whatever — and conclude that it doesn’t meet their requirements, have no business becoming teachers. Same for any other occupation. It’s called getting the facts before you make the decision.
I’m speechless bob. I can’t not imagine thinking you should be getting paid for not working. But then, I’m not a liberal. It is probably second nature to them to think you should be paid for not working.
polination.blog 
Happy March!Feb. 2011 was one of the snowiest on record.Good riddance.C’mon,Spring!
THE TUESDAY GRUDGE REPORT
2012 ELECTION SPENDING RACE HEATS UP
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703749504576172853080331590.html?mod=WSJ_WSJ_US_News_5
POLICE KEEP PROTESTERS FROM ENTERING CAPITOL
http://www.wiscnews.com/news/local/article_b031022c-43c5-11e0-aa4d-001cc4c002e0.html
VIDEO/PHOTO MONTAGE OF WISC. PROTESTERS ATTACKING FOX NEWS
GOP HOPEFULS CHEER FOR SPENDING SHOWDOWN
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/02/28/national/w141710S43.DTL
ISSA:REID,OBAMA PLOT GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/feb/28/senate-democrats-leader-plots-government-shutdown/
CANADIAN DEATH PANELS IN ACTION
If you’re not familiar with this story,the parents of a terminally-ill 13MO baby beg for a tracheotomy to prolong Baby Josephs life so they can take him home.Canada rules he must die there.This is heartbreaking.
http://www.breitbart.tv/canadian-death-panels-in-action-hospital-refuses-life-prolonging-tracheotomy-for-13-month-old-baby/
WISCONSIN DEM ASSEMBLYMAN TO GOP COLLEAGUE:”YOU’RE F***KING DEAD!”
http://hotair.com/archives/2011/02/28/wisconsin-dem-assemblyman-to-gop-colleague-you-are-fing-dead/
EIGHT REASONS NOT TO BE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT EGYPT
I never was.
http://www.creators.com/conservative/dennis-prager.html
DEMS AGONIZE OVER CR
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/146635-dems-agonize-over-cr
ONCE AGAIN,OBAMA BLAMES BUSH FOR THE DEFICIT HE TRIPLED-IN ONE YEAR
Hasn’t the statute of limitations run out on this yet?
http://gatewaypundit.rightnetwork.com/2011/02/once-again-barack-obama-blames-bush-for-the-deficit-he-tripled-in-one-year/
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Unless something blows up, our school has passed its ten-year reaccreditation visit last week (decision will be made official in December, I believe)! We have some things to work on (which is pretty standard for a visit) but overall we done good!
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Congrats! So you are a librarian at a school? That sounds like fun!
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I guess there must not have been too many protestors in the Wisconsin Capitol Building, because I have not heard that the fire marshall got involved. Even if the firemen were in support of the protestors, it seems to me that they would have to enforce the fire codes, or risk a huge PR backlash. I don’t have a problem with the protestors who remain outside, but I think they ought to enforce the regular hours for the building being open to the public and not allow the people staying there around the clock, as the article indicated.
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Interesting solution to the WI dilemma:
http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/02/two_solutions_to_the_wisconsin.html
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Good article! I hope our guys in Madison are paying attention.
Here’s Gov. Walker’s response to the most recent criticism hurled at him by Pres. Øbama:
http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/117101638.html?sort=most+thumbs+up
“I’m sure that President Obama simply misunderstands the issues in Wisconsin, and isn’t acting like the union bosses in saying one thing and doing another.”
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Worth a read this morning:
As The Saudi Tanks Roll To Bahrain
Wisconsin’s teachers make a little more money than they’re letting on
Susan Rice: We won’t let up on Muammar Qadhafi
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It’s part of the teachers’ bargaining strategy to take the largest possible part of their compensation in the form of benefits, rather than salary, because it makes it so much easier for them to mislead people. They talk about how low their pay is and how hard they work, and uninformed people look at the teachers’ salaries and think, “Wow, they’re right — they aren’t getting paid enough.” A few years ago I attended a meeting in our local school district, supposedly intended to gauge public opinion on the subject of paying our public school teachers more. Teacher after teacher got up to speak, going on and on about how hard they work and how low their pay is. I wanted to ask them, Did you not know before you became a teacher how much a teacher is paid? If you thought teachers were paid too little, why did you become one? Why did you not go into some line of work that paid better? (At that time I was still mostly unaware of their lavish benefits, which makes their whining even more ridiculous.)
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When they talk about how little they are paid, they always neglect to mention how little they work. They get summer’s off and do not teach for 40 hours a week the rest of the year. They actually make a very good salary if you take into account the actual amount of hours they work a year.
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You may find this difficult to believe (I did), but one of the teachers at the meeting referred to above, while whining about how overworked and underpaid she was, felt compelled to point out that teachers don’t get paid for the summer months when they aren’t teaching. Their pay is spread out over twelve months, she said, but they are actually getting paid only for the nine months they actually work. Hmmm…. and this is supposed to be evidence of injustice?
In any case, how ever much or little someone is being paid, that’s the sort of thing you’re supposed to find out BEFORE you go into a line of work. People who look at what a teacher earns — in salary, benefits, whatever — and conclude that it doesn’t meet their requirements, have no business becoming teachers. Same for any other occupation. It’s called getting the facts before you make the decision.
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I’m speechless bob. I can’t not imagine thinking you should be getting paid for not working. But then, I’m not a liberal. It is probably second nature to them to think you should be paid for not working.
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Hi everyone!!! Waves!!!!
I am waaaay behind in my cyber life (I hate when real life work gets in the way of socializing/blogging…blah)…but I finally found my way ‘here.’
Bookmarking to stop by later.
:)MOSC
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Welcome maryohsocontrary!!! Glad you found us!
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Good to see you Mary!
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Oh Contrary One – it is good to hear from you and I look forward to more of your humorous wisdom.
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Hi MOSC – great to see you here! Hope this means you be back more frequently! Missed you!
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