tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post4302103689283857191..comments2023-10-19T21:48:56.560-05:00Comments on meaning in history: UPDATED: Briefly Noted: Schools, Scams, Jobsmark wauckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-53096669533467736992021-03-18T23:32:55.539-05:002021-03-18T23:32:55.539-05:00Your 3 comments, Mark - so good and so on point. W...Your 3 comments, Mark - so good and so on point. We are being held hostage by the people WE pay to run OUR COUNTRY! How can it be possible that they can't see the damage they are doing to the very fabric of our republic? What kind of moral code does it take to continue to think that you can rip apart a society, and yet still be protected by it? Can a whole class of people be so obtuse that Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11910672817734502281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-31460264770109777082021-03-18T21:38:09.442-05:002021-03-18T21:38:09.442-05:00@HH
Yes, we often sigh when we recognize reality....@HH<br /><br />Yes, we often sigh when we recognize reality. Cassanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11255275730299959627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-78451141313228813972021-03-18T17:57:52.982-05:002021-03-18T17:57:52.982-05:00actually, lots of men in the military do it...as i...actually, lots of men in the military do it...as in, you come around the corner and there in front of you is an overturned truck with its cargo of missiles strewn all over the road. The first thing you do is sigh and think "not again" and then you get to work to salvage what you can...Hotlanta Hippiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16019546809736756263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-61059706359948278562021-03-18T16:29:26.927-05:002021-03-18T16:29:26.927-05:00@ Spartacus
Yes it's a terrific solution...i...@ Spartacus <br /><br />Yes it's a terrific solution...in a world where the politicians/school board/county exec isnt bought and paid for by the unions. The pols need teacher votes, donations, and grass roots organizing to stay in office, so no way they will implement your plan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-7472683631238104862021-03-18T13:43:53.113-05:002021-03-18T13:43:53.113-05:00Nor is this a recent problem. My wife was a studen...Nor is this a recent problem. My wife was a student teacher back in the 70s. Neither her supervisor nor the teacher she worked with had any interest in teaching, nor were they terribly competent. That was long before the city schools went down the tubes for good.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-84537222990010144772021-03-18T13:38:31.919-05:002021-03-18T13:38:31.919-05:00Ineffective teachers ARE a union problem. And ther...Ineffective teachers ARE a union problem. And there are many such teachers in urban centers. They are protected by the unions, and that's why the unions get their support.<br /><br />Government employee unions are inherently corrupt.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-66545441601843163232021-03-18T13:36:58.792-05:002021-03-18T13:36:58.792-05:00Look at every single state, like IL especially, th...Look at every single state, like IL especially, that's in financial trouble, and at the heart of it will be government employee unions. They control government and are bought off by government.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-79682645202417728272021-03-18T13:35:22.499-05:002021-03-18T13:35:22.499-05:00Tom ...
That $65K + excellent benefits is just fo...Tom ...<br /><br />That $65K + excellent benefits is just for starters.<br /><br />The "war on union labor" is more complicated than you make out. Unions, by and large, continued to support Dems who supported outsourcing of manufacturing. Yes, GOPers also supported that.<br /><br />What we're talking about here is government unions. Having been a government employee all my adult mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-90314644325718572922021-03-18T13:15:05.404-05:002021-03-18T13:15:05.404-05:00I am a former city school teacher (now retired).
...I am a former city school teacher (now retired).<br /><br />I would suggest that the $65,000 seemingly sensational salary should be put into the context of the cost of living in New York City. It may be (I'm not sure) that it is de facto, adjusted for cost of live, a lower wage than the nominally lower wage a non-metro area teacher gets.<br /><br />Also, I get so tired of these bash the unionTom Versohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03042492935981130084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-47425640591671114232021-03-18T12:13:33.017-05:002021-03-18T12:13:33.017-05:00About now some version of what Reagan did with the...About now some version of what Reagan did with the air traffic controllers looks pretty good. The arrogance of the teachers and their unions is stunning. They need a good smackdown...Bebenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-49357600517889857952021-03-18T12:09:36.376-05:002021-03-18T12:09:36.376-05:00Not big on sighing - have never seen a man do it -...Not big on sighing - have never seen a man do it - but the subject matter these days is pretty gloomy. Life is not always laughing and scratching and yuks or hee haws. We are given good minds that need to read good information and analysis. We can put that information to good use.<br /><br /> Those wags for whom it is just too much can always find something to please them elsewhere. Bebenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-32699559965905969642021-03-18T10:15:42.226-05:002021-03-18T10:15:42.226-05:00Mark and Hotlanta –
Also from Atlanta,… to echo t...Mark and Hotlanta – <br />Also from Atlanta,… to echo the same sentiment; I’ve actually typed up replies on my draft word doc to post, and then abandoned it because it’s too depressing, same ole ‘the deck is stacked against us, all the institutions have finally been co-opted by the left/Prog (all of them, even the institutions of the corporate world), and no-one is safe….). To this mindset, we Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-61607494030272021332021-03-18T09:00:11.208-05:002021-03-18T09:00:11.208-05:00If the new jobs in established tech are going to g...If the new jobs in established tech are going to graduates of largely sub-par schools, there must be a pool of talent for help in new competitive start-ups needed as cancellation of speech continues, no?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-88923240012770668642021-03-17T22:19:15.901-05:002021-03-17T22:19:15.901-05:00Regarding the tech jobs going to foreign workers i...Regarding the tech jobs going to foreign workers it is because the tech companies can treat them like dirt. H1B visa are tied to the JOB. If you lose the job then you lose the visa.<br /><br />Mike Lee of UTAH (R) recently proposed a law to life limit of HIB visa that can be issues. Another blow of the elites against the country class.<br /><br />SpartacusAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-54417653743419528842021-03-17T22:15:43.752-05:002021-03-17T22:15:43.752-05:00You want to know how to get teachers back to work....You want to know how to get teachers back to work....State school is open and if a teacher is not in class then it is a voluntary quit and the paperwork process will be started. You will get the parents behind you.<br /><br />Then when the unions go to trial and arbitration show the evidence and demand they show countervailing evidence. Guess who wins.<br /><br />SpartacusAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-69133283275749582962021-03-17T17:24:47.945-05:002021-03-17T17:24:47.945-05:00I feel the same way sometimes.I feel the same way sometimes.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-75195754499550978132021-03-17T17:04:01.156-05:002021-03-17T17:04:01.156-05:00Mark, on one hand I've been reading your blog ...Mark, on one hand I've been reading your blog for some time now because the subject matter interests me...OTOH, you are beginning to bum me out because of the subject matter, sigh, which is not your fault, but what is there to look forward to anymore, so to speak? Gloom, despair, agony on me...Hee Haw anyone?Hotlanta Hippiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16019546809736756263noreply@blogger.com