Quote > So then I guess you might ask, if this job is so > terrible? Why don't you quit? The thing is? I > can't afford to quit. I can't afford to have to > many days off my schedule. A day sick is a day I'm > not payed. A day late? I'm told to go home. No > grace period for me. I'm asked to bring a doctors > note whenever I report in that I'm too sick (From > working outs
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why do you still subscribe to cable at all? you can get 90% of it for free on the internet. only thing that's harder is live sports, if that's important to you.
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QuoteI home school my kids and have to pay taxes for these horrible schools to operate. Why? My kids don't go there, don't eat there, don't ride busses and are not eligible to play on the schools sports teams. We don't get any tax credits or anything so SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU LIBERAL BITCH! i weep for your children.
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QuoteWhat gives?! they're all on the phone
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you can locate test data online to get an objective answer. my guess is scores will indicate that langley and mclean are the best performers.
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set up a camera. return the favor.
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This board is a perfect example of Poe's law. You see a comment like this: QuoteWhat ever happened to global warming? and it's basically impossible to distinguish trolling from stupidity.
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We all make less money this year. New tax rules. Not unique to teachers.
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QuoteCan anyone point to data that shows that starting the school year before Labor Day produces better results? By any measure. Serious about this. Willing to entertain the change if there's demonstrable, overwhelming data proving there's some sort of positive correlation with starting earlier even with the same number of days. the problem is that the SOL tests don't get moved back too. so whe
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If you're OK with dog shit, why aren't you letting it shit on your own lawn? I thought so.
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QuoteWhatever you call them, their policies and refusal to take action against regulation is directly to blame for the housing crash. it's cute that you think too much regulation was at the root of the housing crash.
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frustrating. as a parent, i want schools funded in an intelligent manner. class sizes are already out of control (29 kids in elementary school? it's a joke). but the waste is absurd. so much low hanging fruit to cut and yet they threaten us with increases in class size every time. any parent could solve this problem with 30 minutes and a red pen.
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this board is what it is, and i've been on it long enough to have pretty low expectations, but you guys should really consider shutting the fuck up about children killing themselves. it's about as un-funny as a thing can get, and should be out of bounds to commentary.
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other people still use shovels? i think i'm the last guy on my street who doesn't own a snowblower. never understood that fad -- it takes longer to get the damn thing started than it does to shovel the 200 square foot driveways around here.
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Good news.
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yeah this is not going to end well in kansas.
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done some business with Virginia Arms in Manassas. never had a problem with them.
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hadnt heard that term. that's a good one.
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the stupidity on this board never ceases to amuse.
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have a better idea. make attendance optional on days with inclement weather. parents who are worried about it can stay at home and sing kum-bah-yah all they want. those of us who would prefer that our kids.. you know.. go to school, can see that happen.
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QuoteCreationism is a branch of science. uh, no.
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QuoteADHD will add that this is cosmically shitty to do in light of the fact that for those kids who have legitimate mental health issues, they're automatically met with suspicion because so many parents fake it. same deal as redshirting your kindergartener, which is also an epidemic in this region, except even more morally bankrupt since you're hurting kids with actual problems.
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Punished by having teachers who don't give a shit? Yes. If your life is so hard, if the private sector is so much easier, if you're taking out your frustration on children, then quit. You're worse than cowardly. You've crossed over into psychopathy.
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QuoteTo lay the charge of hurting students upon any teacher who stops giving their time for free is an attempt to deny the reality of our history and dodge the responsibility the county has to build, staff, and resource the school system they want. what a disgracefully intellectually dishonest statement you've made. thanks for intentionally punishing our kids because of your frustration with t
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Eesh, you're wrong about Monsanto.
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i have some sympathy for teachers -- they have a hard job, and too many parents are jerks. that said, i'd like to say something to any teachers who might happen to read this board (i know -- unlikely). shut the fuck up. nobody else is getting raises either.
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QuoteAnd you're missing the obvious point that if you are poisoned by regulated food, you have legal recourse. Your only recourse with "cottage" food is that if you get sick from it you'll know not to buy it again. So I hope people like you get food poisoning, let's see you defend this garbage then. thanks random internet guy who thinks he knows anything about the law. you have similar recourse
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Quote Libertarian bullshit. I won't even eat crap from bake sales. I sure as fuck won't risk eating something that's been sitting out for god knows how long and has god knows what in it. Missing the obvious irony that you likely have no clue what's in processed food and factory-farmed meat and dairy.
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Eesh there haven't been sufficient tests to know. But it's reasonable to be skeptical of GMO's when millions are spent fighting labelling. If you're proud of the product, label it and test it.
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QuoteYou apparently, have never thought to. more thought than you give to correct comma usage, teacher.
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