Recent content by glitch

1. Your son's graduation may, or may not, "stolen" by a virus. It's no different than any other pathogen on planet earth. Spoiler alert - they're not sentient. 2. You're a bigot. I sincerely hope that your particular apple has fallen far, far away from the tree on that account. Take some time...

Thanks!

Anyone know where I could rent a walk-behind lawn aerator in St. Mary's County?

In response to your first point, there are bad apples in every bunch. Doesn't mean every teacher acts that way. In response to your second point, there will always be businesses that manufacture inferior products. Whether those products are crappy flashlights or crappy teachers, are you...

Teachers want the public to know what's actually going on. Education is one of those things that people just expect to happen. They don't think about it on a day to day basis. But they really need to start thinking about it. Kind of like having water. It's all well and good until you don't...

Because they're not willing to do the same for themselves so they have to find fault.

Or you could do something about it.

You'd be fired for doing what you were hired to do? I don't know that I'd continue working at a place where that was the status quo.

That would be a great idea, except teachers have to educate every child. They don't get to cherry pick. Kids that don't get to eat, have to teach them even though research shows they won't make the same progress as their peers that are fed regularly. Kids that come from economically...

Or they can take an active role in changing how the profession is paid.

You're one parent out however many there are for SMCPS' 67,000+ students. I'm sorry but you're not a representative sample. And to be honest, do you actually know kids? How long do you think they actually have the pencils you bought them? I've seen a kid go through 3 in a single class. I swear...

Honestly, I don't have the time or inclination to sit down and compare tit for tat. What your talking about would be so job/placement specific that it would lose the ability to generalize. You'd have to get into private vs. public hospital placements, benefits, pension, health care costs, etc...

A starting teacher works (contractually) 190 days a year for 7.5 hours a day for $44,678. That works out to roughly $31.35 per hour. This requires a bachelors degree and a SPC (Standard Professional Certificate). With a masters degree, a teacher will only make $47,149 a year for the same hours...

Ah yes, over-generalization and stereotyping of large groups of individuals. This has informed opinion written all over it. It's amazing to me that you know and have spoken with enough teachers (1000+ since that's what you need for a representative sample) to make these kinds of statements. You...

Sure thing. I've spent quite a bit of time looking at that site. It's cool to check out a specific shark and see just how much the can travel in a year.