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ParticipantMaybe this is too simple, but if it’s true that great teachers go to the easiest districts, then maybe all you need to do is double/triple their pay and that would definitely encourage some of the male/tougher teachers to try to improve lower income areas. Heck, work 1 year and make 3 times what I do now? Sign me up…or at least let me try it and see if it’s worth my while/time.
To balance it out in terms of funding, you now take 1/4 or 1/2 pay for a teacher in the good area and lower everyone’s pay since these “kids” are easy to teach and EVERYONE wants to work in this school district. This is already done in corporate life where jobs in Hawaii pay typically lower than some other places. Doctor jobs in CA is hard to find so most doctors have to move to other areas since everyone wants to work/stay in CA.
Again, saying a law that tries to ban bad teachers is going to lead to 100% vindictive parents or admins is a stretch. If people had to openly say, VOTE a bad teacher out, you can have everyone else in the class publicly also VOTE to keep the teacher in and maybe it’s just 1 bad parent or 1 bad admin who is sleeping with the teacher’s rival…
None of this anonymous stuff since someone’s livelihood is on the line here. This works out in most normal communities and the old Internet of old when people didn’t have something to find behind.
Participant[quote=CA renter]The goal of this change is to create a divide in the unions: older teachers vs. newer teachers. The unions are under heavy attack, and too few people know about the people who are behind these attacks and what their ultimate goals are. One thing I can say for sure, is that workers of all stripes are being targeted; it’s not just the union members.[/quote]
The problem and my initial gut feel from reading both your posts is that you make it sound like doing nothing is better than trying to do anything. You sound like a teacher that will get bounced and even though I believe you aren’t in that profession now, it just has a tone that any attempt to fix anything will not work no matter what we do.
Everything is big business motivated and we’re all sheep for trying to boot bad teachers. Bad teachers do no one any good and if it’s good teachers vs. bad teachers, we should all rejoice. Maybe like with corporations, teachers can share a salary/bonus pool so bad teachers who no one likes and is ineffective will get voted out.
I suppose like with healthcare, I think we have a broken system and maybe changes to tenure laws, evaluation by honest parents, who knows, something else is worth a shot to “try”.
I didn’t see a solution yet, but maybe teachers can be evaluated a year out or half a year in the next grade?
If the kid learned stuff, obviously, no matter how much the parents/kids hated the teacher, they did a good job maybe.
Again, let’s go in a dialog to fix things rather than throw our hands up saying nothing we do will help…that’s what I got at least reading the 2 posts.
Participant[quote=Jazzman][quote=Blogstar]
What ever the answer to Mr. Obama’s question is ….I don’t think he is anything but capricious about dealing with it. Effectively capricious that is. Some many conflicting interests that everything effectively gets treated like a joke.
Treating the nurturing of children and killing people like they are joking matters is not good.[/quote]
I actually believe he thinks it is one of his biggest failings. In fact, I believe he even said so. The political will seems to have been there but was trounced by special interests. What is interesting is that now even the NRA has come out against some of its one supporters, probably because it realizes mass slayings are spreading like a disease— “exponentially” as Obama said—and that eventually it is going to backfire on them. Either that or they just ‘get it’ now. The more likely scenario is we won’t get a volte-face from them, but no doubt they’d be happier with a mass slaying every month as opposed to every week. I can’t believe I just said that.[/quote]I actually watched this whole interview with the Tumbler CEO I believe he was…It’s a decent watch and focused mostly on student loans, but he did talk a bit about the gun issue.
The “laughter” someone posted wasn’t a laugh IMO and it was not noticeable by me. He certainly wasn’t make light of the situation or think it’s “funny” that kids are being shot up.
I am not an Obama lover nor a democrat neither…but
Like a lot of things, I think all this stuff is trying to politicize this situation and is not helping anyone.
As Obama has said in the interview, it is sorta amazing that Australia had a mass shooting some time like maybe near 20 years ago and did somethings to make it harder to get guns. They haven’t had a shooting since.
It’s amazing how now, it’s almost like everyone in the US is desensitized to a shooting now since they occur nearly every week.
Every week, there is a new shooting and after a bit, no one cares until enough kids die or some major NRA support loses their own kids to this and will decide something should be done.
Again, the point is not to ban guns, but to make it at least harder for people who will carry these acts out to get guns.
The majority of these kids are < 30. All obviously had mental issues. Until people start giving a shit, we'll just see more copycat's who feel like shooting people and feeling like it gives them power and a way out to be in the media. Sadly, with it happening so much now, the killers don't even get their day in the sun. Honestly, I'd rather just throw myself in an Octagon and battle it out or take out my frustrations on some people I don't like, maybe it'd work out on these kids rather than shooting people.
Participant[quote=scaredyclassic]i am going to go out on a limb and claim that if my wife and I raised Elliot Rodger in our goofy homeschooled barefoot hippie 5 tshirts and a pair of jeans and no video games lifestyle and he grew up with me as his dad, , he would not have shot up Isla Vista. he might have other weird quirks, but he would not be this enraged. i think. …. if this sounds braggy, im sorry. but i don’t think I wouldve produced this particular mess…
he wouldve been up all night with his brothers constructing a plumbing system in the yard out of broken plstic watter bottles and straws, sleeping on the roof, reading books with their pa on the porch all day…i think i coulda raised him to be ok…i just dont believe there are bad seeds, i know there are damagesd seeds, but i just dont think he was that bad, that unsalvageable. it hink he was a tender, sensitive soul who lost his way and had no man to hold his hand …[/quote]
I don’t blame his parents, but I do agree that what you state above would probably be true as well that he wouldn’t have shot up people in a different environment…
I think in general, certain lifestyles / professions / etc can cause more drama, feelings of woe, etc…
Like if you are wealthy and know it and all your neighbors/friends are as well, it’s hard to go to the nice private school and not have what a basic classmate has such as cars/tvs/ipads/etc…you may even get made fun of and beat up affecting your mental state.
His dad was in the film/media industry and his mom worked as a nurse I think in that industry as well. Similar to rock stars and people in the media, I think a lot of people in that industry are peacocks (Myers-Briggs term is it?). For these people who are athletes, artists, etc…they need to have some strong desire to be prima-donnas and are overly dramatic with everything. Of course, not everyone will shoot themselves up with drugs/OD/get arrested for DUIs, etc…but my guess (no data) is that there is a larger percentage of people who are in that field (film/rock stars) who get caught up with that stuff..
He grew up seeing what all these top actors/actresses were like and gets to meet them and stuff and thinks this is normal…
Like if you worked/lived in Silicon Valley, they are living in their own income/life bubble as well compared to the normal person outside of the tech boom life.
In a way, having wealth, privilege is it’s own curse as some people would probably agree since when you know you don’t have to make anything of yourself, it’s tough to get motivated when you’re forever taken care of.
Participant[quote=FlyerInHi]Come on, Spd. NYC is the showcase city of America. JFK is not much better.
NYC should have infrastructure to match it’s status as a top city. Think back of when the pan am terminal opened. We were the top dog back then.[/quote]
I don’t know about NYC, but how does it compare to places in Europe and Asia? I’ve traveled to a lot of Asian countries and various places in Europe and most of the time, public transportation is a lot faster (less waiting) in major cities.
They can be crowded as hell (UK), but hey, I suppose it’s cause the darn thing works.
ParticipantI actually think being educated or taught a certain way leads to “group think” and bias…
Intuition (if that’s even the word) if one knows how to recognize it correctly in their lives/work/investments would lead most to make better decisions I think. Emotions and bias and prejudice / preconceptions lead to a lot of mistakes.
A lot of economist didn’t even see the bubble coming and there are plenty of stock market “experts” as well…
ParticipantThis is why I really would like all government / tax dollars be very open book for people to scrutinize. All companies waste money, but it’s rare that company execs would fly on the most expensive tickets or stay at the best hotel rooms…
This is not surprising though and I’m sure he was bragging to all his friends as well.
I feel the whole world at this point is a grab all you can state and can only wish for some power (coming of Jesus / or Aliens or whatever) to clean up this shit.
ParticipantHow do dentists even survive? I see so many pop up and it’s not a required medical thing and insurance benefits are limited (like 1k to 1.5k)…
Seems like so much competition and a cleaning pays nothing…
Also, people with no money won’t/can’t afford the more expensive treatments.
Participant[quote=UCGal]FWIW – I’ve never had any issue riding the bus to/from downtown. Most folks are reading books or newspapers, listening to headphones… I don’t ride the bus often – but a few times a year.
Joec – when was the last time you rode the bus? It’s not as scary as you might think.
I’m strongly considering having my kids ride the public bus home from middle school (near the zoo) to UC, this year. I rode the bus (by myself, at age 12) at their age from UC to balboa park to take ballet classes – it’s a good life skill. And this was when Horton Plaza was a place the wack-a-doodles went on rants – pre mall.
My biggest gripe with the bus is that it doesn’t run often enough or close enough to the places I want to go.[/quote]
I haven’t rode public transit in SD in about 5 or 6 years maybe to a Padre game…which was the last time.
I honestly don’t have a concern personally, but when I lived in SF, my wife hated public transit for those reasons I’ve mentioned above…
I use to ride BART and the bus all the way to the city, berkeley, you name it at age 16 or so and walk all over Berkeley as well so as a “guy”, I was never that scared of any of that.
I rode the bus as well younger for piano lessons, etc…That was like 30+ years ago though.
What I found more annoying is rowdy kids that I honestly want to beat down on the bus…personally.
Generally, men are concerned with different things on public transit as they would never expose themselves to me or anything. If a nice lady would do that, I guess she is very welcome to.
Similar to movie theaters now and how I hate going as well, I just HATE all the young kids, teenagers…
Unlike other countries, I feel the youth of america (a lot of them) have no sense of public courtesy…
Lastly, if you ride the bus EVERYDAY, you’re bound to be harassed eventually…Sorta like if you drive EVERYDAY, you’ll find yourself in a road rage argument eventually as well…
It’s one thing to do it once a week, but everyday, a whole year, someone will bother a young girl alone. I guarantee it will happen.
ParticipantSome advanced economies/countries actually have forced military service for a few years. I don’t think it’s a bad idea per se, but I’d have to research and read why the draft was done away with to begin with here and see if that reason still applies…
Here’s a map of what country this still occurs:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ConscriptionSome countries I found notable still with a draft are: Austria, China, Denmark, Finland, Israel, South Korea, Norway, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand…
That said, a lot of wars aren’t fought by troops alone anymore and some cons the military state is that they don’t actually want people who don’t want to be there…
You would probably also have suicide crazies like it was posted if everyone had the training, not to mention the stress of it all.
I think also, unlike a LOT and nearly every foreign country in the world, the USA isn’t as homogeneous of like minded or similar minded people. Since this country has all immigrants, trying to get them to work together when they probably hate their fellow American or come from a totally different background doesn’t sound like a recipe for success…You already see this in business/professional life where if you aren’t in the old boys club, you aren’t going to get ahead…
A lot of countries probably use this more as a defensive mechanism…If there was an option to have conscription PURELY for defense like if China invades, then I think more people would be for it…Like you can’t be deployed in a foreign country and only in CA or US, etc…
I certainly don’t care about big oil in the middle east or political games in Russia/Ukraine to want to go there to defend people or BIG BUSINESS I don’t know/care about or if I even know who is in the right…
I doubt this will ever fly here again.
ParticipantI’ve also read in either Brazil or Mexico that they have female only buses or trains or whatever so this “problem” I’ve mentioned doesn’t happen. It seems like even if there were other women on the bus/train, if there were 5 rowdy guys bothering 1 girl/women, not many females would really stick up for someone else when they themselves could be a target…
ParticipantSo do people know a lot of women who take public transit in SD? From talking to the wife in the past when we were in the Bay area, she hated it since there were always crazies who would expose themselves/jerk off on the bus/bart/train, etc…
There were also people who would look creepy, stare, etc and it just didn’t feel as safe…
During rush hour, there was less of this, but it was also packed so you have issues of cramming into buses/trains/fondling types/etc…
Just seems if you lose 50% of the population to public transit, good luck trying to make the numbers work.
It also doesn’t seem as safe in general for women (while men would probably love some hottie pressing against them
like in those japan videos)…
ParticipantAnother reason people are more conservative investing as they get older is because typically, they have kids now, a wife, a mortgage, etc…
I think if I was older (like now) without those things, I’d probably be just as reckless or risk taking. When you don’t have anyone else depending on you to live/survive, I don’t think men worry about the future as much…One of the side reasons I think men, in general are doing worst than women now when it comes to career/work/family/etc…
Women are insanely worried about these things and are constantly thinking.
A lot of men just don’t care as much and are ok with sitting around more so than women IMO…
Still, being young, you can swing for the fences and still have “time” to try something else…
I’m already at the point in my life feeling a bit defeated and resolved to just get through the next decade at least till the kids are grown/in college…Then maybe, my 3rd life can start. Anyone else feel that way? I suppose it’s the feeling that you’ve had “your chance” to do whatever you wanted…for now at least.
I think it’s mostly the kids though making me feel this way since a lot of decisions (and time/money/resources) are made due to the kids. And kids are damn expensive…
June 6, 2014 at 6:16 PM in reply to: What is resonable amount a landlord can deduct from a deposit? #774810ParticipantI would just charge them for everything and make sure to give them detailed receipts…
Having been a renter before, I agree that hiring a professional “crew” is the best idea. In my last few rentals, I cleaned absolutely nothing and still got a decent (nearly all) of my deposit back even if charged. It doesn’t seem to cost that much and they do a much better job and is less stress.
For college kids, since they KNOW they had a dog and smoked, you can state that you aren’t even billing them extra (unknown made up comment) for the extensive smoke and damage and just charge for cleaning and here are the receipts…
They would probably just blame the guy who had the g/f over with the dog and smoked and fight over the deposit since they know they did it amongst themselves. Since you’ve warned them before and have receipts, it sounds like this is pretty to me…
especially since you ARE spending the money on getting it back into rental shape and aren’t pocketing the money.
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