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Participant[quote=bearishgurl]
I can’t understand where the complaints in the article re: union rules keeping “bad teachers” in the lowest performing schools are coming from when a good portion of the teachers in those schools don’t even have tenure yet! These newbies have to start somewhere. As soon as they are able to successfully bid on a slightly better-performing school assignment, some will transfer out. Some will stay on longer to obtain student-loan forgiveness on their remaining balance before attempting to move on.
[/quote]BG, you do a great job at describing the status quo and the challenges they face, but many people feel the status quo isn’t working.
Think about this particular paragraph where you write the newbies have to start somewhere. That indeed is true, but why would you assign your newbies to one of the hardest challenges and tasks in your company. Qualcomm isn’t assigning their most difficult and hard to solve engineering problem to a bunch of right out of school new hires. They are going to assign those new hires to teams working on easier tasks. They are going to put their best and brightest on those hard to solve challenges.
That’s why I think the public education system is failing. Rather then the most experienced and brightest working on fixing under performing schools for variety of reasons they let those teachers choose to get away from the problem. You are right there are a few gems that give back to the community and try to make a difference, but there’s not enough. Maybe it’s time that you run a school district like a business rather than based on feeling and emotions. Now I would agree that if you’re gong to go down this path you need to give the teachers a lot more flexibility on getting rid of the disruptive students.
Participant[quote=SK in CV]Couldn’t possibly be that one of the fixes would be to reduce the number of available bullets.[/quote]
Hi Ford we’re from the government. Our roads are too congested and too many people are dying in car accidents. We’re placing a limit on how many cars you can sell each year.
Is it constitutional for the government to dictate a limit on how many products a private company can sell or how many private companies providing those products can exist?
Participant[quote=CA renter]
The problem is that I’ve seen other teachers who were terrorized by administrators and wrongfully terminated (and won lawsuits as a result). I’ve seen parents in the vocal minority who were hell-bent on trying to oust a particular teacher just because she was older, or didn’t do things exactly the way this particular group liked. I can’t think of any other profession (other than politics) that is so scrutinized and so beholden to such a large number of people who have no education, experience, or knowledge about the profession.[/quote]I honestly don’t think having tenure or not having tenure changes this. If someone is truly wrongly terminated they still have the courts to reconcile that action without tenure. If administrator ends up in court more than once on wrongful terminations then fire the administrator. You have cause at that point.
I think everybody can agree that between tenure and union rules it was incredibly difficult to fire a teacher with cause. It was such a process that administrators didn’t want to go through the time and effort of doing it, even if it was the right thing to do. I don’t even know if being an ineffective teacher was actually cause. Usually it’s something far worse, like sleeping with students.
Participant[quote=bearishgurl]
How this plays out in the real world is that the teachers with the most seniority are often found teaching in the schools where they perceive to be the easiest to teach in. These are the schools where nearly every child has eaten breakfast at home and completed their homework the night before. In other words, schools where most of the students have stable homes with parent/guardians in residence who can regularly afford to buy a variety of groceries and have the time to see to it that their kids complete the work required of them.
[/quote]Isn’t this part of the problem. In the private sector your best and brightest employees are assigned to the most difficult problems. They’re the most qualified and gifted to figure out how to solve that problem. In public education the best and longest tenured teachers get assigned to the easiest problems. It might be enjoyable to have a room full of kids ready and eager to learn. It might be really easy and problem free but you’re one of the best and highest paid teachers and you’re dealing with the easiest problem. It’s an ineffective use of money from a goal of trying to educate every student. It’s great for the teachers but it’s terrible from a taxpayer perspective.
[quote=bearishgurl]
I don’t see this decision holding up under appeal as the “facts” cited here (if they are truly part of the ruling) don’t comport with CA education law as it applies to the intricacies of how seniority is dealt with in collective bargaining agreements.[/quote]It was ruled unconstitutional. So the fact that it violates CA education law doesn’t really matter. The question is does it violate the constitution or not. If those education laws are in conflict with this ruling than those education laws could be found unconstitutional as well.
In general rights are valued more contract law. For example we could draft a contractual agreement that I’m your slave, but if that was brought to court the contract would be found null and void because it isn’t constitutional.
It will be interesting to see how this plays out. I could certainly see it being overturned and getting appealed to the supreme court. I could see CA supreme court overturning it and the US Supreme court not taking it. That’s probably the best case scenario for the union. With the current make up of the US Supreme court I could see them keeping this ruling but you never know. It’s definitely a tricky one to decide.
Participant[quote=Jazzman]Barack Obama on the latest shooting in Oregon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urOupuUKPNI
“The United States does not have a monopoly on crazy people [laughter]… so what’s the difference?” Misplaced laughter, a President struggling to balance his tenor, a forum discussing parental shortcomings. The truth is sometimes like a wall up close; it’s so big we don’t realize it’s obstructing our view.[/quote]
Well we do prescribe more Psychotropic drugs such as SSRIs to our children than any other country. There’s been studies done on these drugs that have shown side effects of violent, aggressive and suicidal behavior in youths less than 24. The common thread in most of these killings has been the use or recent use of these classes of drugs by the perpetrator. In some cases the guns were obtained legally in others they were obtained illegally. Can you do something to keep guns and weapons out of the hands of people that are on these drugs? I suppose you can but you then run that risk that people that really need to be on these drugs for good reason decide not to be on them.
Participant[quote=joec]
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.[/quote]
I was just recently in Europe and New York. I’d say they’re fairly comparable although it depends. Some of the European airports are integrated better with the public transportation. I.e. you follow the signs to the RER in Paris or the tube in the UK. You buy your ticket and go though the standard subway/train entrance. I will say that it’s slightly more clear where you should be going and how you should pay. In Barcelona we took the bus from the airport to the center of the city and that was fairly easy. The Airtrain at JFK is just as easy if you’ve done it before, but knowing where to go, which way to go to get to Jamica, and the payment system is not as nice. If you could straight shot a LIRR or a subway from underneath JFK to Penn or Grand Central it would be a lot nicer.
ParticipantSan Diego is known as an IPA town and it’s craft brewery businesses are growing at a tremendous rate. Check out some of the tasting rooms around the county. The new ballast point down in little italy is one of the nicest ones. Coronado off a little side street near Sea World Dr and Morena is nice and kind of impressive. You can see the entire brewing operation as you sip on some tasters or a pint. Pizza Port is always good because of the variety of stuff they have. I need to get up to the Bressi Ranch location, I’ve heard it’s impressive.
Or hit up one of the numerous beer bars. Go old school with Hamilton’s or O’Brien’s, they’ve been around before the craft beer explosion. Or go with some of the newer places that have a nice casual inviting experience. My favorites are Regal Beagle (do the Regal Seagull if you’re north county coastal), High Dive, and San Diego Brewing Company. Of course every bar and restaurant is moving away from the Bud Light, Coors Light, Guiness, Blue Moon, and Newcastle standard that was around before.
June 10, 2014 at 2:37 PM in reply to: What is resonable amount a landlord can deduct from a deposit? #774906Participant[quote=yoyo]I”m a sucker too. I probably will repaint the whole house and get new floor. Hopefully I can get rid of the smoking odor after that. The kids need to be taught a lesson. I probably will ask for carpet cleaning just to show them the damage even though
I know I want to have a new floor anyway.[/quote]In today’s era of helicopter parents just make sure you do things by the book. If one of these kids dad is some kind of attorney that knows tenant laws in CA better than you do, you might be the one that gets taught a lesson.
Participant[quote=scaredyclassic]
CONS:none.
[/quote]Our mass killings shooters will now have military training and actually know how to use and shoot that assault riffle.
Participant[quote=scaredyclassic]
instead of steadily eroding savings, wouldn’t it be more effective to have it be done randomly and in larger chunks/ Anyone who leaves cash in the bank for over 6 months, say, can randomly have a 2% chunk sliced away, say up to 3x a year. it’s done randomly by a computer. the money goes toward military operations to ensure dominance of the currency. this way, people will go out and spend it all..[/quote]That would produce one hell of a bank run. With reserve lending every bank in America would be bankrupt in that scenario. Perhaps that is a good thing.
Participant[quote=AN][quote=afx114]No one is talking about high-rises. This is simply about raising the height limit to 60 feet (instead of 30 where it is now). And it’s only for a single vacant lot right next to the station.
http://voiceofsandiego.org/2014/04/21/the-height-of-trolley-tensions/
Mountain, meet molehill.[/quote]Understood. I was just making about about the OP’s desire for more affordable housing. If he/she really want affordable housing, then he/she should be pushing for a lot more density and a lot more supply. What we have here will not make a dent on price/supply. I actually support more density housing around these trolly stops. Mira Mesa is planning for exactly that when the trolly extend from UTC through Mira Mesa on Carroll Canyon. That area will be mix use and dense.
60′ will mean about 4-5 story condos. That doesn’t sound sound too crazy.[/quote]
60′ at that location is fairly high. There’s quite a few view houses up the hill that are potentially impacted. There’s already 30′ condos down there so it’s reasonable to assume that another 30′ condo wouldn’t be that big of a deal. Now the problem is they’ll likely build the 30′ condo and not plan well for the parking situation. That area already has a pretty bad parking situation because of the other condos and apartments that didn’t plan for the parking demand. It’s naive to assume that just because you have a trolley stop that people aren’t going to bring their cars and demand a place to park them.
Participant[quote=AN][quote=spdrun]Why wait for another bubble before things crash down?[/quote]
So I can sell all of my houses at insane prices and rent, while waiting for the crash.[/quote]Do you think you’ll know where the top of the bubble is and when it’s going to crash? What if the top of this current bubble is in the next 3-6 months?
ParticipantCondos are useful for a certain segment of the population although I’ll agree that this idea that people will buy a condo above a trolley stop and forgo owning a car is a bit of a stretch. There are a bunch of condos/apartments off of Morena in Bay Park and Bay Ho area so it’s not like a big condo complex is coming to a quite residential area. The opposition to 60 ft building height is pretty strong so I don’t expect that to happen. I personally prefer the trolley stop without the mixed use condo complexes at the stops, but I’d take that over no stops.
Participant[quote=AN]Looks like Seattle beat San Diego to the punch.
http://money.cnn.com/2014/06/03/smallbusiness/seattle-business-minimum-wage/index.html?iid=HP_LNWe’ll see soon enough what raising minimum wage will do to the local economy, bad or good.[/quote]
Good news. San Diego and the rest of the municipalities considering raising minimum wage should all chip in to do a comprehensive study of the impacts on Seattle. Then they can make an informed rational decision rather than one based on theories and emotions.
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