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My sister switched to teaching in her 30’s (after getting an MBA and working in business for most of her 20’s). Despite having a masters (MBA) she had to take 2 years of education courses and do a year of unpaid student teaching before she was credentialed for CA.

A good friend has a similar story. Worked sales and had a business degree, then went and got a teaching credential… it was a few years of education classes then a year of unpaid student teaching.

Both my sister and friend made the choice to give up better paying jobs specifically to become teachers. Some people love teaching, put in 80 hour weeks as teachers. They’re both type A type people. They put their all into teaching.

I can’t speak for other districts – but San Diego Unified is reducing the number of teachers. They’ve increased class sizes due to budget cuts and will likely be increasing sizes even more for the 2011/12 school year. What does that mean? They aren’t hiring new teachers.

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My sister switched to teaching in her 30’s (after getting an MBA and working in business for most of her 20’s). Despite having a masters (MBA) she had to take 2 years of education courses and do a year of unpaid student teaching before she was credentialed for CA.

A good friend has a similar story. Worked sales and had a business degree, then went and got a teaching credential… it was a few years of education classes then a year of unpaid student teaching.

Both my sister and friend made the choice to give up better paying jobs specifically to become teachers. Some people love teaching, put in 80 hour weeks as teachers. They’re both type A type people. They put their all into teaching.

I can’t speak for other districts – but San Diego Unified is reducing the number of teachers. They’ve increased class sizes due to budget cuts and will likely be increasing sizes even more for the 2011/12 school year. What does that mean? They aren’t hiring new teachers.

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My sister switched to teaching in her 30’s (after getting an MBA and working in business for most of her 20’s). Despite having a masters (MBA) she had to take 2 years of education courses and do a year of unpaid student teaching before she was credentialed for CA.

A good friend has a similar story. Worked sales and had a business degree, then went and got a teaching credential… it was a few years of education classes then a year of unpaid student teaching.

Both my sister and friend made the choice to give up better paying jobs specifically to become teachers. Some people love teaching, put in 80 hour weeks as teachers. They’re both type A type people. They put their all into teaching.

I can’t speak for other districts – but San Diego Unified is reducing the number of teachers. They’ve increased class sizes due to budget cuts and will likely be increasing sizes even more for the 2011/12 school year. What does that mean? They aren’t hiring new teachers.

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It has the added advantage of going onto a new roof. That’s one of the reasons we haven’t done it… our roof is 15 years old… we’d have to pull the panels in 10-15 years when we redo the roof.

Someone posted that the lifespan of panels was 15 years… everything I’ve read they’re warrantied for 20 years and most last longer than 30 years. So you want to put it on a new roof or you have the hassle/expense of pulling them off when you need to do roof maintenance.

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It has the added advantage of going onto a new roof. That’s one of the reasons we haven’t done it… our roof is 15 years old… we’d have to pull the panels in 10-15 years when we redo the roof.

Someone posted that the lifespan of panels was 15 years… everything I’ve read they’re warrantied for 20 years and most last longer than 30 years. So you want to put it on a new roof or you have the hassle/expense of pulling them off when you need to do roof maintenance.

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It has the added advantage of going onto a new roof. That’s one of the reasons we haven’t done it… our roof is 15 years old… we’d have to pull the panels in 10-15 years when we redo the roof.

Someone posted that the lifespan of panels was 15 years… everything I’ve read they’re warrantied for 20 years and most last longer than 30 years. So you want to put it on a new roof or you have the hassle/expense of pulling them off when you need to do roof maintenance.

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It has the added advantage of going onto a new roof. That’s one of the reasons we haven’t done it… our roof is 15 years old… we’d have to pull the panels in 10-15 years when we redo the roof.

Someone posted that the lifespan of panels was 15 years… everything I’ve read they’re warrantied for 20 years and most last longer than 30 years. So you want to put it on a new roof or you have the hassle/expense of pulling them off when you need to do roof maintenance.

[UCGal]

It has the added advantage of going onto a new roof. That’s one of the reasons we haven’t done it… our roof is 15 years old… we’d have to pull the panels in 10-15 years when we redo the roof.

Someone posted that the lifespan of panels was 15 years… everything I’ve read they’re warrantied for 20 years and most last longer than 30 years. So you want to put it on a new roof or you have the hassle/expense of pulling them off when you need to do roof maintenance.

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I’ve never been a big fan of Whole Paycheck… too expensive. But I do buy organic… at places like Henries and the La Jolla Farmers market.

The way Monsanto goes after farmers who store seed is downright evil.

I will still make choices to reduce the amount of crap – including buying milk that is rBGH free. I don’t need round up tolerance in my food and hormones in my milk, and antibiotics in my chicken.

LOL all you want. Some of us are saddened by the fact that the USDA and Monsanto have no concern with family farms, food safety, etc.

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I’ve never been a big fan of Whole Paycheck… too expensive. But I do buy organic… at places like Henries and the La Jolla Farmers market.

The way Monsanto goes after farmers who store seed is downright evil.

I will still make choices to reduce the amount of crap – including buying milk that is rBGH free. I don’t need round up tolerance in my food and hormones in my milk, and antibiotics in my chicken.

LOL all you want. Some of us are saddened by the fact that the USDA and Monsanto have no concern with family farms, food safety, etc.

[UCGal]

I’ve never been a big fan of Whole Paycheck… too expensive. But I do buy organic… at places like Henries and the La Jolla Farmers market.

The way Monsanto goes after farmers who store seed is downright evil.

I will still make choices to reduce the amount of crap – including buying milk that is rBGH free. I don’t need round up tolerance in my food and hormones in my milk, and antibiotics in my chicken.

LOL all you want. Some of us are saddened by the fact that the USDA and Monsanto have no concern with family farms, food safety, etc.

[UCGal]

I’ve never been a big fan of Whole Paycheck… too expensive. But I do buy organic… at places like Henries and the La Jolla Farmers market.

The way Monsanto goes after farmers who store seed is downright evil.

I will still make choices to reduce the amount of crap – including buying milk that is rBGH free. I don’t need round up tolerance in my food and hormones in my milk, and antibiotics in my chicken.

LOL all you want. Some of us are saddened by the fact that the USDA and Monsanto have no concern with family farms, food safety, etc.

[UCGal]

I’ve never been a big fan of Whole Paycheck… too expensive. But I do buy organic… at places like Henries and the La Jolla Farmers market.

The way Monsanto goes after farmers who store seed is downright evil.

I will still make choices to reduce the amount of crap – including buying milk that is rBGH free. I don’t need round up tolerance in my food and hormones in my milk, and antibiotics in my chicken.

LOL all you want. Some of us are saddened by the fact that the USDA and Monsanto have no concern with family farms, food safety, etc.

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congratulations!

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congratulations!

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