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What's going to happen? Would our government ever send her over there to be thrown in the slammer? Would our govtment cooperate?

QUOTE (Tex @ May 9, 2014 -> 11:08 PM) I understand the frustration and I wish I had a better answer after working as a teacher for five years. BTW, tenure doesn't guarantee someone a job, it guarantees a proper review before they can be fired. And now that teachers who buck that system and are new an innovative can be fired, what will be left? Will the system reward risk takers, or the teachers who strictly follow the curriculum and do what has always been done? Will it be the ones who cozy up to the administration and ones who try something different, ignoring what has been done forever? If the school has a strict policy against cell phones and a teacher actually has the students using them in class, thus breaking the rule, will they be chopped or rewarded? I don't have the answers. I went from Sales Management with a very easy accountability system to teaching. I can't give you a better system besides allowing subjective ratings based on educators that have watched the teacher in the classroom. But our society wants objective ratings. I have a student that brags how he can stay up all night playing video games. He gets about an hour of sleep, then sleeps through my class. If I wake him up he starts to smart off and disrupt the class. His mom will tell you straight to your face that her son sleeping in class is my fault and that she knows he is sleeping because she goes to bed at 10:00 and she doesn't hear him. There are a whole lot of factors at play, students, teachers, administration, parents, and society, yet we are trying to judge one piece of the puzzle. How do you compare my performance as a 8th grade ELA course with 35% English Language Learners (ELL), close to 50% English as a second language (ESL), and 60% reading below their grade level with a class in a richer, anglo, area with zero ESLs and ELLs? Once they start using test scores, I'm bailing for a school district where a greater percentage of the parents graduated from high school and college, which is the #1 most reliable indicator of a kid's success in school. I was wondering, what happens when a kid sleeps through your class every day? Is the kid getting an F? Or are you not allowed to give F's? What's the procedure these days regarding teachers giving kids F's? Here's my guess: You have to alert the kid and the parents at the first sign he/she is strugglng and my guess is it's very difficult to give a kid an F or D. Am I correct? Back in the day, if you sucked in a class or pulled the sleep routine, uh, you were getting a big, fat F. Also, it's hilarious thinking about what would happen today, but if you were sleeping in a class taught by a crusty old brother at Brother Rice, he would definitely either throw an eraser at you and it would connect or he might even blast you a slap in your face. You'd definitely get 'roughed up' a bit.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 9, 2014 -> 10:32 PM) We have two guys on this team who can put up Kepps numbers at a fraction of the price. Exactly. Acquiring Kepp was a huge mistake by the Sox brass. My guess is they simply loved the fact he draws some walks and they completely bombed on evaluating Kepp the overall hitter/player since the Sox had so many free swingers and needed some plate discipline which he did not bring.

So Jerry gets all that income as well? There's no reason the Sox aren't huge spenders in this s*** division. Let's face it, there are some Jerry apologists on here. He got us a WS title so I like him for that and all the Bulls titles, but let's face it, he is not a "good" baseball owner. He's just not. I won't go into all the rea$ons but it's my opinion and I'm sticking to it.

Kansas took away tenure for teachers now. Weird state.

Sounds good. Didn't MTV have a series Road Rules? How are you going to make sure you guys do anything interesting to the world? You drive from Seattle to Sacramento and pull out the tent after eating at the diner, not so interesting. You go to a strip club and get in a fight or go to a local landmark and do something crazy like protest something and the cops show up, maybe interesting.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ May 9, 2014 -> 05:34 PM) Gimme a break are we trying to win games or what... Sadly, no. Team would be thrilled with .500 IMO. And my opinion is we'll finish about 10 below still.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ May 9, 2014 -> 04:07 AM) Would Jerry cut him with 1.5 seasons left? I don't see him working up much trade value and he is blocking some younger guys. Cut him, please!

QUOTE (fathom @ May 9, 2014 -> 04:32 AM) This is insane...not like the Sox haven't shown they could rally at the end of games. He's conceded games before like the infamous run out of pitcher game.

Chris Getz, kidding. I'll ride the Beckham train.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ May 8, 2014 -> 06:37 AM) Caulfield, you say there's nothing they can do. There is something they can do, and it's really easy - lower prices. We covered this last year, but the tickets prices are insane for a series that has basically no hype around it anymore and 2 rebuilding teams. $79 to sit in the bleachers? When Friday vs Arizona it's $23. LOL. OMG.Nobody in their right mind will pay 79 dollars to sit in the outfield??? 79 dollars, lol. Can't even call it 80.

This is like last year only the opposite. Really nice to be three games up on the Cubs three games into the series. As depressing as it was last year, this is awesome. Maybe Robin is one of those guys who will be manager of the year one year, s*** the next, then manager of the year again.

Maybe Coop really is a magician. Our bullpen is getting good.

Poor DeAza, ain't what he used to be.

Could Paul Konerko hit .310 with 25 homers if he was on an NL team ... this season? Serious question.

Semien another RBI hit; 17 RBIs in five weeks. I like it. Sierra looking good.

Paul Konerko turned on that meatball! Way to go, Paulie. You still have it!!! Sox up by four.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 7, 2014 -> 09:09 PM) Couched in an absurd statement, any question is ruined. I don't know what's so absurd about saying it would be one of my saddest days as a White Sox fan if he is sent down after bashing four game-winning hits in a month and a week. It's how I feel.

I'll take Abreu figuring he'll make an adjustment and crush a few BEFORE it gets to two strikes. With two strikes, the Cubs know how to whiff him.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ May 7, 2014 -> 09:48 PM) I mean, that goes without saying. I think I posed some good questions there. Pls answer them.

QUOTE (Butter Parque @ May 7, 2014 -> 08:23 PM) I'd like to see Semien down in AAA, playing everyday at 1 position. He didn't spend a lot of time there last year and at times he looks completely overwhelmed at the plate in the big leagues. Why is the organization so against letting him mature and improve in AAA? Semien turns 24 in September. He's shown enough big-league skills to warrant being in the big leagues. I don't think my post is ridiculous either. Who would you rather have? Semien or DeAza? Semien or Kepp? Semien or Beckham. Yes I'd dump any one of those guys for a bag of balls to keep Semien. What do you guys think Beckham, Kepp and DeAza are worth?? Not much on the trade market, basically nothing.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 7, 2014 -> 08:00 PM) You're right, that didn't come through correct, my apologies, that was not meant to come out the way it sounded. I do however stand by the statement that any article calling this her "coming out" is trash, and I feel the same about the thread. Thanks for clarification. Allegedly the Vanity Fair story is much more comprehensive and she blasts Hillary as well.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 7, 2014 -> 08:01 PM) Many people got played, but then some might notice that the coverage stopped. However, you continued to believe it. They should have written a followup. Plus some high hitters were quoted in that first story. If that story was worthless, the paper should fix it. I consider the topic appalling. If they make the Jewish people register ... wow. Another huge war can't be far away in this world.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 7, 2014 -> 07:49 PM) Personally, I'm calling anyone who thinks this is her somehow "speaking out" when she's been speaking out for decades now trash. The way your sentence reads gramatically, you are calling me trash. I assure you I am not trash. I am a well respected member of society here and have yet to do anything that would be considered trashy to my city, my government, the people of Kansas or Illinois where I am from.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 7, 2014 -> 07:54 PM) They. Didn't. Someone played you for a fool and you're letting them. USA Today got played for the fool then. That was one, long article in a (once) well-respected publication.