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QUOTE (Cknolls @ Aug 29, 2012 -> 09:39 AM) Wow. Way to throw all the teachers in catholic schools under the bus. Yeah you can only be a good teacher if you are in the union. LMAO. No, I'm saying without teacher's unions to look out for them the first thing that every state is going to do is cut education and teacher salaries. Which in turn will lower salaries causing anyone worth anything to move onto a field where they can earn what they are worth. Catholic schools don't need a union right now because public schools force them to be somewhat competitive in what they pay their teachers. It's the same reason that people who are not in unions or in fields without them still reap the benefits of them. QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Aug 29, 2012 -> 09:58 AM) More money isn't the problem here. Teachers make a good living, especially with benefits. And money isn't stopping good teachers from coming through the system because it's (1) still an insanely competitive industry and (2) there a ton of amazing teachers. The problem is our society and parenting specifically. We now EXPECT teachers to provide for our kids, when in reality teachers are meant to teach kids some things that parents don't have the time or expertise to teach them. If a kid f***s up in school, it's not the parents fault, it's the teachers and that's f***ed. Also, I agree with getting rid of standardized testing, so long as you meet me halfway and get rid of the tenure system. An out of touch, grumpy old teacher working the last 5 years to get that nice pension bump screws up the system. Same with the bureaucracy behind school boards. There's no reason for those boards to have as much power and authority as they do. Running a school district isn't rocket science, and it's ridiculous how much school administrators make and how much authority they have. What's wrong with having the principal be the main authority figure at every school? Our system is stupid. Teacher's in the huge districts and around here make a good living. In other parts of the country the salaries teachers make is an absolute crime. Its only competitive because education got cut and thousands of teachers got RIFed not because a million people want to be a teachers. If you pay teachers what they're worth you'll eventually weed out the ones who game the system and don't give a f*** about their students. Your second two paragraphs are good though besides the tenure system. Tenure is in place to make sure a school district doesn't cut someone with 25 years of experience to bring in a college graduate at half their salary. Yeah it sucks about the grumpy old people gaming the system, but it's not fair to the 45 year olds with 20 years of experience if tenure didn't exist. This wouldn't be a problem if states were actually giving the districts the money they owe them, but they're not and any district worth anything would eliminate the older expensive teachers today if they could. QUOTE (bmags @ Aug 29, 2012 -> 10:00 AM) Why should we eliminate any ability to determine whether you are teaching your kids anything? I think it's been answered already, but all standardized test cause is other teachers and myself being forced to teach my students how to pass the test and not teaching them the material and content they should be learning. Also standardized test are used more as a judgement on the school and district than an individual teacher anyway. QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Aug 29, 2012 -> 10:46 AM) This is such a common mis-perception. Teachers get paid plenty and work 75% of the year. Maybe teachers should stop gaming the system, getting 15 master's degrees, and pricing themselves out of positions. And in that 75% of the year they're working way more than 8 hours a day. 10 or 12 hours a day usually, if they coach or run a club its even longer. Any good teacher is spending a decent amount of time during the summer preparing for the next year anyway. If you pay them more and make it harder to get a teaching degree you're going to eliminate anyone who games the system. Your statement is the real common misconception

QUOTE (Rex Kicka** @ Aug 28, 2012 -> 11:34 PM) Please tell me that my colorblindness isn't letting me see the green here. That's what I was thinking and why I didn't bother to give it a response.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Aug 28, 2012 -> 11:21 PM) So how much should a teacher make? Should teachers with more in demand degrees make more? Every teacher should make 6 figures, and college standards should be raised(require all teacher's to have a masters or more). You do that and you eliminate the people who fall into teaching because they didn't know what to do with their lives. We also need to eliminate the importance on standardized testing. It's an absolute sin how much instruction time I have to lose this year in order to prepare students for standardized test. If we stop teaching to the test and start teaching the students, and we get the best people in the teaching profession education will turn around in this country.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Aug 28, 2012 -> 11:20 PM) Well we pay politicians 6 figures and look what THAT gets us. ANd we spend more per pupil in education than many countries that have better results, so again, look what that gets us. Money isn't the answer. What are the statistics on teacher pay? We might pay more per pupil in education than many countries, but how much of that is entering teacher's pockets?

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 28, 2012 -> 11:19 PM) What is his specific stance on teachers? Teachers need to be paid more. Is it true almost all teachers are females now? Why is that, Kev? Educate me pls. His stance on teachers are that teachers unions shouldn't exist and that only the best should be teachers(create standards they have to meet). If teaching unions don't exist or they try to pull a Wisconsin there wont be any good teachers left. Because anyone worth anything(including me) will be looking for a new job. I totally agree with him on only the best should be teachers, but the best wont be teachers unless you pay them like they're the best. The majority of teachers are Woman(especially at the elementary and middle level). In High schools there's a lot more male teachers.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 28, 2012 -> 11:03 PM) I am a Republican and I agree with your stance on teachers. I'll never say this current crop of Republicans is any good. Romney sucks. Obama is miserable as well. I probably won't vote at all. I truly detest both candidates. Their views on teachers especially Ryan's is exactly why I will be voting for Obama. I don't want Romney in office and the only way to do that is to vote for Obama.

Serious question for all you republicans. If you don't want to pay teachers a good salary(and you don't if you want to get rid of their unions) how the hell can your keynote speaker stand up there and talk about making sure the teachers are the best of the best and having standards and evaluations they must meet? Making sure the students come first etc etc. Here's how to fix education. Pay teachers what they're worth and the best people will become teachers. Anyone with any kind of talent is going into other professions because they wont make as much if they're a teacher. Make teaching a respectable profession and pay them like it and you will have good teachers. Edit: I'm a first year teacher who just graduated college and want to know the answer to this question.

QUOTE (Swingandalongonetoleft @ Aug 27, 2012 -> 02:27 PM) Quentin Tarantino movies work here. . "I don't need you to tell me how f***ing good my coffee is, okay?" Vincent: Have you ever given a foot massage? Jules: Don't be telling me about foot massages, I'm the foot f***in' master. Vincent: Given a lot of them? Jules: s***, yeah. I got my technique down and everything, I don't be tickling or nothing. 5 long years he wore this watch...up his ass If you threw a dart at the script of one of his movies, odds are it will land on something very quotable. I think every single line out of Bradd Pitt's mouth is quotable in Inglorious Basterds

I'm in the market for a 1TB external hard drive.... Price isn't an issue, any suggestions?

Big run here Alex.

lol orioles

I absolutely love reading the melt down post in game threads when its going bad. It's hilarious. How do you people enjoy watching games if you assume its over at the first sign of trouble?

2012 White Sox: Limiting Damage

QUOTE (Real @ Aug 27, 2012 -> 08:18 PM) Crain blows and AJ is a f***ing retard, this game is over It's ridiculous how pessimistic this board is.

f***ing Bulls***

Goddamn I hated Lew Ford in Minnesota.

QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ Aug 27, 2012 -> 02:45 PM) I had wondered myself. Did not know the Cardinal was the Illinois state bird. It's why our oldest public university's mascot is the redbirds.

Why did they do this?

Gotta love the tigers going 5-1 this week, and losing ground vs us.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 26, 2012 -> 06:36 PM) Agreed But would you agree if they threw the tarp on the field before Flower's at bat?

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Aug 26, 2012 -> 06:21 PM) I saw one. The players were pretty bad. This begs the question why would they show a Cubs one during a White Sox rain delay.

I don't think I've seen a single episode of the Batter's Box that was White Sox related. I've only ever seen Cubs ones. Do White Sox ones even exist?

Is it bad if I feel much more confident with Hector on the mound than Gavin?

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Aug 26, 2012 -> 02:52 PM) *hint hint, my avatar, hint hint* Heh, but no, I've already found out I am blackout restricted, even 200+ miles away. I use my friend's mlb.tv subscription, but not for Sox games. There are ways around the blackout.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 25, 2012 -> 10:27 PM) I hope the Sox have a new song for this postseason if the team makes it to the postseason. People accuse me of living in the past with Jenks, Ozzie, Pods, Dye, Crede, Buehrle, etc., but even I want a new song, a new theme to the postseason. How bout "Fly Robin Fly?" You don't pick a song, it just happens.