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Teacher Sells Ads On Tests

Posted by samzenpus on from the pay-the-bills dept.

Tom Farber, a calculus teacher at Rancho Bernardo high school in San Diego, has come up with a unique way of covering district cuts to his supplies budget. He sells ads on his tests. "Tough times call for tough actions," Tom says. The price of an ad on a Mr. Farber Calc test is as follows: $10 for a quiz, $20 for a chapter test, and $30 for a semester final. Most of the ads are messages from parents but about a third of them come from local businesses. Principal Paul Robinson says reaction has been "mixed," but adds, "It's not like, 'This test is brought to you by McDonald's or Nike.'" I see his point. Being a local business whore is much better than being a multinational conglomerate whore.

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  1. Re:Boohoo by geekoid · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Most teachers get paid just fine.

    and yes, this is a result of consistently cutting taxes.
    Everyone benefits from an educated society...everyone.

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  2. Re:American Greed: Pay your damn taxes!! by porkUpine · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I don't dislike paying taxes. In fact, I LOVE new bridges, roads, schools for my (non-existent) kids, etc... What I DO dislike is fucktards who spend my tax money poorly! Don't keep increasing my fucking taxes... instead learn to live within a budget. Quit sending the school principal to a goddamn excursion in Vegas every year! Quit funding studies on the mating habits of the duck-billed, six-legged purple swamp skink! I don't want new gubment programs that are managed by 100 bureaucrats... run these programs like a small business! There is NO accountability in government spending!

  3. Re:So wrong by gad_zuki! · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    What exactly did you think the consequence of "less taxes" and "smaller government" as practiced by the right would lead to? Ads in tests and school vouchers while public school systems crumble is correct. A public school utopia is the incorrect answer.

    For a right-leaning place, Slashdot has funny expectations.

    Funny how our defense spending hasnt shrunk. What's that old saying about the Air Force holding a bake sale?

    Its about priorities. Obviously schools are a very, very low priority in America. Such are the fruits of an anti-intellectual culture.