I for one think that the race to "one world" is great in many ways--but there a lot of losses along the way to uniformity. As a fellow nerd, I should think you would appreciate the beauty of non-conformity.:-)
Strangely enough I saw a Science Channel (yes there was actual Science-related stuff on there) about the Russian mission to put a rover/tank on the moon. They built it and succeeded only a short time after the US moon landing with people. It took the US until 1996 Mars mission to have a similar capability. Perhaps the Soviet space program was ahead of its time in other ways, too?
If you are referring to the Corporate United States of America, I'm not sure I see the difference between government and corporations. Do you believe there is a difference?
"Silk, a natural protein fiber normally used in textiles, can be easily purchased on the island. The material would cost about NT$10 (about US$0.03) per device."
"Zinc selenide (ZnSe), is a light yellow binary solid compound. It is an intrinsic semiconductor with a band gap of about 2.70 eV at 25 °C. ZnSe rarely occurs in nature. It is found in the mineral stilleite named after Hans Stille."
"Stilleite is a selinide mineral, zinc selenide with formula ZnSe. It has been found only as microscopic grey crystals associated with other selenides. It was originally discovered in Katanga Province, Zaire in 1956 and is named for the German geologist, Hans Stille (1876-1966)."
So... not sure of the cost to manufacture,... but raw extraction from politically unstable Zaire sounds more costly on the face of it.
Isn't that just generic business operating procedures? Ensure a profitable model is in place, sell high or before a crash or decrease in demand happens.
I think I heard once that the fine for lost wildlife in Germany is exactly that--replaced wildlife. BP needs to do whatever they can to replace what they and their associates killed. You broke it--you fix it, I guess?
Sorry, friend. Something or someone makes you very angry about the education system, teachers or perhaps your own experiences in school. Did you want to have a conversation or harangue me? No point for me to continue if you aren't interested in hearing someone.
I don't believe anyone was claiming destitution. The point of the original posts above was to state that, apart from the political/cultural issues, there is a financial disincentive for science teachers to keep teaching. My mistake was not being clear about this--that I voiced support for the previous posts would seem to indicate I agreed with their arguments for financial motivations, however.
On a personal note: My wife earned 22K as a new teacher in her first job. Average starting salary for a new professor like me--33K. Needless to say, we both bailed on teaching. I realize one data point does not make a statistic. Nationwide, teachers tend to burn out or make the same decision at around 5 years in. This actually is another disturbing trend in education. We can't seem to keep teachers. Why would that be, if their benefits and vacation time are irrationally good or high, per your argument?
Part of this may be in part due to most teachers working under a 9 month contract with little economic opportunity for the other 3 months. Yes--you can score papers for testing companies thanks to NCLB/RTTT or get a minimum wage job, but does that really make up for the lost potential? Teacher attrition rates would seem to indicate that it is not so.
On your other point that teacher benefits are much greater than those of professionals in other occupations, I would have to agree if this were 20-30 years ago. When I was growing up, we never had to worry about going to the doctor and my parents seem to have done fine for retirement. That said, the current state of affairs is not as nice. In one of my wife's teaching positions, her school had to bargain for healthcare and benefits individually rather than as a state collective (as in other states). In a small school with some aging teachers this didn't work out so well. We had minimal coverage and just hoped not to get sick or need a doctor. As far as retirement goes, I think you'll see that there are two outcomes that seem to have demonstrated themselves over the last 10-15 years. They are: 1) the privatization of teacher pensions/retirement options--subject to the same crash as any other occupation so no real incentive there, and 2) the reduction in or state de-funding of pension/retirement plans due to other budgetary needs/issues.
Claiming that teachers receive disproportionate benefits and vacation time is does not seem to hold true. Otherwise, I should think you would see a trend toward a much higher teacher retention rate as well as a boom in the number of students of teacher preparation programs. Having worked in a university in a state which produced a surplus of teachers, as well as working closely with departments of education, I can tell you from experience that neither one of these are occurring.
I find it sadly funny that we are followers, by a long ways, in the spectrum of transparency. We're being led by news organizations that are based in states who's record on transparency would on the surface seem to be much lower than our own.
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Is this a joke? My sarcasm detector is perhaps not working because I don't know how someone who makes statements like this would get positive karma.
oh for mod points... this is exactly why it matters and why parent post is completely missing the point.
You need to go back more than a few wars here... It's been obvious for a *lot* longer than that.
Is that like the taco bus that comes by every so often?
Guess I'm hungry.
spoken like a programmer... :-)
:-)
I for one think that the race to "one world" is great in many ways--but there a lot of losses along the way to uniformity. As a fellow nerd, I should think you would appreciate the beauty of non-conformity.
Take care, chau.
And for the languages and concepts and cultural ideas that just don't translate? Have you never studied a foreign language or lived abroad?
Wishing for my mods points today... this is spot on.
and it couldn't be that you both are correct? When business = government, why would they let you sue?
It's society, right? I mean your social identify is part of a collective society, right?
Anarchy (as in Barcelona region of early 20th century Spain)?
Ah... thank God the sarcasm filter wore off...
a *practical* use for mathematics.
Strangely enough I saw a Science Channel (yes there was actual Science-related stuff on there) about the Russian mission to put a rover/tank on the moon. They built it and succeeded only a short time after the US moon landing with people. It took the US until 1996 Mars mission to have a similar capability. Perhaps the Soviet space program was ahead of its time in other ways, too?
If you are referring to the Corporate United States of America, I'm not sure I see the difference between government and corporations. Do you believe there is a difference?
"Silk, a natural protein fiber normally used in textiles, can be easily purchased on the island. The material would cost about NT$10 (about US$0.03) per device."
"Zinc selenide (ZnSe), is a light yellow binary solid compound. It is an intrinsic semiconductor with a band gap of about 2.70 eV at 25 °C. ZnSe rarely occurs in nature. It is found in the mineral stilleite named after Hans Stille."
"Stilleite is a selinide mineral, zinc selenide with formula ZnSe. It has been found only as microscopic grey crystals associated with other selenides. It was originally discovered in Katanga Province, Zaire in 1956 and is named for the German geologist, Hans Stille (1876-1966)."
So... not sure of the cost to manufacture,... but raw extraction from politically unstable Zaire sounds more costly on the face of it.
Yes, Gidget was always much hotter.
Isn't that just generic business operating procedures? Ensure a profitable model is in place, sell high or before a crash or decrease in demand happens.
I think I heard once that the fine for lost wildlife in Germany is exactly that--replaced wildlife. BP needs to do whatever they can to replace what they and their associates killed. You broke it--you fix it, I guess?
Can it eat the food my kids spill all over it? If so, I'm sold!!
Sorry, friend. Something or someone makes you very angry about the education system, teachers or perhaps your own experiences in school. Did you want to have a conversation or harangue me? No point for me to continue if you aren't interested in hearing someone.
I don't believe anyone was claiming destitution. The point of the original posts above was to state that, apart from the political/cultural issues, there is a financial disincentive for science teachers to keep teaching. My mistake was not being clear about this--that I voiced support for the previous posts would seem to indicate I agreed with their arguments for financial motivations, however.
On a personal note: My wife earned 22K as a new teacher in her first job. Average starting salary for a new professor like me--33K. Needless to say, we both bailed on teaching. I realize one data point does not make a statistic. Nationwide, teachers tend to burn out or make the same decision at around 5 years in. This actually is another disturbing trend in education. We can't seem to keep teachers. Why would that be, if their benefits and vacation time are irrationally good or high, per your argument?
Part of this may be in part due to most teachers working under a 9 month contract with little economic opportunity for the other 3 months. Yes--you can score papers for testing companies thanks to NCLB/RTTT or get a minimum wage job, but does that really make up for the lost potential? Teacher attrition rates would seem to indicate that it is not so.
On your other point that teacher benefits are much greater than those of professionals in other occupations, I would have to agree if this were 20-30 years ago. When I was growing up, we never had to worry about going to the doctor and my parents seem to have done fine for retirement. That said, the current state of affairs is not as nice. In one of my wife's teaching positions, her school had to bargain for healthcare and benefits individually rather than as a state collective (as in other states). In a small school with some aging teachers this didn't work out so well. We had minimal coverage and just hoped not to get sick or need a doctor. As far as retirement goes, I think you'll see that there are two outcomes that seem to have demonstrated themselves over the last 10-15 years. They are: 1) the privatization of teacher pensions/retirement options--subject to the same crash as any other occupation so no real incentive there, and 2) the reduction in or state de-funding of pension/retirement plans due to other budgetary needs/issues.
Claiming that teachers receive disproportionate benefits and vacation time is does not seem to hold true. Otherwise, I should think you would see a trend toward a much higher teacher retention rate as well as a boom in the number of students of teacher preparation programs. Having worked in a university in a state which produced a surplus of teachers, as well as working closely with departments of education, I can tell you from experience that neither one of these are occurring.
Mod this up. The incentives to become a teacher are slim. Speaking as a former educator and son of one.
I find it sadly funny that we are followers, by a long ways, in the spectrum of transparency. We're being led by news organizations that are based in states who's record on transparency would on the surface seem to be much lower than our own.
Yes--corrupting the youth with black and white and/or text based operating system. Just pure malice.