I volunteer with the United Way as a technology consultant. Bassically what I do is go into participating nonprofits and help them determine their technology needs. Nearly every single nonprofit I've gone into has had little or no computers. One of the companies I'm working with right now used to have a Mac SE until someone broke in and stole it 3 months ago, now they have nothing.
Get involved. Do something for your communities and stop plaing so much ^&*^^&$$3$#@#@ quake!
>>>Don't run if you don't plan to accept.
Was that ever a stipulation of the rules for running for homecoming king? And don't talk to me about how it is "implied". The only thing implied by an election is that there is a winner and a bunch of losers. The point of being different was the point - or didn't you read the article?
>>>I would have accepted and given a speech >>>rather than ungratefully ignoring the >>>attention of the student body.
Ungratefully ignoring the student body? What kind of socialistic paradise of a high school did you go to? Why pay heed to any group of people who torment you and tease you and label you as an outcast?
Supposedly at MCHS (http://www.manhattan.k12.ca.us/schoolsites/mchs/p olicies.html) there are no specific rules against what he did.
So I cannot see why he was suspended.
>>>The kid was plain selfish.
No, the kid was plain selfless. Any kid who bravely goes against the grain of the social structure of a high school kowing full and well that it will create a stir deserves a medal for bravery.
He was giving everyone else a voice. If that weren't true, I wouldn't be writing this post right now and you would have never written your post.
I agree with your optional punishment, but only from the stance of what would have been nicer and less noisy for the school district. I imagine that they don't like all the negative media attention that they are receiving. Those who wish to maintain the status quo rarely do.
I think what happened is the best way that he could have ever made a point. This has interenational coverage now.
1. What do the doctors/interns/other key medical staff get paid (not the actual amount, but the relation to their normal salary) for being on call?
1a. Can that scale then be used to determine a fair pay scale for the IT workeres?
2. Do you have a trouble ticket tracking system that can mark the start of ticket so that you can track the actual time spent on an issue?
3. If so, can you show management exactly how much time is spent on issues of different types and of different levels of importance?
Finally, not to be rude about it, but you do work in the health care industry - namely for a non-profit health care institution. Isn't there some level of professional and/or professional sacrifice expected in this situation?
Perhaps a reevaluation of the way IT candidates are informed when they are hired should be implemented so that they realize that there is a different level of sacrifice needed to work in a non-profit health care facility that is a little different than in the private sector.
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I volunteer with the United Way as a technology consultant. Bassically what I do is go into participating nonprofits and help them determine their technology needs. Nearly every single nonprofit I've gone into has had little or no computers. One of the companies I'm working with right now used to have a Mac SE until someone broke in and stole it 3 months ago, now they have nothing.
Get involved. Do something for your communities and stop plaing so much ^&*^^&$$3$#@#@ quake!
>>>Don't run if you don't plan to accept. Was that ever a stipulation of the rules for running for homecoming king? And don't talk to me about how it is "implied". The only thing implied by an election is that there is a winner and a bunch of losers. The point of being different was the point - or didn't you read the article? >>>I would have accepted and given a speech >>>rather than ungratefully ignoring the >>>attention of the student body. Ungratefully ignoring the student body? What kind of socialistic paradise of a high school did you go to? Why pay heed to any group of people who torment you and tease you and label you as an outcast? Supposedly at MCHS (http://www.manhattan.k12.ca.us/schoolsites/mchs/p olicies.html) there are no specific rules against what he did.
So I cannot see why he was suspended.
>>>The kid was plain selfish.
No, the kid was plain selfless. Any kid who bravely goes against the grain of the social structure of a high school kowing full and well that it will create a stir deserves a medal for bravery.
He was giving everyone else a voice. If that weren't true, I wouldn't be writing this post right now and you would have never written your post.
I agree with your optional punishment, but only from the stance of what would have been nicer and less noisy for the school district. I imagine that they don't like all the negative media attention that they are receiving. Those who wish to maintain the status quo rarely do.
I think what happened is the best way that he could have ever made a point. This has interenational coverage now.
1. What do the doctors/interns/other key medical staff get paid (not the actual amount, but the relation to their normal salary) for being on call?
1a. Can that scale then be used to determine a fair pay scale for the IT workeres?
2. Do you have a trouble ticket tracking system that can mark the start of ticket so that you can track the actual time spent on an issue?
3. If so, can you show management exactly how much time is spent on issues of different types and of different levels of importance?
Finally, not to be rude about it, but you do work in the health care industry - namely for a non-profit health care institution. Isn't there some level of professional and/or professional sacrifice expected in this situation?
Perhaps a reevaluation of the way IT candidates are informed when they are hired should be implemented so that they realize that there is a different level of sacrifice needed to work in a non-profit health care facility that is a little different than in the private sector.