...and apparently no one cared. The School District of Philadelphia, in an effort to make progress in crushing their teacher's union, implemented an attendance policy for teachers and staffers in the PFT (Teacher/Nurses/secretaries union) a few years ago. Three instances of absence in a school year is grounds for disciplinary action up to and including dismissal. Members of the PFT get 10 sick days and 3 personal days per school year. There is a procedure and Substitute system (AESOP, formerly Source for Teachers) in place for calling out so that a substitute can fill in for the day(s) that *should* allow someone to call out up to an hour before work and a substitute will show up on site to fill in. Schools are mandated to have an in-house system for accommodating call-outs even when no "sub" shows up. teachers are MANDATED to have procedures in place in their classrooms for when they are not there to minimize disruption to instruction.
This has been the case for more than a decade, but 4 years ago the SDP decided one more way to "destroy the morale of veteran teachers and drive a wedge between the union (PFT) and workers was to force everyone who get 3 instances of absence into disciplinary meetings. As per the bureaucracy of the SDP, if you make it to a second disciplinary meeting, your chances of prevailing plummet -- "clearly you must be a horrible employee if you are here a second time!" is the assumption in the central office; especially for the same infraction. Principals thought the new rule harsh and unreasonable -- it applied a solution needed only for a small minority of teachers who are chronically absent, to everyone, so they enforced it with discretion. The SDP responded the next school year by mandating that it be applied to EVERYONE, and data would be checked, those principals who were found derelict would be disciplined themselves.
Three years on, teachers who are new and don't "get" the process routinely get fired, suspended or quit after a year or two because they run afoul of the policy. Those who are chronically absent on purpose have learned to "game" the system, and still call out regularly with no repercussions, and many sick teachers come to work and get sicker, or worse. There have been off the record discussions of how a flu-like bug, or "stomach flu" will spread through a school in a week or so, where in the past one or two would be out and that's all.
The SDP officially refuses to budge on the policy because "children can't learn if the teacher is not there", but after years of allowing the substitute system to fail and be abused -- daily fill-rate of approx 20%, and most fair to poor performing schools NEVER receiving a sub, privatized it, touting the fill rate would be 80+% from day ONE of the new school year. The contractor never achieved higher than 11%, and their replacement company hovers around 16% currently. The District clearly attempted to address academic performance by ensuring the teachers were teaching, but put little thought into the causes of teacher absence, and more troubling chronic absence (low morale, failing health, assault on employees -- even teachers who were attacked bet penalized for calling out!), and clearly didn't work to implement processes and structures to mitigate teacher absence. In the last year, they implemented auto emails from the Superintendent recognizing employees who have not called out for a year, but little else beyond.
So penalizing employees for not showing up to work is not a new thing, and in fact some employers like this school district have no shame when it comes to its punishments.
Some one thought that already, including Tesla https://youtu.be/HlaQuKk9bFg
All of the major carmakers refuse to play nice together. Crazy, but at least they are consistent. That would solve most of the range issues.
I live in the 4th largest city in the US, and work on the opposite side of the city from my home with NO highway route between. I drive 23M round trip during rush hour traffic with a mix of stoplights, stop signs and one way streets. I's happily take a 40M all electric range with charging overnight. I HATE gas stations, and hate the variability of the price that seems to have next to no connection to supply/demand. I just wish I could afford it -- but that's what I get for going into education.
Everyone can "get" better. Most HS students are focusing on short term goals; college, military, work. Learning how to effectively use Google/Google Apps will not be obsolete in 2-3 years. It would take that long for the Google corpse to just cool down.
Since when do car companies post up huge earning form day 1 until they close up. Oh, wait, do car companies ever close their doors? I'm sure banks will be more than happy to continue to lend, as the upside of having a potentially successful car company in your pocket is worth the risk. Did anyone really expect them to be in the black at this point? I don't think so; thus finger wagging and nay-saying at this point is melodrama.
In order to have a Tesla Model S in hand as of December 2014, you would have had to plunk down a decent sized deposit more than a year ago. I do not have the resources to tie up that amount of cash for a year for a car that hasn't been built yet, hoping it will be built on time. Do you? Typically only those for whom money is not a pressing issue have the flexibility to do so. Hence the majority of Model S owners we see today are the well heeled (Them that Got's are Those who Gets -R. Charles).
At least in the U.S. it has been proven time and again that its better to let the market drive innovation than for Uncle Sam to toss money into a crowd of "innovators" and hope they develop something innovative. iPhone's were only for the rich years back, now market pressure has pushed innovation and we have phablets with 3-sided screens.
Moreover, I believe the typical luxury car consumer often has multiple vehicles.
That sounds like poorly written or out of date laws.
Electric motors have trouble producing low torque/HP. Anything low powered enough to move a car at anything approaching acceptable velocities would alsways be on the wrong side of said law.
Good luck with that. Sounds like your country and insurance writers don't want anyone driving period.
What are you gas prices BTW?
I know quite a few Gen II Prius owners that are the 2nd, or 3rd owner, and are NOT replacing battery packs; but still driving and still getting 40+MPG. I guess the sky didn't fall like the naysayers claimed. Perhaps it suddenly will in 7yrs for Teslas. Probably not though.
But I DO know a LOT of used car owners including myself who were stuck with replacing the timing belt, transmission filters, coilpacks and other assorted expensive service parts on 2nd or 3rd hand used cars. Even worse, foregoing regular maintenance with modern cars almost ensure catastrophic/unrecoverable failure.
You are defending the continued use of petroleum byproducts in the powering of inefficient IC engines for personal transport. Please, lets not.
If they can somehow cut out the necessary transportation for the raw material from the source to the refining plant by way of IC engine, and the refining process fueled by electricity (produced by said petroleum byproducts), then transported to the distribution stations by IC powered transports, and stations powered by electricity (produced by said petroleum byproducts), then the fuel spillage, waste, etc. that happens at gas stations, then I can maybe get behind it, maybe. But I have trouble ignoring the inane daily price hikes and that $0.009. Do you really have to show my that hundredth of a cent? Its a f***ed up system all the way around. Lets trade it in for something I already have available at my home, at my convenience.
...and yet we still import from nations who publicly dislike/criticize us. Sometimes with good reason, but still. How about we move toward a 0 emissions future?
Whoever thinks the average American, or for that matter, car consumer only shops for fuel efficiency is deluded. High MPG is nice, but it is a distant 4th maybe 5th on my list. Many will trade looks for MPG readily. Space for MPG, comforts for MPG, etc. In general, those shopping for 40+ MPG are NOT the average. Lets not fool ourselves into thinking this issue of "green" or efficient is in the forefront. Moreover, the emissions controls on a billion $ powerplant are more effective, reliable and less DEFEATABLE than on a $20K econobox.
The cover of this book scared the sh@t out of me when I was a kid. My sisters had a copy with the old cover, and I was terrified to even look at it.
By the time I was an adult, I worked up the courage to finally read it. Don't remember much, other than it was a good read.
Thanks for the reminder.
... this site is aligned to the state standards for PA. Some of this may work for you, and I know there are others simulations on the site.
Learning Science.org
I use it at least once a week for 7th and 8th grade science.
I'd love to trade ideas if you feel up to it. I struggle with the same thing.
Leave a msg.
Heybiff.
...give them more info.
Space Marines (humanities super elite, genetically modified warriors) in the Warhammer 40K universe are so superior, they don't fire bullets, they fire rocket propelled missiles that punch through walls, armor, and soft fleshy bits and explode causing ridonkulous damage; and they make a kool sound too. Much like this weapon, their "bolters" are good at killing things dead, especially idiots who try to hide behind cover.
Assuming people clickity click on the links they might begin to understand. And maybe even get hooked.
Heybiff
...the desired application is low cost, low consumption, lots of wind. Under those conditions, this device seems fine enough. Most of the Carribean recieves a pretty constant breeze year round, sometimes too much. So more area isn't much of an issue assuming efficiency is kept high enough to support the intended current draw.
Simple, cheap, not very dangerous, sounds like a winner.
...are you saying that everyone is not entitled to a free and appropriate educaton? The law says everyone must attend school through age 16. Up to that point, you get what everyone else get. Afterwards, usually 11th grade or so, you get to decide if you want a HS diploma or you can drop out. Why complicate things by trying to decide who should get more eduation or less education before society and teh realities of life in America force students and families to self-select thier educatyional options.
It sounds like you have a bone to pick with education, and have taken the outsiders usual strategy for dealing with it, which is only educate the smart and the willing. No one will agree to lettings 8yr olds run wild in the streets to quit school to work, but we are perfectly happy to throw a 17yr old to the wolves. Funny enogh though is that he students commonly thrown to the wolves (wolves meaning McDonalds, jail, drugs, the street, gangs, Walmart, etc) are the students who are the least docile, who require extra support to meet teir needs, or who just through happenstance have a serious probelm occur in thier lives (most often beyond thier control). As a society we need to decide that we are serious abot educating our youth, and then commit to doing so equally.
Your comment seems to me to say that you are not committed to educating all children fairly and appropriatly, and that's fine. Justremember that they will need much mroe *help* from the government in the form of voluntary and involuntary services as they and thier offspring grow older. it's much cheaper to educate them now so that they can be self supporting full citizens as oppossed to the marginalized that we all seem to complain about so much.
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This has been the case for more than a decade, but 4 years ago the SDP decided one more way to "destroy the morale of veteran teachers and drive a wedge between the union (PFT) and workers was to force everyone who get 3 instances of absence into disciplinary meetings. As per the bureaucracy of the SDP, if you make it to a second disciplinary meeting, your chances of prevailing plummet -- "clearly you must be a horrible employee if you are here a second time!" is the assumption in the central office; especially for the same infraction. Principals thought the new rule harsh and unreasonable -- it applied a solution needed only for a small minority of teachers who are chronically absent, to everyone, so they enforced it with discretion. The SDP responded the next school year by mandating that it be applied to EVERYONE, and data would be checked, those principals who were found derelict would be disciplined themselves.
Three years on, teachers who are new and don't "get" the process routinely get fired, suspended or quit after a year or two because they run afoul of the policy. Those who are chronically absent on purpose have learned to "game" the system, and still call out regularly with no repercussions, and many sick teachers come to work and get sicker, or worse. There have been off the record discussions of how a flu-like bug, or "stomach flu" will spread through a school in a week or so, where in the past one or two would be out and that's all.
The SDP officially refuses to budge on the policy because "children can't learn if the teacher is not there", but after years of allowing the substitute system to fail and be abused -- daily fill-rate of approx 20%, and most fair to poor performing schools NEVER receiving a sub, privatized it, touting the fill rate would be 80+% from day ONE of the new school year. The contractor never achieved higher than 11%, and their replacement company hovers around 16% currently. The District clearly attempted to address academic performance by ensuring the teachers were teaching, but put little thought into the causes of teacher absence, and more troubling chronic absence (low morale, failing health, assault on employees -- even teachers who were attacked bet penalized for calling out!), and clearly didn't work to implement processes and structures to mitigate teacher absence. In the last year, they implemented auto emails from the Superintendent recognizing employees who have not called out for a year, but little else beyond.
So penalizing employees for not showing up to work is not a new thing, and in fact some employers like this school district have no shame when it comes to its punishments.
The Liberation of Folks Bell Link on Amazon
Clearly that thought has occurred to someone with the wherewithal to do something about it: https://electrek.co/2016/06/13...
Some one thought that already, including Tesla https://youtu.be/HlaQuKk9bFg All of the major carmakers refuse to play nice together. Crazy, but at least they are consistent. That would solve most of the range issues.
I live in the 4th largest city in the US, and work on the opposite side of the city from my home with NO highway route between. I drive 23M round trip during rush hour traffic with a mix of stoplights, stop signs and one way streets. I's happily take a 40M all electric range with charging overnight. I HATE gas stations, and hate the variability of the price that seems to have next to no connection to supply/demand. I just wish I could afford it -- but that's what I get for going into education.
My GOD! I wish I could suck off the jobs gasoline teet for free. Even if it did take 12hrs to fill the tank.
Everyone can "get" better. Most HS students are focusing on short term goals; college, military, work. Learning how to effectively use Google/Google Apps will not be obsolete in 2-3 years. It would take that long for the Google corpse to just cool down.
I think most of your suggestions are beyond the scope of the program, and not possible in the time allotted. I will suggest them to the families. -H
Since when do car companies post up huge earning form day 1 until they close up. Oh, wait, do car companies ever close their doors? I'm sure banks will be more than happy to continue to lend, as the upside of having a potentially successful car company in your pocket is worth the risk. Did anyone really expect them to be in the black at this point? I don't think so; thus finger wagging and nay-saying at this point is melodrama.
In order to have a Tesla Model S in hand as of December 2014, you would have had to plunk down a decent sized deposit more than a year ago. I do not have the resources to tie up that amount of cash for a year for a car that hasn't been built yet, hoping it will be built on time. Do you? Typically only those for whom money is not a pressing issue have the flexibility to do so. Hence the majority of Model S owners we see today are the well heeled (Them that Got's are Those who Gets -R. Charles).
You think the only people buying $67K cars are rich? Umm, wow.
At least in the U.S. it has been proven time and again that its better to let the market drive innovation than for Uncle Sam to toss money into a crowd of "innovators" and hope they develop something innovative. iPhone's were only for the rich years back, now market pressure has pushed innovation and we have phablets with 3-sided screens. Moreover, I believe the typical luxury car consumer often has multiple vehicles.
That sounds like poorly written or out of date laws. Electric motors have trouble producing low torque/HP. Anything low powered enough to move a car at anything approaching acceptable velocities would alsways be on the wrong side of said law. Good luck with that. Sounds like your country and insurance writers don't want anyone driving period. What are you gas prices BTW?
I know quite a few Gen II Prius owners that are the 2nd, or 3rd owner, and are NOT replacing battery packs; but still driving and still getting 40+MPG. I guess the sky didn't fall like the naysayers claimed. Perhaps it suddenly will in 7yrs for Teslas. Probably not though. But I DO know a LOT of used car owners including myself who were stuck with replacing the timing belt, transmission filters, coilpacks and other assorted expensive service parts on 2nd or 3rd hand used cars. Even worse, foregoing regular maintenance with modern cars almost ensure catastrophic/unrecoverable failure.
You clearly don't live in Camden. I believe they are still giving away homes with $1000yr taxes there.
You are defending the continued use of petroleum byproducts in the powering of inefficient IC engines for personal transport. Please, lets not. If they can somehow cut out the necessary transportation for the raw material from the source to the refining plant by way of IC engine, and the refining process fueled by electricity (produced by said petroleum byproducts), then transported to the distribution stations by IC powered transports, and stations powered by electricity (produced by said petroleum byproducts), then the fuel spillage, waste, etc. that happens at gas stations, then I can maybe get behind it, maybe. But I have trouble ignoring the inane daily price hikes and that $0.009. Do you really have to show my that hundredth of a cent? Its a f***ed up system all the way around. Lets trade it in for something I already have available at my home, at my convenience.
...and yet we still import from nations who publicly dislike/criticize us. Sometimes with good reason, but still. How about we move toward a 0 emissions future?
Whoever thinks the average American, or for that matter, car consumer only shops for fuel efficiency is deluded. High MPG is nice, but it is a distant 4th maybe 5th on my list. Many will trade looks for MPG readily. Space for MPG, comforts for MPG, etc. In general, those shopping for 40+ MPG are NOT the average. Lets not fool ourselves into thinking this issue of "green" or efficient is in the forefront. Moreover, the emissions controls on a billion $ powerplant are more effective, reliable and less DEFEATABLE than on a $20K econobox.
The cover of this book scared the sh@t out of me when I was a kid. My sisters had a copy with the old cover, and I was terrified to even look at it. By the time I was an adult, I worked up the courage to finally read it. Don't remember much, other than it was a good read. Thanks for the reminder.
Yes you are right. I should have used a different search-fu technique. I'll definitely scan through that article for titles as well. Heybiff
... this site is aligned to the state standards for PA. Some of this may work for you, and I know there are others simulations on the site. Learning Science.org I use it at least once a week for 7th and 8th grade science. I'd love to trade ideas if you feel up to it. I struggle with the same thing. Leave a msg. Heybiff.
...give them more info. Space Marines (humanities super elite, genetically modified warriors) in the Warhammer 40K universe are so superior, they don't fire bullets, they fire rocket propelled missiles that punch through walls, armor, and soft fleshy bits and explode causing ridonkulous damage; and they make a kool sound too. Much like this weapon, their "bolters" are good at killing things dead, especially idiots who try to hide behind cover. Assuming people clickity click on the links they might begin to understand. And maybe even get hooked. Heybiff
so they can get a 1st round draft pick for next season. DUH!
...the desired application is low cost, low consumption, lots of wind. Under those conditions, this device seems fine enough. Most of the Carribean recieves a pretty constant breeze year round, sometimes too much. So more area isn't much of an issue assuming efficiency is kept high enough to support the intended current draw.
Simple, cheap, not very dangerous, sounds like a winner.
Heybiff
...are you saying that everyone is not entitled to a free and appropriate educaton? The law says everyone must attend school through age 16. Up to that point, you get what everyone else get. Afterwards, usually 11th grade or so, you get to decide if you want a HS diploma or you can drop out. Why complicate things by trying to decide who should get more eduation or less education before society and teh realities of life in America force students and families to self-select thier educatyional options.
It sounds like you have a bone to pick with education, and have taken the outsiders usual strategy for dealing with it, which is only educate the smart and the willing. No one will agree to lettings 8yr olds run wild in the streets to quit school to work, but we are perfectly happy to throw a 17yr old to the wolves. Funny enogh though is that he students commonly thrown to the wolves (wolves meaning McDonalds, jail, drugs, the street, gangs, Walmart, etc) are the students who are the least docile, who require extra support to meet teir needs, or who just through happenstance have a serious probelm occur in thier lives (most often beyond thier control). As a society we need to decide that we are serious abot educating our youth, and then commit to doing so equally.
Your comment seems to me to say that you are not committed to educating all children fairly and appropriatly, and that's fine. Justremember that they will need much mroe *help* from the government in the form of voluntary and involuntary services as they and thier offspring grow older. it's much cheaper to educate them now so that they can be self supporting full citizens as oppossed to the marginalized that we all seem to complain about so much.
Mod me up: Troll
Heybiff