We've taken one of the most critically important jobs and pay like it's a step above retail.
Either you never worked retail or have no idea what teachers make. Here is a hint that most people miss... divide their anual salary by 9 instead of 12
What price do you think is appropriate for our children's education?
Sometimes getting into a different neighbor is the break from a bad crowd that a kid needs to succeed. Many times the quality of education is higher in other districs
How does the school deserve more rights than the students? If the school is failing, let the kids go to a school that is succeeding.
Building a new classroom, hiring a new teacher, throwing money at the school will not fix a school that has been rotted to the core.
I remember reading about school choice and civil rights when I was growing up. Separate but equal. Now instead of just grouping kids by color, we can group them by economic status.
Are you asking if kids that school buses to schools they are not allowed to attend? I'd say probably no. If you are asking if all districts have school buses, they do in San Antonio and probably any city where the school is outside walking distance.
For overcrowded schools that have to send kids to another district, the kids do take school buses to get there.
Right now, if you can't afford to live in a better district or can't afford private school, you are screwed (well your kids are.) Having a different demographic move into failing areas will help the neighborhood as a whole which will eventually lead to better local schools.
Doing nothing but stating that parents should fix the district school problems (in addition to working their full time jobs) is not a solution that is working. For every parent that will want stricter, tougher schools, you will have 2 parents that see public school as "free" daycare and don't want their kids coming home with schoolwork
I see new home construction all around us. What I see is a dearth of housing that is suitable for young families as opposed to middle age, dual income families. You want a $600k+ home? No problem. We have a ton of them. What you won't see is anything in the $200k-$300k in major regions that isn't either in the ghetto or looks like it should be.
This is one of the fatal flaws in "free trade." You can't have "free trade" in land and housing. If wages harmonize between the US and China such that an American worker's wage goes down 25%, the cost of land and housing won't go down with it.
You know what would hep with this? School choice - whether full on vouchers so I can send my kids to private school or getting rid of districts so I can send my kids to a better public school.
When I was looking for homes, several areas of town we ruled out solely due to the school district. I can make my home safer but I can't make my kid's school safer. I could have gotten a house 2 times the size of mine if I didn't have to worry about the school my kids would be going to.
This is very true. Especially once you start needing 3 bedrooms.
And the price stays the same every year as opposed to an apartment which raises rent but not enough to pay the cost of moving . Well least that's how it was before property taxes in San Antonio sky rocketed. I'm paying almost 3 hundred more that when I moved into my house 4 years ago. My escrow costs as much as my mortgage.
Even with the high taxes, it's still cheaper than renting a 3 bedroom apartment - and I have privacy and a yard.
Agreed. Also, have you checked out the groups? I can't figure out how to browse through that damn things.
There are a few things I follow tech side (mainly related to home automation). I see allot of useful stuff and comments but it is next to impossible to go back and find the post I was reading to unless I actually respond. And even that seems to disappear. (I miss forums.) It also sorts strangely. It's not by date or number of comments - at least it doesn't appear so.
That's a good point. I could be "you don't know everything I do? Then you don't know how to do your job." Whether there is an actually need for them to know the same information / have the same skills.
Did they try to be effective and were ignored? Or where theyu happy to do as little as possible and instead used that time to "foster goodwill" from everyone around them so they would have "cred". These 2 people could be very good about publicly taking credit for all the work that everyone else is doing. They can also be the type that just trashes everyone else when there is a problem starting their trashing with "Let me tell you the real truth about why your computer is not getting replaced."
Same. In fact, they are usually really happy for what they get.
I ask them what they want for Christmas as an idea of the type of things I can get them - because honestly, the older they get, the harder it is to figure out what they want.
My 4 year old is just as excited (and more sometimes) on the present I get her from Goodwill as she is by the present I bought her retail. My 19 year old is less excited but is always touched as she understands how money works now.
To buy them stuff just so they don't cry is bad parenting. You raise kids like that and they end up growing up and thinking that the government should pass laws to force toy availability.
The point is, this is not an issue that needs or deserves the full weight of the US government.
Government should not be the answer to all that woes you.
And the market does fix for this. I know people that no longer shop at certain stores when a product first comes out because they know those stores don't stop things like these kinds of bots. Since they are not even checking those stores, those stores lose out on any extra stuff my friends want to buy (since they are already at the site or store.)
Your gas example is a strange one to make due to all the regulations in place on selling gas already in addition to the lack of scarcity. But I will tell you, when we had a gas shortage in San Antonio due to the last hurricane, the gas stations regulated themselves limiting how much "extra" gas you were able to get outside of filling up your car.
Because not every inconvenience or problem needs a government solution, law, and regulation.
This is not an issue that should even take a penny or second of government time or attention.
As a country, we were clearly designed to create laws that takes away anyone's liberty only as a last resource. Even if that liberty is for one person to buy a billion widgets, destroy them so there is only one left, then sell that remaining one for a gazillion dollars.
We read about 1984 and big brother and then turn to the government to watch and control all problems we run into.
What's next? Should the government step in and sue nintendo and apple for not producing enough product to keep up with demand? To sue movie theaters for wasting theater space on art movies when big blockbuster movies are sold out?
It's not like it'd be enforceable anyway unless it's on the outside of the packaging where the user can see it before the purchase. I'd love to see them try it, both inside and outside the box. The very first time they sued over it, it would spell the end of that company; the trial would be so publicized that nobody would be able to ignore id, and nobody would willingly give up all of their income for the rest of their life, so sales would drop to 0
You'd be amazed what the media can ignore. And honestly, most people would not follow the news on this if it was publicized. If you don't agree with the terms you see after you open the box, you have grounds for a refund but not much more than that.
Yes! This is what is important! You hit the nail on the head.
Are you fucking kidding me?
Besides people like you, no one sees the term Democrat as any more insulting than the word Democratic. The words are interchangeable to non-partisian people.
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Then you get another job or work summer school during those 3 months.
Facebook notifying you that someone posted a picture of you - probably taken in a public area - is akin to a pedophile molesting abused boys?
Your moral compass is seriously out of whack.
We've taken one of the most critically important jobs and pay like it's a step above retail.
Either you never worked retail or have no idea what teachers make. Here is a hint that most people miss... divide their anual salary by 9 instead of 12
What price do you think is appropriate for our children's education?
Sometimes getting into a different neighbor is the break from a bad crowd that a kid needs to succeed. Many times the quality of education is higher in other districs
School buses?
How does the school deserve more rights than the students? If the school is failing, let the kids go to a school that is succeeding.
Building a new classroom, hiring a new teacher, throwing money at the school will not fix a school that has been rotted to the core.
I remember reading about school choice and civil rights when I was growing up. Separate but equal. Now instead of just grouping kids by color, we can group them by economic status.
Are you asking if kids that school buses to schools they are not allowed to attend? I'd say probably no. If you are asking if all districts have school buses, they do in San Antonio and probably any city where the school is outside walking distance.
For overcrowded schools that have to send kids to another district, the kids do take school buses to get there.
Right now, if you can't afford to live in a better district or can't afford private school, you are screwed (well your kids are.) Having a different demographic move into failing areas will help the neighborhood as a whole which will eventually lead to better local schools.
Doing nothing but stating that parents should fix the district school problems (in addition to working their full time jobs) is not a solution that is working. For every parent that will want stricter, tougher schools, you will have 2 parents that see public school as "free" daycare and don't want their kids coming home with schoolwork
I see new home construction all around us. What I see is a dearth of housing that is suitable for young families as opposed to middle age, dual income families. You want a $600k+ home? No problem. We have a ton of them. What you won't see is anything in the $200k-$300k in major regions that isn't either in the ghetto or looks like it should be.
This is one of the fatal flaws in "free trade." You can't have "free trade" in land and housing. If wages harmonize between the US and China such that an American worker's wage goes down 25%, the cost of land and housing won't go down with it.
You know what would hep with this? School choice - whether full on vouchers so I can send my kids to private school or getting rid of districts so I can send my kids to a better public school.
When I was looking for homes, several areas of town we ruled out solely due to the school district. I can make my home safer but I can't make my kid's school safer. I could have gotten a house 2 times the size of mine if I didn't have to worry about the school my kids would be going to.
This is very true. Especially once you start needing 3 bedrooms.
And the price stays the same every year as opposed to an apartment which raises rent but not enough to pay the cost of moving . Well least that's how it was before property taxes in San Antonio sky rocketed. I'm paying almost 3 hundred more that when I moved into my house 4 years ago. My escrow costs as much as my mortgage.
Even with the high taxes, it's still cheaper than renting a 3 bedroom apartment - and I have privacy and a yard.
Agreed. Also, have you checked out the groups? I can't figure out how to browse through that damn things.
There are a few things I follow tech side (mainly related to home automation). I see allot of useful stuff and comments but it is next to impossible to go back and find the post I was reading to unless I actually respond. And even that seems to disappear. (I miss forums.) It also sorts strangely. It's not by date or number of comments - at least it doesn't appear so.
Never said I was :)
I'm good at some things but smart overall, not at all.
And the non wealthy that got in the game early.
But way to make this another rich gets richer story
They are over-saturating us with these stories.
My response has gone from "oh no!" to "not another fucking story saying almost the same thing."
Kudos for at least telling this story from a slightly different angle (same viewpoint, of course.)
I find this to be the same a sizes when it comes to men. Most likely, the smarter or bigger someone is, the dumber or smaller they are.
People smart do not need to tell people they are smart. It simply shows.
That's a good point. I could be "you don't know everything I do? Then you don't know how to do your job." Whether there is an actually need for them to know the same information / have the same skills.
Did they try to be effective and were ignored? Or where theyu happy to do as little as possible and instead used that time to "foster goodwill" from everyone around them so they would have "cred". These 2 people could be very good about publicly taking credit for all the work that everyone else is doing. They can also be the type that just trashes everyone else when there is a problem starting their trashing with "Let me tell you the real truth about why your computer is not getting replaced."
The barrier is high because of government (local and federal) restrictions.
You are correct, Google did demonstrate this quite well.
It's funny all the twists that people do with the republican name - yet get bent out of shape if they are called Democrat instead of Democratic.
Same. In fact, they are usually really happy for what they get.
I ask them what they want for Christmas as an idea of the type of things I can get them - because honestly, the older they get, the harder it is to figure out what they want.
My 4 year old is just as excited (and more sometimes) on the present I get her from Goodwill as she is by the present I bought her retail. My 19 year old is less excited but is always touched as she understands how money works now.
To buy them stuff just so they don't cry is bad parenting. You raise kids like that and they end up growing up and thinking that the government should pass laws to force toy availability.
The point is, this is not an issue that needs or deserves the full weight of the US government.
Government should not be the answer to all that woes you.
And the market does fix for this. I know people that no longer shop at certain stores when a product first comes out because they know those stores don't stop things like these kinds of bots. Since they are not even checking those stores, those stores lose out on any extra stuff my friends want to buy (since they are already at the site or store.)
Your gas example is a strange one to make due to all the regulations in place on selling gas already in addition to the lack of scarcity. But I will tell you, when we had a gas shortage in San Antonio due to the last hurricane, the gas stations regulated themselves limiting how much "extra" gas you were able to get outside of filling up your car.
Because not every inconvenience or problem needs a government solution, law, and regulation.
This is not an issue that should even take a penny or second of government time or attention.
As a country, we were clearly designed to create laws that takes away anyone's liberty only as a last resource. Even if that liberty is for one person to buy a billion widgets, destroy them so there is only one left, then sell that remaining one for a gazillion dollars.
We read about 1984 and big brother and then turn to the government to watch and control all problems we run into.
What's next? Should the government step in and sue nintendo and apple for not producing enough product to keep up with demand? To sue movie theaters for wasting theater space on art movies when big blockbuster movies are sold out?
You let things bother you. Some calls me Dave instead of David and I don't freak out.
It's not like it'd be enforceable anyway unless it's on the outside of the packaging where the user can see it before the purchase. I'd love to see them try it, both inside and outside the box. The very first time they sued over it, it would spell the end of that company; the trial would be so publicized that nobody would be able to ignore id, and nobody would willingly give up all of their income for the rest of their life, so sales would drop to 0
You'd be amazed what the media can ignore. And honestly, most people would not follow the news on this if it was publicized. If you don't agree with the terms you see after you open the box, you have grounds for a refund but not much more than that.
Yes! This is what is important! You hit the nail on the head.
Are you fucking kidding me?
Besides people like you, no one sees the term Democrat as any more insulting than the word Democratic. The words are interchangeable to non-partisian people.