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School out today...
Dec 3, 2021, 8:04 AM
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this is going to be really insensitive, but I am not going to apologize. Start rant....
Why in the heck is my elementary son out of school today? Yes, there was a school shooting two counties and basically an hour away. Am I sad for the families, yes. Should their schools be out for a couple of days, sure, but my son's school sits more than an hour away and they decide, last minute, that its appropriate to take a day of "reflection". Now I have to take the day off in the middle of the busiest season for work.
Teachers and Administrators can be some of the most loathsome people on the planet. And yes, my sister is a Principal and I tell her the same thing. They are like a Mercury engine on a boat, they only work when they want to.
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lol @ Mercury ref…but having a wife who worked for years in the school system,
Dec 3, 2021, 8:06 AM
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ima say it’s hard out there. Our education “system” sucks.
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The suck began when the bulk of the accountability was
Dec 3, 2021, 8:26 AM
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shifted from the students/parents to the teachers. Student doesn't do what they're supposed do; teacher gets the blame.
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"Why can't schools teach this and that and do this and..."
Dec 3, 2021, 8:57 AM
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"...all the other things that I demand they provide for my kid?"
Schools: "Okay, we need more money to hire more teachers to create these programs and classes, and to get the equipment and facilities we need."
Citizen: "Whhhhhhaaaaaaaaaat?!?! NO!"
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Oculus Spirit [79401]
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I think everyone gets tired of the perpetual
Dec 3, 2021, 9:49 AM
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"we need more money" rallying cry of every govt. related agency/dept. when it's obvious how poorly run they are.
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I can't disagree with that
Dec 3, 2021, 10:12 AM
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And yep, there's a ton of waste in school districts.
But there's also a lot of underfunding across the board as well in some areas, and a lot of what people demand will cost more. For example, I see a lot of people demand creating and teaching a personal finance class (which actually already exists in SC curriculum). The problem is that if you don't have enough manpower to teach this class in lieu of the core subjects, it's not happening.
EDIT: Also, did Manac slow play us into a P&R topic?
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Oculus Spirit [80999]
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lol on teachers teaching a personal finance class
Dec 3, 2021, 12:54 PM
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I'd love to see that syllabus. How are they going to teach about something they don't have? Ask their inlaws?
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Says the guy who hasn't been in a classroom since
Dec 3, 2021, 1:01 PM
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Reagan was president
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Re: Says the guy who hasn't been in a classroom since
Dec 3, 2021, 1:04 PM
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Oculus Spirit [80999]
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I'm certainly no financial genius, but relying on the inlaws
Dec 3, 2021, 1:45 PM
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and sponging off relatives to support you probably isn't the sound investment strategy you'd want to teach others.
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But where are the schools wasting all the money? We have
Dec 3, 2021, 1:19 PM
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a really nice new high school, but the old one was too small and getting run down. I serves 2 grades now instead of 3. Otherwise, there really doesn't seem to be alot of obvious waste at the school level. They are very underfunded.
Other gov't agencies, yeah, I agree with you.
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Administrative pay. I know a district that has 3 people
Dec 3, 2021, 1:22 PM
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doing the exact same job that only takes one person to do and all 3 make over 100k
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What is the district budget? It might be a little redundant
Dec 3, 2021, 1:26 PM
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but hardly a huge waste of money compared to the district budget.
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This happens in multiple departments
Dec 3, 2021, 1:27 PM
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probably a small percentage of a school district's budget.
But still a waste of resources
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Re: This happens in multiple departments
Dec 3, 2021, 2:50 PM
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Pretty much this.
It isn't the teachers. It's the central office.
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When Mt P re-assesses the taxes on everyones house in the
Dec 3, 2021, 10:57 AM
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next 2 years (and I bet that it won't take long to complete). The school system will have plenty of money to waste, I mean spend.
School boards all over America:
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I agree with this. But highly doubt it was the principal
Dec 3, 2021, 8:08 AM
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who made that decision.
Like any organization, you usually have some extremely incompetent people high up the ladder who have never been in a classroom before making these kinds of decisions.
What I have seen in education is the worse you are at your job, the higher up the ladder you move.
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The Peter Principle (or principal)... get it?
Dec 3, 2021, 11:24 AM
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The Peter Principle is thus based on the paradoxical idea that competent employees will continue to be promoted, but at some point will be promoted into positions for which they are incompetent, and they will then remain in those positions because of the fact that they do not demonstrate any further competence that would get them recognized for additional promotion.
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It's worse
Dec 3, 2021, 12:12 PM
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My former boss was a literal tyrant with so many workplace hostility reports filed against him they moved him into a major admin spot way over his head just so they wouldn't get sued.
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Re: School out today...
Dec 3, 2021, 8:13 AM
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Perhaps your local school administrators are broadening your kid's education by promoting navel gazing. Far Eastern studies have long been neglected in this country. I feel your pain.
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Oculus Spirit [97677]
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Teachers are our second largest shortage, behind nurses
Dec 3, 2021, 8:21 AM
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No one wants to be either. I wonder why?
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Our local college has one student doing math certification
Dec 3, 2021, 8:48 AM
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Pretty simple
Dec 3, 2021, 8:49 AM
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Well, first, not sure what teachers or administrators have to do with it. That's always a district official call. But, you know, I guess attack the teachers. For some reason. Sure. They somehow shut the school down because they're lazy.
Second, I'm not saying they should close the school, but if it was open and a shooting did occur in the wake of these others, parents would be lining up to sue. You probably would, too.
These decisions are always made to avoid lawsuits.
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Every decision ever in education is based on liability***
Dec 3, 2021, 8:49 AM
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Administrators are the district or county officials
Dec 3, 2021, 8:52 AM
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that is why the building is called the "Administration Building".
Also....
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No. Cata is correct, you have building level admin
Dec 3, 2021, 8:59 AM
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and district level admin.
Building level admin is the assistant principal(s) and principal
District level admin is the overpaid incompetent ### holes who multiply like rabbits anytime there is a new grant
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When you say "administrator"
Dec 3, 2021, 8:59 AM
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In education, it's talking about principals and asst. principals in the school. Now, if you want to specify district officials to narrow down your complaint, do that. I highly doubt those people made this decision because they're lazy. It probably created more work for them.
You're crying and bitching about teachers due to your inconvenience today when teachers had 0.0 say or decision in what happened.
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My 7yo is only going 1/2 day because Daniel High is playing
Dec 3, 2021, 10:51 AM
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in the 3A State Championship game at 2pm today. Woot!
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#### Daniel High
Dec 3, 2021, 10:59 AM
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go Seneca Bobcats!
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I wasn't aware Seneca made it to the playoffs***
Dec 3, 2021, 11:01 AM
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I wasn't aware that Seneca has ever made it to the playoffs.***
Dec 3, 2021, 12:40 PM
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My first nude pig came from a girl in seneca***
Dec 3, 2021, 12:45 PM
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#### Daniel High
Dec 3, 2021, 11:11 AM
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knocked us out of my Senior Year Baseball Playoffs
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LOLOLOL!!!
Dec 3, 2021, 12:38 PM
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Loser!
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Yeah, well...
Dec 3, 2021, 1:03 PM
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Hells yes!***
Dec 3, 2021, 12:42 PM
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School's out today in Clemson cuz Daniel is playing for the
Dec 3, 2021, 1:37 PM
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State-ey at 2:00
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