May 30, 2012

Ok, today's prompt is really stupid, so I'm skipping it.

Instead, I'm sharing a really cute video I just watched over at Tiffany's place. It was put together by the teachers at her former school. It's really cute. And, you don't even have to be a teacher to appreciate it!


I'll also share with you a little reminder of how crazy the weather is here in Chicago. Two days ago I was bitching about having to turn the damn air conditioning on, and today, I'm sitting here in a sweatshirt and sweatpants, cuz I'm freezing! Granted, I have every door and window open, and the ceiling fans on, but that's exactly the way I like it!! I'd rather sit in a cold room, in a sweatshirt, than in a miserably hot room, naked (cuz that's the ONLY way to sit in a hot room!)

Another take...

This time I stole it from Single Mom in the South.

Teacher

Thanks, Ricochet!
(click on it to enlarge)

Just a little quickie...

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I have about 10 posts written in my head, I just haven't had the time/energy to get them posted. In the meantime, I thought you might find this as amusing as I did.

Teachers make too much money!

Teachers make too much money!

by Sarasota Values Education on Friday, February 18, 2011 at 8:32pm

Are you sick of high paid teachers? Teachers’ hefty salaries are driving up taxes, and they only work 9 or 10 months a year! It’s time we put things in perspective and pay them for what they do - baby sit! We can get that for less than minimum wage.

That’s right. Let’s give them $3.00 an hour and only the hours they worked; not any of that silly planning time, or any time they spend before or after school. That would be $19.50 a day (7:45 to 3:00 PM with 45 min. off for lunch and plan — that equals 6 1/2 hours).

Each parent should pay $19.50 a day for these teachers to baby-sit their children.

Now how many do they teach in day…maybe 30? So that’s $19.50 x 30 = $585.00 a day. However, remember they only work 180 days a year!!! I am not going to pay them for any vacations.

LET’S SEE…. That’s $585 X 180= $105,300 peryear. (Hold on! My calculator needs new batteries).

What about those special education teachers and the ones with Master’s degrees? Well, we could pay them minimum wage ($7.75), and just to be fair, round it off to $8.00 an hour. That would be $8 X 6 1/2 hours X 30 childrenX 180 days = $280,800 per year.

Wait a minute — there’s something wrong here! There sure is!

The average teacher’s salary (nation wide) is $50,000. $50,000/180 days = $277.77/per day/30 students=$9.25/6.5 hours = $1.42 per hour per student–a very inexpensive baby-sitter and they even EDUCATE your kids!

WHAT A DEAL!!!!

(I just lifted this from Ricochet. Thank you for sharing!!)

Parent Teacher Conference

I watched this at 6:30 this morning over at Tiffany's place, and almost pissed my pants!! It was the perfect way to start my day, before heading over to the Hell-Hole.


The sad thing is, I've heard most of this first-hand, as have most of my teacher friends. Don't worry, I'm not gonna climb up on my soap box, I just wanted to share the funny.

Did you watch?

I didn't watch the game today. Big surprise. In the past, if I was at a Superbowl Party, I would just watch the commercials. Today, I couldn't even be bothered to do that. With the wonders of modern technology and the beauty of the interwebs, I simply Googled "Superbowl Commercials" and got this.

I started watching the 60+ commercials that, thankfully, just play one after another. But, I had to stop because it's past my bedtime. So far, this has been one of my favorites. If you didn't see it during the game, be sure to watch all the way to the end, and you'll see why I like it. ;-)

Just a little teacher humor...

Thanks, Tiff, for letting me steal this right off your blog!! Hey, in less than 4 days, we'll be raisin' some hell together! Woo hoo!

Email of the Day

Why Teachers Drink

(you may have to click on some of them to enlarge them enough to see them.)

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