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Posts posted by hayden_horn
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4 minutes ago, riloh05 said:
what should a 26 year teacher make? is her job more difficult in year 6 than it is in year 22? is the teacher not teaching the same thing as the year before? i know this is kinda moving the goalpost, but i think it goes hand in hand with the difficulty of just pay teachers more. 50k out of college isnt a bad gig. 55k 10 years into my career tells me i am doing it wrong.
she's got 20 more years of classroom experience! of course she should be paid more.
should a 10 year fireman be paid more than a year 4 fireman? is his job more difficult in year 10 than in year 4?
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1 hour ago, atomheartbevo said:
Oh substantive gun control is going to happen. The GOP and NRA are content to do very little or just use the issue to fund raise, so Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi are going to get their chance at writing such legislation. It’s just a matter of when (probably after the election and swearing that follows a live-streamed massacre).
And the GOP and NRA are doing a good job of creating a young generation of single-issue voters. It’ll hurt the GOP, but will make the NRA richer.
i'm cross posting from the daily texan thread:
this is the state of affairs. my 11 year old fifth grader's class was tasked with championing a cause at school. my son's group chose gun violence. they were advocating for responsible gun ownership, the banning of high capacity magazines, gun registration, background checks, among other things.
my son had a drawing of a handgun under which it says "you can own this!" and then a drawing of an AR under which it said "but you don't need THIS!"
the kids presented in a free form sort of conference style way, in which us parents could go from table to table and listen to their presentations. it was all remarkably adult. we did this today.
part of the presentation, one of the kids (not my son), stated "we chose this topic because we don't want to be afraid of our school getting shot up." i got a bit of a lump in my throat. this is on the minds of elementary school kids, yall. they did up an amazing video presenting their solutions.
and the thing is, my son loves guns and the idea of guns, to the point where i've been concerned in the past that i'm being too permissive with the airsoft guns, etc.
but at the end of the presentation, there was an ominous line for gun owners. "because this keeps happening we need sensible solutions now. because otherwise, then we'll have to think about banning all guns."
out of the mouths of fifth graders, dude. they get it.
and they are a mere 7 years away from voting. that should scare the shit out of gun proponents and NRA supporters.
@Johnny Sack is doing it right, by soliciting ideas and being part of the discussion. use your current seat at the table to try and effect change, or else you won't have a seat at the table at all.
for me, i find it curious that my right to drive my car is far more onerous an an annual basis than my right to own a handgun and a shotgun. just because a right is enshrined in the constitution does not mean it is required to be free of regulation.
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20 minutes ago, sachick said:
And then what? The Republican stooges in congress will suddenly grow a spine and say he's gone too far?
they'll be very concerned or troubled.
kind of like how the nation is about school shootings.
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Just now, riloh05 said:
performance is hard to measure from classroom to classroom. example- in a health class i taught i had a kid going to Harvard and one or 3 that are serving time. i taught health, by no means should my pay be equal or more than an algebra teacher.
well, it is and it isn't. the principal should be aware of the students, and those that can be problematic. it's similar to how people can be measured in the private sector based on their different circumstances.
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12 minutes ago, riloh05 said:
Those numbers do not state anything about 10 years.
do you have a specific example of an aisd teacher that has been teaching in the district for 37 years making less than 48k? or is that you taking the lowest salary- someone who hasnt taken or passed their teaching exam ( i think you have 2 to 3 years to complete). so taking the lowest starting salary and adding on 19k isnt accurate. the salary jumps once you are a certified teacher, but facts you know.
i think firefighters are slotted correctly. they are capable of saving lives (part of the job), specialized training, deal with life/death, and and other difficulties...when they are called to work it may be a little bit more difficult than pass or fail.
no, i think we may have crossed wires. 10 year AISD teachers make ~$50k. i think that should be closer to $65k. i think anyone who makes it in that career to 20 years should be making more than $54.6k. i also think that teachers' performance should be closely monitored by their current principals, and that they should be easier to fire, in general. but i think raising the pay would raise the talent pool and make accountability more focused. but a ~9% pay increase over a decade of time is fucking ridiculous. that's a 0.88% CAGR.
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11 minutes ago, riloh05 said:
go on about demonstrably false...
How much does a Public School Teacher in Houston, TX make? The median annual Public School Teacher salary in Houston, TX is $56,017, as of April 29, 2018, with a range usually between $48,903-$64,669 not including bonus and benefit information and other factors that impact base pay.
the $48,903 divided by 200 teacher work days comes to $244 a day. take that into a private sector employee that works 250-260 days= $63k. a teacher is contracted for 187 days, there are 250-260 working days in the private sector.
you quoted a post that stated a ten year teacher should make $65k a year. that would be in take home pay per school year. that you want to play funny games with the math/day is telling. i go back to my firefighter comparison. they are at $65k/year in year THREE. it takes an AISD teacher 37 years to reach that salary. and firefighters work ~120 days per year.
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8 minutes ago, riloh05 said:
That is where they are slotted currently per year, if not more.
This is demonstrably false.
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1 hour ago, Fozzz said:
I first posted a tweet thread but then I noticed Hayden's admonishment, so he's really the one to blame here.
ha, it wasn't meant to eliminate posting tweet threads. it was more a criticism of that use of twitter.
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man, twitter thread posts really underline what a shitty platform it is for real ideas. just write up a goddamn article, screenshot it, and post that.
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29 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:
Just for clarity's sake. David McAtee, the General Counsel of ATT, did not arrange with Cohen. Someone else did. Someone whose job it was to be a dirty motherfucker. McAtee is by all accounts a good guy and a straight shooter, but the GC of most Fortune 500 companies spends a fair amount of his time holding his/her nose, or they turn into Karen Crowder. I'm not suggesting he has turned into Karen Crowder.
Legal can't help if legal isn't asked and in my experience, if legal is asked, the answer is generally no.
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3 hours ago, kevwun said:
Congrats, you found 2. Refuse to give an inch on new gun laws. Don't be surprised when one day in the future the Democrats take a mile and you'll have no say in the matter. We'll be lucky to still be able to go deer hunting in 20 years thanks to the NRA.
this is the state of affairs. my 11 year old fifth grader's class was tasked with championing a cause at school. my son's group chose gun violence. they were advocating for responsible gun ownership, the banning of high capacity magazines, gun registration, background checks, among other things.
my son had a drawing of a handgun under which it says "you can own this!" and then a drawing of an AR under which it said "but you don't need THIS!"
the kids presented in a free form sort of conference style way, in which us parents could go from table to table and listen to their presentations. it was all remarkably adult. we did this today.
part of the presentation, one of the kids (not my son), stated "we chose this topic because we don't want to be afraid of our school getting shot up." i got a bit of a lump in my throat. this is on the minds of elementary school kids, yall. they did up an amazing video presenting their solutions.
and the thing is, my son loves guns and the idea of guns, to the point where i've been concerned in the past that i'm being too permissive with the airsoft guns, etc.
but at the end of the presentation, there was an ominous line for gun owners. "because this keeps happening we need sensible solutions now. because otherwise, then we'll have to think about banning all guns."
out of the mouths of fifth graders, dude. they get it.
and they are a mere 7 years away from voting. that should scare the shit out of gun proponents and NRA supporters.
@Johnny Sack is doing it right, by soliciting ideas and being part of the discussion. use your current seat at the table to try and effect change, or else you won't have a seat at the table at all.
for me, i find it curious that my right to drive my car is far more onerous an an annual basis than my right to own a handgun and a shotgun. just because a right is enshrined in the constitution does not mean it is required to be free of regulation.
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I think making mug shots public before conviction is terrible. It can ruin people's lives who have actually done nothing wrong.
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10 hours ago, TahoeHorn said:
I've never seen him get stupid before. He's really bright and he is probably one of the few people in Congress who studies the stuff he's supposed to know. I'll bet big time that he got confused by some things he read. I'll keep your offer in mind but I can't believe he won't figure out very quickly, ten times over, how he screwed up. The problem will be how to walk it back. He'll want people to forget it.
dude. Come on. It's obvious this isn't getting stupid. This is blatant pandering to your donut crowd. And you know that.
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1 hour ago, Bozo_Casanova said:
This reminds me of one of my very favorite quotations of my Kurt Vonnegut:
“The visitor from outer space made a gift to the Earth of a new Gospel. In it, Jesus really was a nobody, and a pain in the neck to a lot of people with better connections than he had. He still got to say all the lovely and puzzling things he said in the other Gospels.
So the people amused themselves one day by nailing him to a cross and planting the cross in the ground. There couldn’t possibly be any repercussions, the lynchers thought. The reader would have to think that, too, since the new Gospel hammered home again and again what a nobody Jesus was.
And then, just before the nobody died, the heavens opened up, and there was thunder and lightning. The voice of God came crashing down. He told the people that he was adopting the bum as his son, giving him the full powers and privileges of The Son of the Creator of the Universe throughout all eternity. God said this: From this moment on, He will punish horribly anybody who torments a bum who has no connections”
Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkThis reminds me of one of my very favorite quotations from kurt Vonnegut:
"He had a tremendous wang, incidentally. You never know who'll get one."
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16 minutes ago, NotActuallyALonghorn said:
They are not exempt, so kinda a different story. You sorta have to pay them for every hour they are on the clock.
here is the AFD pay scale:
QuotePay Scale: Download the 2017-2018 pay scale
- FF Cadet (1-6 months) $2,851/month
- Probationary FF (7-12 months) $4,339/month
- After 12 months $56,588/year
- After two years $61,402/year
- After three years $67,021/year
it would take an AISD teacher 37 years to get to what a firefighter gets in 3 years on the job.
and firefighters also get a tremendous amount of overtime pay, which teachers do not receive. and they work 10 days out of every month.
now, i realize the service they perform as first responders and the danger inherent in their jobs (and the shit they have to see), but the disparity between the two situations is striking to me, as both are civil servants.
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when that's all you got...
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$50k salary in austin will really attract the best and brightest, lol
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1 minute ago, Rex Kramer said:
Hayden is of the opinion - like many people - that Christians cannot be hypocrites. When in reality everyone on the planet is a hypocrite.
actually, no, that's not the case. i have myself told someone to fuck their own face. i love the turn of phrase and the imagery invoked. i just found it pretty goddamn funny that you choose to hold yourself out as evangelical, sort of, and then go straight into the ugly language in a thread about christianity. it's not like we were discussing something like buechele vs ehlinger, where it can get a bit rowdy.
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On 5/15/2018 at 8:12 PM, tchookem said:
I'm not trying to argue that teachers don't have more time off than other professions, but it always surprises me when I'm on my Christmas break and my private sector relatives have just as many days off as me.
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let's take a look at firefighter salaries in comparison here. they work one-third of the time AT MOST. it's a tough job, but i don't see any public pushback to their unions pushing for more benefits or salary. but teachers ask for a little consideration and out comes the condescension. i wonder why that is?
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On 5/15/2018 at 9:50 PM, Rex Kramer said:
Why don’t you fuck your own face.
ladies and gentlemen, this man is a christian!
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51 minutes ago, Pig Bellmont said:
I’ve got a feeling these missing SARs will be a bigger scandal than Watergate.
Unrelated, I’m at a conference with some counsel from Novartis... given their GC’s resignation yesterday, let’s just say it’s a little awkward
you should spproach. "hey, for a cool $150k, i can inform your company about what a corrupt nutter the president is...that's way below market, right?"
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3 hours ago, Al Bundy's Napoleon Hand said:
"Oh! THAT payment..."
cross posting for relevance:
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somebody finally told him that his wife had surgery.
that is clearly not a trump tweet.
The West's huge migrant crisis
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from your article:
keep hoping for terrorism, though.