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Larry T. Spider

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  1. I completely agree. The only thing I might change is to add some media appearances in order to drive people to his local events. You have to have some star power to get people in large numbers.
  2. I’ve paid for the real stuff. It sucks.
  3. I don’t have a lot of money to give to politics so I’ve started only giving to local Texas races where my money would make a difference. Suburban Texas house races are a great place to start for people that want to get into this and feel like they are making an impact. Bucy, a Democrat, won my district which is made up of western round rock and cedar park. He’s been in the legislature fighting hard for education in his first term. The house could look very different in a few cycles if we get more people like him in there.
  4. That’s a nice way of saying student consequences are confidential and I don’t want to lose my job, especially if that student was in special education. I have parents hitting me up all the time to know what ever happened to this or that kid. I can’t say shit. Edit to ask if you a parent or teacher. I would tell a teacher that has an educational interest in the student.
  5. Do expunged records typically show up in a background check? Also, wasn’t he acquitted? I always check social media on my hires but most are locked down, as they should be.
  6. What part of Florida is Pennsylvania in?
  7. Ribs were good when I went. Been a few years though.
  8. Different reason for each person. Child respond better to males, no father figure at home, mom thinks he’s hot, etc. In general, men at elementary schools run fun, engaging classes and the kids beg to be in them. They are more likely to go play sports with the kids at recess and are just more noticeable as a minority. When I was a teacher I was on a grade level with another man for exactly one year. Pay just doesn’t cut it or more guys might be interested.
  9. It will always depend on qualifications and interviews but I’m doing all I can to hire one or two more men at my elementary school for next year. I only have a couple and they are always highly requested by parents and are amazing educators.
  10. I don’t know the answers to a lot of those but I do know driver retention is a big issue. They advertise “life changing money” but it’s really more of a grind. There are a lot of costs involved and the drivers now get about 80 cents a mile or less depending on the city. Hard for them to really cut that any more considering it started around $2 a mile. They still have enough drivers but I will say quality has suffered. Seems like they are just trying to get by until they can use self driving cars. Next time you are in an uber ask the guy how long he has been driving. Usually you will get 6 months or less. Not necessarily a problem as long as they can keep finding replacements.
  11. If you aren’t scared of small enclosed spaces, get a ticket to go to the top of city hall in philly. Some ransom security guard will take you up what is basically a freight elevator but the views are incredible. It’s right next to reading market.
  12. There’s a politics thread for anybody that wants to go that route with it.
  13. The laws are stupid, the comments about how brits are living in fear of violence are just as stupid.
  14. I got called a pussy by the Bernie people on here for “caring about shit talking on twitter” about a month ago. I’ve given up on them having any sense of decency during this primary, especially if he gets behind. I truly hope that most will get in line with the eventual nominee like BT.
  15. Maybe we shouldn’t talk too much shit?
  16. It’s a thread of unpopular opinions not blasphemous bullshit like this. GTFO.
  17. Deviled eggs are nasty as fuck.
  18. That was going to be my contribution. Absolutely terrible.
  19. Does that mean he’s winning on this thread?
  20. When I enrolled in good old Texas state in 2003 there were 22k students (I think). It has 39k now and is running out of room to grow at the same pace. My understanding is that Utsa, UH, and others have had a similar run over the last two decades. When these schools can’t or won’t grow anymore, their academic standards will become more stringent the same way UTs did. We are in a weird time of change where these schools can pick up a lot of the overflow but Texas will continue to grow and they will fill up. Aggy will end up with 90k students because their mission goes beyond academics. They want to have the biggest school, biggest alumni pool, biggest stadium, and 5 million maroon pickups in Texas to outnumber you brainiac tea sippers.
  21. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2019-01-09/study-older-people-are-more-susceptible-to-fake-news-more-likely-to-share-it%3fcontext=amp
  22. They have done studies that I’m to lazy to find that show it’s the olds. Their ability to detect BS in an online format is much lower than with people in their 20s.
  23. Nailed it. SE will be the next AISD HS. It’s growing rapidly and Akins is already full.
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