Alarming News: I like Morgan Freeberg. A lot.
American Digest: And I like this from "The Blog That Nobody Reads", because it is -- mostly -- about me. What can I say? I'm on an ego trip today. It won't last.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: We were following a trackback and thinking "hmmm... this is a bloody excellent post!", and then we realized that it was just part III of, well, three...Damn. I wish I'd written those.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: ...I just remembered that I found a new blog a short while ago, House of Eratosthenes, that I really like. I like his common sense approach and his curiosity when it comes to why people believe what they believe rather than just what they believe.
Brutally Honest: Morgan Freeberg is brilliant.
Dr. Melissa Clouthier: Morgan Freeberg at House of Eratosthenes (pftthats a mouthful) honors big boned women in skimpy clothing. The picture there is priceless--keep scrolling down.
Exile in Portales: Via Gerard: Morgan Freeberg, a guy with a lot to say. And he speaks The Truth...and it's fascinating stuff. Worth a read, or three. Or six.
Just Muttering: Two nice pieces at House of Eratosthenes, one about a perhaps unintended effect of the Enron mess, and one on the Gore-y environ-movie.
Mein Blogovault: Make "the Blog that No One Reads" one of your daily reads.
The Virginian: I know this post will offend some people, but the author makes some good points.
Poetic Justice: Cletus! Ah gots a laiv one fer yew...
Wonder if it was an infiltrator?
It’s a good thing this teacher, Terry Hoffman, is retiring. She’s a language teacher, but apparently she can’t even teach her students simple grammar. Maybe if she spent more time educating her students, and less time planning protests, they wouldn’t be confusing “our” and “are”.
Ah, but don’t go gettin’ mad just yet:
It seems like common sense, but people always tend to think that teachers are so poorly paid, and work so hard, and are just downtrodden and unappreciated. It would appear that this is a myth.
The key finding from the Manhattan Institute’s study seems to back that up.
When considering teacher pay, policymakers should be aware that public school teachers, on average, are paid 36% more per-hour than the average white-collar worker and 11% more than the average professional specialty and technical worker. They should be aware that the higher relative pay for public school teachers exists in almost every metro area for which data are available. Finally, they should be aware that paying public school teachers more does not appear to be associated with higher student achievement.
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In related news: the local school board ended the teachers strike by sweetening the pot for teachers’ health care: http://www.ocregister.com/news/teachers-245843-school-students.html
In related, related news, Northrop-Grumman is relocating from Cali. to Virginia, taking a WHOLE LOT of high paying jobs with them: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/04/27/financial/f074603D00.DTL&type=business
I’m sitting at my desk, doing a facepalm right now. It’s pretty much decided that we’re leaving Cali @ some point in the future. I hope I can get my kid out of the house and on her way before we do.
- HoundOfDoom | 04/27/2010 @ 08:57I’d like to get out of this state myself, if only to escape the draconian gun laws. (The other stuff is just icing on the cake.) I’m getting a little tired of being treated like a potential criminal just because I choose to hunt and target shoot…and if necessary, defend my family.
- cylarz | 04/27/2010 @ 23:57