tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313795221042048302.post8019127594574514285..comments2023-05-22T07:43:33.043-06:00Comments on www.srossi.net: Five and a half days.Max Sartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07271198231897203659noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313795221042048302.post-41069488530064998822009-03-14T21:27:00.000-06:002009-03-14T21:27:00.000-06:00Well my hours weren't cut they have been extended....Well my hours weren't cut they have been extended. But when one works a salary position this is not a good thing.<BR/><BR/>Basic calculations have become a dwindling skill but it has both its pros and cons.<BR/><BR/>I actually got talked to last year at work about my going home 'early'. I come in about 6am and leave about 3 pm and don't take a lunch. I get talked to by a supervisor who would show up about 10 am with most of the crew and they once had to stay until 5:30, they of course didn't miss out on their hour and a half lunch.<BR/><BR/>To be truthful I don't know if this was a calculation problem on my bosses part or a lame attempt to divert attention away from the fact the work wasn't getting done.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand poor calculation skills can be a wonderful thing. I'll be in Mazatlan next week using my remaining week of vacation. I used my remaining vacation time last month but why point this out, I get an extra vacation out of it.jmpnmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00629635814391895986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313795221042048302.post-16755720506156744312009-03-14T19:36:00.000-06:002009-03-14T19:36:00.000-06:00Yeah, we got a similar little talk on Friday. I p...Yeah, we got a similar little talk on Friday. I pointed out that it was a pity we didn't get to choose which days we didn't work.... Quite frankly, I'd take off all parent-teacher conferences and the day before Christmas break.<BR/>There wasn't too much moaning and groaning about it for us. Quite frankly, we all figured it'd come to that. And no one was too surprised that our bonus money for this year was gone, too. In fact, when we started our projects last August, most of us figured we'd never get paid for them.<BR/>Heck, I already put in hours and hour more than I get paid for (due to academic team, mostly.) Not much difference.<BR/><BR/>My high school choir teacher, Anne Applegate (who was later a Utah State Teacher Of The Year), had a sign on the wall of her room that read:<BR/>We, the willing, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much with so little for so long that we are now fully qualified to do anything with nothing. <BR/>I think it sums up teaching quite well.A Paperback Writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10155962941590663738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313795221042048302.post-70670636279003104422009-03-14T06:49:00.000-06:002009-03-14T06:49:00.000-06:00------------------------------------Your Conscienc...------------------------------------<BR/>Your Conscience supposes this will continue. Teachers will be expected to work for free (which they probably do anyway with grading tests in their spare time and all)until they quit working. Some might apply term "efficiency" to the situation. When Your Conscience's hours were cut it did not get more efficient, rather our hero simply continued on in it's way and stopped at a more early hour. Fuck 'em...<BR/><BR/>It seems to leave you in a dilemma. Do you not prepare, as you're not being paid, or do you settle for sucking at your job (and, depending on your ideals, cheating the kids and contributing to the problem) and thinking it serves them right. How you answer that is clearly up to you. But if our apparent direction is any indication, this state, NAY, Your Conscience assumes the nation as a whole is suffering. We deserve it... Just yesterday Your Conscience was at a local merchant and watched a woman argue with the register jockey as to why she got three cents less in change. After all, it was $5.83 and she gave $6.00. Shouldn't she get twenty cents back? She could not grasp the idea of simple math. Seriously...<BR/><BR/>Your Conscience tends to calculate change in its head and compare it with the register's calculation. That appears to be a dwindling skill. Thankfully we know how that single mom from Sandy is doing on "American Idol"... <BR/><BR/>Hopefully you don't have any kids. One of the questions Your Conscience asks people is if they would like to be their kids when their kids are their age. It seems to Your Conscience to be a good assessment of a person's optimism. There was a time when one would answer the question saying they don't want to be their kids, rather they want to be their grandkids, the future possibilities seemed so endless. In all the people You Conscience has asked (maybe a half dozen or so) nobody, even those with kids, has responded with "yes".Nobody. It's quite telling...<BR/><BR/>As a whole, the U.S. seems to be heading toward a third world structure. We have gone from the largest importer of raw materials and the largest producer of finished goods to the opposite: importing finished goods and exporting raw materials. This is a third world strategy and people know it -- or at least they will in the near future...<BR/>---------------------------------Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com