Schools out in Chicago - Page 2

Blood_splat · 09-11-12, 11:59 AM

Republicans would want to privatize all public schools and make students spend 300 dollars a month on lunches.

AVGWarhawk · 09-11-12, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Blood_splat

Republicans would want to privatize all public schools and make students spend 300 dollars a month on lunches.

We can find this in writing?

Ducimus · 09-11-12, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by nikimcbee

sign, You're thinking of a blue collar union. This is the white collar public union.

Yeah your right, I was thinking blue collar. Honestly I feel my roots are in the blue collar world. While growing up, my Dad was in the United Steel Workers Union for as long as i could remember. (that membership stopped when he became a Foreman, now he's a "company man".

). I was in a couple of unions myself. The Teamsters when i was a loader working on a loading dock and Retail Clerks as a box boy, and stocker.

All three of those jobs sucked by the way. They worked your ass off. Always moving, always on your feet. Even though i disliked paying union dues out of my already small paycheck, I walked away from it feeling if it wasn't for the unions, i would have had what piddly time for breaks and lunch i did have. One 10 min break and a 20 min lunch or something like that.

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You can laugh all you want, it's Chicago; they're known for their corruption.

Yeah, you have a point there. I forgot about that.

Chicago's Posterboy.

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The entire demonization of teachers was among the primary reasons that I, a one-time right wing idealogue, began to feel alienation from the Republican Party.
... (poster)
And the anti-intellectualism of the Republican Party is staunchly critical of anyone that has too much "learnin'", which is exactly why their disdain does not stop with K-12 education.

The sterotype seems to be that all teachers are liberal hippies. Particuarly college professors.

Takeda Shingen · 09-11-12, 12:07 PM

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The sterotype seems to be that all teachers are liberal hippies. Particuarly college professors.

Tell me about it. Oh the names I have been called, and always by people that I don't know or have any connection to.

Hottentot · 09-11-12, 12:12 PM

I'm a socialist. It says so in my "location", so it must be true.

Takeda Shingen · 09-11-12, 12:17 PM

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I'm a socialist. It says so in my "location", so it must be true.

Yeah, well you socialists also have the best performing schools in the world.

http://www.businessinsider.com/finla...l-2011-12?op=1

Hottentot · 09-11-12, 12:23 PM

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Yeah, well you socialists also have the best performing schools in the world.

It's not like they'd let us ever forget it.

But sure, being a product of that system, I don't have many complaints. Some things could be improved, but having discussed the school systems of various countries with many exchange students, I see many things could be worse too. And I have yet to meet an exchange student who wouldn't praise our school (even if they hate absolutely everything else in Finland, the school is something they always like.)

Edit: Oh, and for the record, that article has quite a list of BS claims too.

Ducimus · 09-11-12, 12:26 PM

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Tell me about it. Oh the names I have been called, and always by people that I don't know or have any connection to.

If I was to make a guess, I'd say that Stereotype has it's roots in the 60's and the Vietnam war, and has persisted to this day.

August · 09-11-12, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Blood_splat

Republicans would want to privatize all public schools and make students spend 300 dollars a month on lunches.

We can find this in writing?

Democratic National Committee Secret Handbook. Right above the section that details the ebil GoP's plans for flipping over innocent peoples garbage cans on nights with a full moon.

AVGWarhawk · 09-11-12, 12:45 PM

I notice a preponderance of the word "stereotype" thrown around a lot in this thread and others. Sometimes it is not written directly but inferred. Broad statements are mainstay in some cases. There is a general theme and it usually involves Yubba.

nikimcbee · 09-11-12, 12:52 PM

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Yeah your right, I was thinking blue collar. Honestly I feel my roots are in the blue collar world. While growing up, my Dad was in the United Steel Workers Union for as long as i could remember. (that membership stopped when he became a Foreman, now he's a "company man".

). I was in a couple of unions myself. The Teamsters when i was a loader working on a loading dock and Retail Clerks as a box boy, and stocker.

All three of those jobs sucked by the way. They worked your ass off. Always moving, always on your feet. Even though i disliked paying union dues out of my already small paycheck, I walked away from it feeling if it wasn't for the unions, i would have had what piddly time for breaks and lunch i did have. One 10 min break and a 20 min lunch or something like that.

Yeah, you have a point there. I forgot about that.

Chicago's Posterboy.

The sterotype seems to be that all teachers are liberal hippies. Particuarly college professors.

You're okay Duci, I knew we were on the same page. People here don't seperate the gov't (white collar) unions Vs the the blue collar ones.

bah, too busy to post more.

Ducimus · 09-11-12, 01:09 PM

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I notice a preponderance of the word "stereotype" thrown around a lot in this thread and others. Sometimes it is not written directly but inferred. Broad statements are mainstay in some cases. There is a general theme and it usually involves Yubba.

It's my personal opinion that while we all paint with a wide brush from time to time, Yubba's brush is the widest, and most consistently used.

AVGWarhawk · 09-11-12, 01:12 PM

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It's my personal opinion that while we all paint with a wide brush from time to time, Yubba's brush is the widest, and most consistently used.

Consistency is admirable. His broad sweeps attract much attention. Generate much discussion.

Sailor Steve · 09-11-12, 01:19 PM

Of course teachers are overpaid. They make more than I do, don't they?

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...Shel Sliverstien, who wrote 25 Minutes to Go for Johnny Cash...

Not to mention A Boy Named Sue.

Ducimus · 09-11-12, 01:33 PM

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Consistency is admirable.

Not necessarily. One can be consistently: off, wrong, or incorrect; depending on the context.

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His broad sweeps attract much attention.

Only because they are so outlandish and defy belief.

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Generate much discussion.

Should they? Im a bit torn on this. On one hand, he's our village idiot, and livens the place up. On the other hand, the attention his threads generate only encourages the posting of more

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Hottentot Sea Lord Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: My private socialist utopia of Finland Posts: 1,918 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	I'm a socialist. It says so in my "location", so it must be true. __________________ Хотели как лучше, а получилось как всегда.

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AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,298 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I notice a preponderance of the word "stereotype" thrown around a lot in this thread and others. Sometimes it is not written directly but inferred. Broad statements are mainstay in some cases. There is a general theme and it usually involves Yubba. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

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