TOS? Excuse me? Can you point me to a Terms of Service? you can't. Why? Because there isn't one. We have a terms of Use. Why? Because we are not providing a service- we are simply letting you use this site. We don't have to be fair. Everything is upheld by discretion of the admins. You are exc
See, here is where you don't have a clue. There is a *huge* difference between arguing and debating. You can't debate- all you do is argue. Debating is fine- arguing is not. Debating is having a discussion back and forth about a topic. Arguing is pretty much pulling out all stops. Id beg to differ
Right, there was an explanation page..but I wasn't able to even access the forums until a couple of days ago. I couldnt get to my blog, or that of anyone else I had bookmarked. Sure, I suppose one could try and navigate through the forums, which is like trying to drive a brick. At least LW had the balls to pack up and
lol wow... Haven't you said on many occasions you were leaving? Look on the bright side, every single person that was attracted to this site left when you shut the site down last week for your paying customers.
I doubt very much that you will be able to convince them that you are required to wear very distinctive clothing for teaching. Lol, darn. Thanks for the info though.
Hmm, thanks for the reply. As far as medical bills, that 'more than 7%' means just what i paid, not what the insurance company paid, correct? I know I paid a couple of hundred at least in co-pays and the like. For clothing...I thought I could get it taken off. I guess i havent looked closely into the publications....at all, lol. A guy I work with gets his cell phone taken off because the school he is a custodian for doesnt take ca
So, last year was the first year i did my taxes on my own. I ended up going online and using Turbo Tax and it worked out pretty slick and i got my refund pretty quickly. This year, I am using them again and paying a little more so I can get some more options or something. I think Im just going to see what I can get back, and then go to H&R Block or somewhere else t
ours is a duck wrapped in arms. Not sure what that would look like.
It also seems odd that He would have waited 1500 years for it to get put together, and hundreds more to trickle down to all the less-fortunate people outside Europe. I didn't know that God was on a time schedule. <TABLE cellpadding=8 width="95%" align=center bgColor=#FFF394 class="mb-Body
Good article. I think Christians argue with each other because they see their side as the right side...or better side or whatever. I used to be a Catholic and Lutheran and now Im Pentacostal and I see myself in a much better spot spiritually than I was previously. So, in my arguments, I point out the faults that I see. One of the things that I notice is that I get into arguments with people over the Bible from time to time. The
TW, Thanks for your reply. I know what you are talking about, and I understand and agree with it completely. It seems to me from various postings of yours that you spend a lot of time arguing with the kids in your charge. I think that's a VERY bad idea. Antagonizing already faltering children is not going to do anythi
We live in a society where adults feel they are owed something. Remember Hurricane Katrina? In fact, your very job (not running you down, ziggy, you're simply doing what the school district pays you to do) validates the concept. Why aren't these students kicked out to the streets if they don't want to learn?It may sound harsh, bu
maybe...I dunno. I guess I don't remember my generation standing out so much. Now that Im watching a younger generation that it seems they are more rebellious.
Working my ISS job, I see students on a day to day basis from all walks of life. Some are students that never get in trouble and get caught saying something dumb or whatever. Others are students that seem to get in trouble all the time just to be defiant. Lately, I've been seeing more students in there that are the kind of people that like to just argue.
I agree. I think schools are in a hard situation when it comes to stuff like this. High schools deal with students in that teenage period in life when the teen has a sense to define themselves and do what they want, what they want...etc...for Them. A teacher trying to keep them on track by taking away things that the teen deems necessary only serves to fuel the fire to break the rules even more to try and be more independant. The problem lies in th
When I was younger, I attended a Catholic parochial school from K-6. We knew what was appropriate to bring and not to bring to school. One of my teachers had a drawer in her desk...called her June Drawer. The drawer was simple. Bring something to school, she put it in her drawer until June when school got out. Then you could get it back. Working
Thanks everyone for your suggestions. Lots of new stuff to try next time we get some steaks. Usually, we buy some small cheapy steaks...but I had a hankering for a Ziggy sized steak the other day and bought a Tbone. I look forward to experimenting!
Take your steak and get a nice, heavy, lidded skillet really, really hot. Brown both sides for a couple of minutes hmm, sounds interesting...but how I do this without burning it? <TD class="mb-Body-Quo
Well its simple. I love to cook and I am the chef in the family of Marcie and I. But, of all the things I CAN do, I can't cook a steak. Well I suppose there are many ways to cook a steak: in the pan, George Foreman grill, oven, outdoor grill...etc. I haven't experimented enough to figure out the 'best way' to cook a steak. When I was a teen, I loved exp
I think you did really well handling your first "war" with a teenager. I'm terrified of teenagers. I'm hoping that when I become a parent that pre-teen experience will help us pull through the teenage years. I think you and D are really good about picking your battles. And I think you used reasoning with her that really made sense and you actually made her kinda excited about something she was previously detesting. Not bad. Not bad at all
Also, carelessly making messes just because you know you won't have to clean them up isn't nice at all. Im a firm believer in discipline and its effectiveness. We have laws that prevent us from smacking some sense into kids (because some parents dont....but Ill save that for another thread)....but I th
But then, intellectually, I realize that if I did make more money, the Democrats would just conspire to find ways to take it away from me, anyway. Ahh, so all the money issues in the Good ol USA are because of the Dems................? Lets see...I work in the education field making less than most peop
I dont think anyone is ready for college when they enter it. I myself went to a college that specialized in a few degrees only. I got a degree in Radio and TV broadcasting. While it was a college and had many of the elements of one....it wasnt like a regular community college or 4 year university. After graduating, I went back for a degree in education and had to go through my local community college before I transfered. The community co
I wouldn't have even debated the issue with the student. Respect for authority and all that. I wouldn't have let him leave without picking up his mess. No argument or debate over whose responsibility it is. Do it and you can leave. Don't do it and you can stay and we can look at each other until you get bored enough to pick up yo
So here I am in my room at school, watching over the kids who can't seem to control themselves. They make a mess of this room and from time to time, leave a mess for the custodian to clean up. Just today, I had a student who left decent sized pile of pencil pieces on the floor. He refused to pick it up. I told him its not the custodians job to pick up his crap. <
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