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I'm also thinking sleeping during the day is getting in the way of a couple projects that need doing and I wish I had some pills to knock me the f out, at a reasonable hour. The pain killers are way too hit or miss, on the sleep thing. Valerian root keeps me awake. Unfortunately, lying in bed, in total darkness, for 4 or 5 hours, isn't 'sleep'.
*le sigh*
"Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it." - Ayn Rand
"Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth." - Marcus Aurelius
"The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice." - Mark Twain
"The only gossip I'm interested in is things from the Weekly World News - 'Woman's bra bursts, 11 injured'. That kind of thing." - Johnny Depp
I'm also thinking sleeping during the day is getting in the way of a couple projects that need doing and I wish I had some pills to knock me the f out, at a reasonable hour. The pain killers are way too hit or miss, on the sleep thing. Valerian root keeps me awake. Unfortunately, lying in bed, in total darkness, for 4 or 5 hours, isn't 'sleep'.
*le sigh*
I'm doing an afternoon lazy nap. I find any English documentary on old English royalty is just magically interesting and delightful to snooze to.
Tonight we have parent-teacher conferences from 5pm to 7pm. Because of how badly we (teachers) have been screwed on pay, a bunch of teachers are planning to call in sick.
Not me - I can't afford to get fired, and it makes us look bad to the public.
However, attitudes are really not good here, currently.
A first year teacher, fresh out of college, with student loans and married will earn just about right at the federally declared poverty level (roughly $16,000).
I think I may apply for free or reduced lunches...
Oh yeah... our superintendent makes $203,000 per year.
Every moment of a life is a horrible tragedy, a slapstick comedy, dark nihilism, golden illumination, or nothing at all; depending on how we write the story we tell ourselves.
A first year teacher, fresh out of college, with student loans and married will earn just about right at the federally declared poverty level (roughly $16,000).
I think I may apply for free or reduced lunches...
Oh yeah... our superintendent makes $203,000 per year.
WTF?
A first year teacher here, with a bachelor's degree, in one of the lower paying districts, starts out just shy of 41k (and personally, I think that is too low). The payscale for teachers tops out at 73.5k, plus an extra 2700 for National Board Certification.
Heck they could make more SUBBING here...the daily rate is $60-80 a day, depending on the district, and you can sub in multiple distrcts.
A first year teacher here, with a bachelor's degree, in one of the lower paying districts, starts out just shy of 41k (and personally, I think that is too low). The payscale for teachers tops out at 73.5k, plus an extra 2700 for National Board Certification.
Heck they could make more SUBBING here...the daily rate is $60-80 a day, depending on the district, and you can sub in multiple distrcts.
Don't be surprised to see that changing in the near future...
When I started here, I actually made $27000 the first year - but I was also being paid for my Master's Degree.
Currently, my wife, who works for the horror Walmart, gets more in benefits than I do (except for insurance - which took a huge cut in our last contract), and is quickly catching up with my pay...
Every moment of a life is a horrible tragedy, a slapstick comedy, dark nihilism, golden illumination, or nothing at all; depending on how we write the story we tell ourselves.
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