tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24847601.post3449070741308265438..comments2024-01-11T04:26:33.475-05:00Comments on Drifting Through The Grift: Meh Morning Wootengriftdrifthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04509712527908530572noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24847601.post-37586615171399786602009-07-28T10:06:16.274-04:002009-07-28T10:06:16.274-04:00Teachers are asked to do more and more every year....Teachers are asked to do more and more every year. They take work home, they buy stuff for their job with their own money, they pursue continuing training often at their own expense. They have to stay late when parents don't show up to pick their kids up. They have to be psychologists, nurses, mentors, babysitters, referees, security guards, as well as administrators, artists, janitors, lawyers, and managers. They don't make THAT much money.<br />Besides, as Galloway pointed out, they aren't technically state employees anyway. They work for their local school system.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24847601.post-5089727065349668462009-07-27T23:18:00.517-04:002009-07-27T23:18:00.517-04:00The problem is JT that other state employees have ...The problem is JT that other state employees have taken hits<br /><br />every<br /><br />single<br /><br />time.<br /><br />Now that teachers finally have to throw some skin in the game it's the end of the world?<br /><br />Don't think so.griftdrifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509712527908530572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24847601.post-60241014377100913952009-07-27T23:15:09.940-04:002009-07-27T23:15:09.940-04:00"I'm having a hard time getting worked up..."I'm having a hard time getting worked up over their "plight"."<br /><br />Are you upset over doctors continuing to get paid? Cops? Firemen? <br /><br />Wooten can blame the parents, but he's probably more right than those who essentially consider teachers "non-essential". <br /><br />Money doesn't solve all problems, but it certainly is a big part of what government (we) can provide. The schools aren't going to get much better if we make them conform to Wal-Mart's pay scale.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24847601.post-67705827018225115742009-07-25T22:28:34.731-04:002009-07-25T22:28:34.731-04:00I sometimes suspect that Wooten has a software pro...I sometimes suspect that Wooten has a software program that produces his columns. After a while, they all sort of read the same:<br /><br />New "social ill"/policy issue --> stock response, followed by smary remark, with compliments to Republicans who are supposedly doing their jobs well.<br /><br />At least the new conservative columnist for the AJC can articulate much more complex and consistent arguments. I might not always agree with them, but they are more worth reading that Wooten's tripe.PtonGenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14918245637402554025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24847601.post-57008346273339405672009-07-24T21:22:03.661-04:002009-07-24T21:22:03.661-04:00I'm confused. Sonny & crew gave massive t...I'm confused. Sonny & crew gave massive tax incentives for NCR to relocate here to Georgia from Ohio. So Sonny is doing a faboo job but incentives locally in the Metro area are bad? Which side does Jim want to be on?Blackjackkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01090253745294680120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24847601.post-31185506230872375122009-07-24T16:32:36.316-04:002009-07-24T16:32:36.316-04:00So hundreds of people leave Georgia every year to ...So hundreds of people leave Georgia every year to find jobs in metro Atlanta?Joeventureshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15065739015288268209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24847601.post-80756611018721416212009-07-24T12:16:25.630-04:002009-07-24T12:16:25.630-04:00I love the way he just casually denigrates the abi...I love the way he just casually denigrates the ability of single or unmarried parents to raise a healthy and successful child. Or maybe he's just worried about those black and hispanic unmarried single parents, while white folks do just fine.<br /><br />Something about those two bulletpoints just really stuck in my craw today.Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18339673763054572203noreply@blogger.com