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I see both of your points and I can see how teachers would feel that way. I guess maybe I just don't see it because it is not typical of me to be in teacher threads. This week is not typical for me on the DIS. I don't really have much to complain about and I appreciate and respect teachers...

Well, I am paying their company, not them and I assume they are not getting paid that much so I just wondered if a tip would be appropriate. Apparently not according to this thread.:lmao: That is why I like the DIS.

We are having a new roof put on and I was wondering, do we tip them when they are done? We have never had a roof put on before so I have no idea on this one.

I am not going to continue to go over this with you. You know that once again your not giving the facts of the issue, You are making things up to suit your argument and it is getting really old. If you cannot read and comprehend what my issue is with the asesment, I don't know what to do for you.

I have never seen a profession say "if spend you a week (day, hours) in my class you would know how hard I have it", "you would never make it a day doing what I do" all things along these lines more than I see teachers say it. That is what I mean by acting godlike. There are tons of...

I use the sharpie pens as well. They don't smear nearly as much as others. Those gel ones are the worst! But honestly, this is just one of the things that lefties just have to deal with all their lives. When I found the notebooks with the spirals on the top, I thought I had died and gone to...

The office staff would be the ones to send that stuff out, not the teacher. In fact, the sheet I got said that my son might not even be reading with his actual teacher, it might be someone else. So I am pretty sure that his teacher did not do the sending out since she is not even reading with...

I talked to my secretary sister and she said that it is very rare for any of her teachers to do anything like this testing without pay. She said most likely they are either on contract or getting paid extra time to do it, they are not doing it for free. I tend to agree with her but again, I...

My son had one in his K class and it was great. She was really sweet and the kids loved her. The only bad thing was she was only there for a couple of months and then moved on. I think that was hard on the kids because they really cared for her and then she was just gone. But I do know that she...

We can't start before Labor Day either but I know that teachers go in earlier than that to start getting their rooms ready and stuff. I have several teachers in my family (not in my district) I will ask them if they are getting paid for that time. I know that my sister is a secretary at a school...

No we have not and I honestly don't know. But a friend of my sons mon said she went for hers yesterday and it seemed as if all the teachers and administrators where there, so I am betting they are not there on "non-contracted time". She stopped to see his old K teacher who was there as well as...

:worship::worship::worship::worship: THANK-YOU!

Of course you don't.:rolleyes: They are all over the place and in fact, there are several right here on the DIS. You just choose not to see it, and that is your right. But it does exist.

I think we can ALL agree that there are always those parents who are a little wacky.;) They are wacky in everything they do and god help you if your kid is on their kids sports team.:lmao:

I don't disagree that this happens. But they are not showing up are your doorstep of your home, they are showing up at school. Does not make it right, but there is a difference in what you are saying and what the PP said.

I think your job is a whole different beast than most and you should be commended for your efforts. I cannot image doing that and it really does take a special kind of person to do what you do. I think what makes a lot of people so angry is that *some* teachers have this aire about them and...

:lmao:Really? I think this is a bit dramatic. Do you really think that hoards of parents would show up on a teacher doorstep because of something like that? I just have this hilarious picture in my mind of parents marching down the street of the teacher with pitchforks and torches screaming they...

It might be, but it also just might be how the stops are set up. A lot of the kids on our street get picked up at their homes, mine will walk up the street about 4 houses because that is where the bus stops. But your right, it may be because of the "issue" that was raised last year. :confused3...

I am sorry but, is this a joke? Your talking about a high school student here, not a little kid. I am quite certain he knows how to walk down the street without getting hit by a car. I hope you did not tell him that you called the school because I would be MORTIFIED if my mother did that to me...

2% is a heck of a lot more than some people have gotten over the last 3 years total. Most people have been getting 0% pay bump over the last few years and more so than not, they have been taking pay cuts.