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Catty. Chatty. And Occasionally Trashy.

Mar 30
The Value of Education. Approximately 38 Cents per Hour

The House voted yesterday to take away the teacher incentive they agreed to last year and instead propose an $800 pay raise. Whoop dee shit. That's a whopping 38 cent per hour increase. Eight hundred dollars is one night's stay at the Four Seasons with dinner, drinks and breakfast. Excluding the obligatory hooker!

Texas, dead last in book smarts and commitment to education. When you've got people that barely have a sixth grade education in the legislature what do you expect? They do not value public education, school teachers, or students.

PinkDome at 7:17 AM
 
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Sixth grade education -- sounds like a blogger who can't spell. Right, pinkdick?

Potshot at March 30, 2007 8:48 AM

My wife has taught elementary school for over 30 years so you know she is a pretty tough lady as we say in Texas. Hey we can

Anthony at March 30, 2007 10:34 AM

Well said.

Triangulation of Death at March 30, 2007 2:57 PM

We don't need no booklearnin! We got Gsus!

PanzerDSS at April 1, 2007 1:44 PM

My wife and I are both teachers. She's a biology teacher and I'm a govt/eco teacher. If this passes, we'll actually make less money combined next year than we were scheduled to make. She would have received $2,000 in incentives as a science teacher. Now, between the two of us, we'll receive $1,600 in "new" money, a net loss of $400. I'm not against getting a pay raise, but by cutting incentives, we actually are giving thousands of teachers a pay decrease next year.

Cody at April 1, 2007 6:42 PM
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