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Steve Bannon warns that women are going to 'take charge of society'

t1nick comments on Nov 4, 2018:

Lets hope so. Us males havent done a very good job thus far.

When someone sees you in person (FWB) and says they've missed you, but.

t1nick comments on Nov 4, 2018:

Not being truthful. Red flag.

Read the whole tweet but read the last sentence slowly. Is that a confession?

t1nick comments on Nov 4, 2018:

Yup, sure does.

Why is teachers pay one of the most undervalued degrees one can receive ?

t1nick comments on Nov 4, 2018:

Historically, teachers were not always required to be trained in teaching pedagogy and methodology. Therefore, often a community that was having difficulty filling a teaching spot (usually due to the criminally low salaries being offered), a school system, panicked at starting the school year short staff. In response they would higher individuals that had some tangentially related experience with the content subject, but not trained in teaching methodologies. Abuses occurred. This changed with Bush's "No child left behind" initiative. Ignoring for the moment the fallacy in the reliance upon standardized testing, what NCLB did do was to force schools to better vet their applicants, and mandated that all schools need hire qualified, certified teaching professionals. No longer would plugging a warm body at the front of the body be allowed. Secondly, NCLB also mandated that teachers, beyond just being certified, must continue to acquire more education. Re-certification required teachers to work towards an advanced degree or certified advanced training at the very least. Teachers have become professionals. Now to address the original question as posed. While the profession has addressed its shortcomings, myths still abound in society. Many parents still view educators as as non-professionals despite the error in this reasoning. Also, special intetests (especially fundamental Christians) object to the fact that their biases arent allowed in the curriculum (e.g. Scientific Creationism - doesn't exist). As such they resent having to pay for something they don't agree with. A growing population in our country that is growing older and nearing retirement age. They still hold on to the old myth of teachers that existed when they were in school. Plus. being retired, they don't want to pay for somebody else's children. They supported education when they had their own children still in school. But do not feel it is their responsibility anymore. Short answer long. Its the continued perpetration of a teacher myth that devalues the field of teaching. People don't want to pay for something they do not agree with or respect. Even if their asdumptions are based on fallacies.

[investors.com] The UN admits that the Paris Climate deal was a fraud

t1nick comments on Nov 4, 2018:

First lets be clear, the report does not say the climate change controversy is a fraud. In fact is asserts that the danger is even more dire than we or the Paris signers feared. His claim that the benchmarks are insufficient to meet the needs to halt the temperature rise. I'm going to speculate here (I might be wrong, but I'm a cynic). Your posting and the way that you introduced it, its possible that you are saying "See. Its all a hoax. Global warming is a fraud." While the message of the Paris Accord was overly optimistic, its benefit is in a near universal acknowledgement that a problem exists. That leaves a couple of ways we can look at it. One, we can say the world was deceived by the Paris agreement, so nothing should be done to stop the inevitable. Or. two. we can say that our estimates were overoptimistic, but lets continue to work toward a solution. Knowing how fast scientific and technological advances occur, by continuing to focus on the problem, it's possible that we might find a solution before the worst case scenario occurs.

Immortality?

t1nick comments on Nov 4, 2018:

Don't know really. Simone de Beauvoir wrote an interesting philosophical novel on the topic, " Immortal Man". It deals with a man that was immortal and his reflections on his many lives. A good read.

So I'm working today.

t1nick comments on Nov 4, 2018:

Hang in there Cabs

DECIMATE: I actually saw "decimate" misused in the New York Times recently.

t1nick comments on Nov 4, 2018:

Interesting post. As a teacher of the metric system I recognize the prefix "deci-". However in all my years I've never heard decimate used or limited ro 10%. Ive alwsys used it as total destruction as used by the post. Will have to investigate further. Thanks for the post.

In honor of @Flippantllama and her new profile pic...

t1nick comments on Nov 4, 2018:

Looks like fun. Move over.

In universities, there are 12 Democrat professors for every Republican, striking!!!