SuziQ, good point. Because honestly, some teachers are schmucks. But unless you meet them, you don't know if they're really schmucks or if your kid doesn't like them because they're strict.

Is it terrible that the end of the teaching day makes me wish I still smoked?

so my question for your boss-- where are the extra 10 to 20 hours going to come from?

Not sure what is normal. DH used to do paste up for the homes mag -- and worked his way into computer graphics -- nothing he did took that kind of time, but he wasn't doing anything that had a broad array of options or choices

he said flat out that he considers taking three to four hours for each page is a perfectly reasonable amount of time.

Am I nuts, thinking this is way too much? or is he?

Fucking hell! Granted, our journal is a boring scientific journal with a boring template (i.e., not much -- or any -- room for creativity), but I spend, all told, maybe 15 minutes MAX on any one page, and those are serious outliers.

When I think about the newsletter I do for the nuns, I spend at most 1 hour on a page.

Is he a designer? (I'm assuming no.) Any sane person would say that 3-4 hours per PAGE is whack-ass insanity.

good news about CJ,Suzi.

and I am asking for more ma~~~. jobma ~~~ specifically . Matt has a second interview at 2pm. he has had some good opportunities, but the economy keeps snatching them away. We're ok for a little while, but he wants to be working

Or maybe he needs the extra time cause he haz no computer skills? This is often me.

he said flat out that he considers taking three to four hours for each page is a perfectly reasonable amount of time.

Am I nuts, thinking this is way too much? or is he?

He's nuts, unless he wants this to be a collectible that generations will treasure.

Thanks for the input - I thought he was pushing it.

(For background - we do a monthly journal; he edits and does some writing, we get stories from members, I do some writing, copyediting, develop graphics - as much as possible from photos authors send us - and the final layout. I'm also responsible for wrangling our ads, compiling the lists, and getting everything to the printer. HE was referring to a previous job where the graphics people expected to spend that kind of time ... but that was a place where they had an actual STAFF, not two people putting out a 48-page journal every month.)

I didn't spend that much time on a journal-sized page when I was working with wax, an Xacto knife and border tape.

Dear Admin,
The thing you are talking about will take me 45 seconds to do. Why are you making me spend 5 minutes convincing you that it's okay for you to ask me to do it, even after I've told you I am the person who is supposed to do it?

I'm sorry to be such a one note wonder today. I just realized that this whole "Gifted and Talented" program thing isn't available in California anymore (or is on a very limited basis) due to their budget cuts. One more bonus for moving.

And as much as I am enjoying Colorado, I am very much looking forward to my California weekend!!! Just a few more days!