A mess indeed, askye. And despite the fact that everyone loses it doesn't sound like there is a solution.
This. What a terrible situation for everyone. Very sad.
I'm so sorry, but if it makes you feel any better, my fun-time-Buffy party night involved watching a robot throw Spike through a window, so if you want to trade... no wait, I wouldn't give up that memory for anything.
Buffy ,'Get It Done'
Spike's Bitches 47: Someone Dangerous Could Get In
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Cass - Feb 01, 2012 7:08:56 pm PST #6680 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Burrell - Feb 01, 2012 7:28:21 pm PST #6681 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Maybe she's just saying that the teachers are all Democrats and the students are like--OK, not sure how the George Bush part of the equation works out. The students are all right wing reactionaries? That seems unlikely.
DavidS - Feb 01, 2012 7:32:11 pm PST #6682 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I think teachers are like Salvador Dali and students are fish on bicycles.
Cass - Feb 01, 2012 8:02:28 pm PST #6683 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Students are Gloria Steinem? Poppycock. Next you'll be saying Ben is Glory.
WindSparrow - Feb 01, 2012 8:06:34 pm PST #6684 of 30001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Maybe the students are shamelessly manipulating devout fundamentalist Christians in order to increase their power base.
smonster - Feb 02, 2012 2:52:13 am PST #6685 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Popping in quickly to tell Nora that it's Artfully Aware at NOMA, and I can forward you the email.
I am freaking wiped and sad for no discernible reason.
Girl, I feel you.
Toddson - Feb 02, 2012 4:51:38 am PST #6686 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
A state legislator in, I think, Alabama is saying that giving public school teachers a raise would be unbiblical. His ... logic ... is that if teachers were paid well, it would attract people who are in it for the money, rather than as a calling. Same guy is, as I understand it, for a major raise for legislators because not paying them enough leads to corruption.
Edited to add a link to the story.
Strix - Feb 02, 2012 6:31:26 am PST #6687 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I did not dream badly last night.
Thank you, Buffy on Netflix.
ChiKat - Feb 02, 2012 6:57:56 am PST #6688 of 30001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
is that if teachers were paid well, it would attract people who are in it for the money, rather than as a calling.
This type of thinking pisses me off so much. People go into business for the money, and no one thinks ill of that. People go into medicine for the money, and few people think ill of that. Teachers who actually want to get paid a living wage for what they do?? The complete and utter gall!
Disclaimer: I just took a second, second job for extra money because my teacher pay just ain't cutting it, so I may be a bit bitter here. (My first second job just ended and I need another one. My 3rd second job will happen over the summer. Pretty much, I have a string of second jobs all year long.)
brenda m - Feb 02, 2012 6:59:20 am PST #6689 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
See also nurses and child care workers. Feh.