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Following your 9 month theory. Teachers have trained for their profession. What job can they do in the other time that wouldn't be considered anything but minimum wage? Is it the teachers fault kids need time off from learning. Little Johnny cant go to school 50 weeks a year like an adult. Dont blame teachers for that. They need a fair salary for their profession. That same pay scale exists pretty much in California where $4100 bucks a month oesnt get you much. Your house payment or rent alone is going to be 1500 to 2000 a month. If you think it such a cruise with cushy benefits why dont you jump on the paork barrrel band wagon? No ? Could it be becuase you know its harder than you make it out to be. My wife pays most of her own salary into the pension. The govt doesn't match all that much if any. So spare me the pension thing.

That was my first thought. Can that be right?

I felt compelled to chime in on this thread. My wife is currently a Vice Principal in San Diego. She taught for 22 years as well and also holds a Special Ed. credential. So I have a pretty good idea about the ins- and outs in education. This post sounds like it could have come from anywhere in California aswell. The key pieces of information I noticed was that the median is around 50K per year. Sounds like a resonable pay to me. The handfull of cases are just that. A handful, as in very few. They are probably teachers with 55 years experience. In Cal. there are salary caps that prevent increases beyond x number of years of experience with the exception of cost of living raises Usually 1 or 2% when COLA is really 3.7 % Also the sentiment of this article and thread is that a teachers or administrators job is a cake walk and party everyday. It couldn't possibly be hard, compared to my job. That is far from the truth having observed many teachers and admins. Try controlling 30 kids (some with behavior problems or special ed as well) all day without raising your voice and using only nice words and trying to teach them as well. Administors having to cope with every jerkoff parent who becausen a school. they pay their taxes should be able to verbally berate every teacher and admin and they know more than every teacher and admin just because they are a parent? Forget that teachers and admin's have extensive training and years of experience teaching every little Johnny and Jane in the neighborhood with every learning problem and strength that each child posseses. No every parent by right of procreation alone knows better than everyone else on how to teach and run a school efficiently . Also where is written that teachers and admin's have taken a vow of poverty, how dare a teacher or admin aspire to have a decent wage for very hard work. America makes me sick when it comes to education. Every politician that comes along screws around with the educational system. There should be a qualified education czar that alone has the power to change policy and curriculum. Leave education alone and quite politicizing everything about education. I'm starting to think that the voucher system is the better way to go with education. This way every piss ant upstart that wants to start and run a school can and find out just how easy it is. OK I think I've got it out of my system now. Putting my soap box away.

I'm sure TD was going to draft Dominic Raioli © a few years ago. He got picked by Cleveland just ahead of us if remember the team correctly. I was so disappointed he got picked just ahead of us. He would have been our starting center for 10 years.

Stay away from Club Vandersex ! (Eurotrip) Have a ball Pete !

I would guess your drinking coffee ? Wink ! Wink !

Hillary Swank is pretty hot don't you think? Well I do anyways, she has that girl next door quality as well.

You have a prayer from me !

No one from Fort Erie on here? Anyone from Canada?

PM me with contact info I'll get in touch when the schedule comes out.

I would move back. I just got edged out trying to buying a house along the Niagara River. Anyone have a house for sale along the Niagara River or Lake Erie? American or Canadian side.

If we do get DeMulling, I wonder who our LT and Center will be ? LT - Teague C- Tucker

I'm planning a trip to Buffalo this summer and hope to catch a pre-season game while there.

I didn't know you were a Dad. Congratulations ! Make sure you always remember these days with your newborn and young son. These are so very precious few and quick days. Remember them always ! And when your son is older and maybe doing something you prefer he would not do ! Remember him as you are seeing him now !

That stadium will have to be built with private money. Because the people of So Cal have voted many times to not build stadiums with public money. Why do you think there is no team in LA anymore? San Diego barely hung onto it's team because of stadium issues and public money.

Fort Erie/44/San Diego

Nope, still getting 1099's from around the country. Damn it !

Buffalo's population is shrinking every year. If it keeps shrinking, at some point, it will not be able to sustain an NFL franchise. Many cities including LA, San Diego and Las Vegas are growing every year. They will get a Franchise. It's a numbers thing.

Between Shelton and DeMulling skills. DeMulling was protecting Peyton Manning putting up HOF numbers. And the Edge running for HOF numbers, who do you think is better?

Why all the hate for Canada ?

Yes, especially if they moved to Anaheim !

I think Jason Peters is a sleeper pick to move to LT.

While prostitution is pure capitalism. And is legal in the state of Nevada. It does carry baggage with it deeemed inappropriate in our society. But you cannot compare ticket scalping with prostitution. They are nothing close to each other except money changing hands. Buying milk, titheing at church, money changes hands, are you saying they are the same as well?

I used to try and educate people until three separate incidents convinced me it is not worth it. 1) A guy in a tow truck chased me all over LA in a tow truck over a minor traffic thing. I tailgated to close in his opinion I guess. I didn't get out to discuss. He looked like Randall Tex Cobb's bigger and uglier brother. 2) I honked my horn at a car waiting ahead of me when the light tuurned green. He got out of his car, I got out my car with a baseball bat and stared him down. He got back in his car. 3) A friend of mine had a gun pulled out and pointed at her for honking her horn a car in front of her. I came to the conclusion, people are crazy and it is not my job to educate them about proper edicate or driving practices.

The jet boat is really a blast. My wife and I did this a few years ago. I would add a trip to the Basillica in South Buffalo. Truly an awesome church in Buffalo. Rivals any church this side of Venice.