Posts by Hairtrigger

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Do you think that race is a factor in education in the U.S.

by recovering in

i was wondering if racial bias is a factor in u.s. education?.

would you be concerned if it was?

why would you be concerned?.

Hairtrigger

Simon: Both teachers and parents believe the system fails, and many are begging for a better system, and yet they then go to the ballot and vote back in the same bunch of people to prop up the same system.

Agreed. But here’s where the rope rubs.

Here in Southern California - Los Angeles - it’s billionares like Eli Broad, owners of Walmart and a host of other billionaires mates who want a slice of the pie called Education- more specifically the money that it brings. They spend millions on voter turnout ,TV adverts, and propaganda to Support their chosen candidates. Against them there is the UTLA ( United teachers Los Angeles) - a lone union and its few supporters who are battling against mighty odds with meager funds. The are trying to educate parents about the billionares takeover of public schools in order to get them out and vote. So far with little success given the last board elections. Isn’t surprising as voters are uneducated, ruled by emotion and to an extent racially inclined. That’s why a crooked hen like Monica Garcia gets voted in despite being the queen of the corrupt. Hence the Catch -22 situation.

LATIMES is pro LAUSD management , so won’t report anything negative- not surprising- as they are controlled by the billionare club. Any wonder them why we have a system that’s a failure but is being propped up by very people who have brought it down to its knees!

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Do you think that race is a factor in education in the U.S.

by recovering in

i was wondering if racial bias is a factor in u.s. education?.

would you be concerned if it was?

why would you be concerned?.

Hairtrigger

Great Teacher : Agree on the 10 month pay distribution.

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Do you think that race is a factor in education in the U.S.

by recovering in

i was wondering if racial bias is a factor in u.s. education?.

would you be concerned if it was?

why would you be concerned?.

Hairtrigger

Humbled: That is just one . The number of schools is in the hundreds. Yet not a single media source cares to do an expose on the corruption rampant at the top levels of management.

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Do you think that race is a factor in education in the U.S.

by recovering in

i was wondering if racial bias is a factor in u.s. education?.

would you be concerned if it was?

why would you be concerned?.

Hairtrigger

Teachers in LAUSD get paid for a 6 hour day for 10 months in a year. Yes the are not paid for 2 months of the year. However the 10 month pay is divided into 12 months so the teachers get paid “every month”.

The teachers union is the only thing standing between complete takeover by a corrupt board backed by greedy billionaires . It’s th only thing standing between complete takeover of the district by the charter leaning board.

On a off note- charter schools have the options of cherry picking students. Public schools don’t have that option.

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Do you think that race is a factor in education in the U.S.

by recovering in

i was wondering if racial bias is a factor in u.s. education?.

would you be concerned if it was?

why would you be concerned?.

Hairtrigger

Recovering, I don't know! And that's the frustrating part!

The only thing that keeps these schools functioning at all is the extra Title I money that provides for some equalizing and stabilizing. It provides breakfast for students. It provides extra staff for things like alternate learning areas for students who are disturbed so they don't affect the rest of the classroom. It provides extra teachers for smaller class sizes so the teacher has more time for personal (read remedial) help for each individual student. It can provide money for things like security cameras for safety. It can provide after school programs for homework help and mentoring. It can buy only what money can buy, which is a lot, but it's not enough!

While this is true of some school districts others might not be using title 1 money’s for what it is meant for.

LAUSD has a touted surplus of 1.7 billion. No librarians, No fine arts or Art. Ranks 46th in the nations n as far as class size . Take an average of 35-40 per class. Discipline shot to hell . No suspensions no Expulsions allowed. No janitors . Classrooms in schools I know swept one a week if at all.

They now have something called Restorative Justice- borrowed and modified from the prison system - without the consequences for regular offenders. Teachers scoff at the stupid idea and it’s failure to cut the mustard.

Did I mention the board members gave themselves a 179 percent ( not sure maybe 187percent ) raise a year or so ago. And they want to turn the whole shebang into Charter.

Students with 4th and 5th grade reading skills are in high school. Teachers are compelled to give them passing grades for fear of being questioned as to why they have so many failures in the class.

These are some of the obvious problems faced by the teaching community which no one wishes to question or talk about.

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Kingdom Hall ... BURGER KING?

by sparky1 in

i live in a very rural part of the northeastern united states.

after 9 years of waiting, the local witnesses are getting their new kingdom hall.

it is being built on a back road next to a sandpit.

Hairtrigger

What are you guys talking about! Architects and builders from all over are asking for their designs.

But the GB wants the praise to go to Jobo god so they refuse to let anyone have the blueprints!!!

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Anyone ever know gays in the hall that are lying to them selfs or others?

by blownaway in

i know of three situations i saw myself.

the first one was when i lived in arcadia.

all the people i use names on are dead and gone so no probs.

Hairtrigger

They more than others are trying to survive in a cult with everything stacked against them. More than straight people. Imagine the guilt they experience. Desert god doesn’t like “men who sleep with men”. But he is their last hope of them ever receiving the “prize”.

Leave them be I say and let live!!!

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Just seen on Twitter: Ol' Rubber Face Steven Lett - Obedience Required

by jp1692 in

just seen on twitter: .

.

Hairtrigger

ole eyebrows and rubber lips

twist and turn n then eclipse

To return and regurgitate

Spooky crap that intimidate

Sreven Lett the floppy faced sap

was a product of a genetic mishap

when a few condom chromosomes

got entangled in the mother’s womb

And along with dads genes it went

To become the procreant

And now we have a man yu see

To rule-with Christ - an ANOMALY

For every time he opens his mouth

he stretches the truth- East, West, North

But mostly South!

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The urban legends we heard as JWs!

by stuckinarut2 in

how often have we heard some sort of sensationalist urban legend as jws?.

here is an example i was told as a kid:.

the experience of a sister who knocked on a door and was greeted by a big fierce looking man- intimidating and mean.

Hairtrigger

Here’s one that may sound familiar. A sister was doing a row of houses and had just finish d the last one and was tired. Just then she spotted another house a bit farther up . She was about to finish for the day and had no energy to walk up to that house a distance away. But something within n her urged her to and she walked tiredly up to the house and knocked. Inside was a man who was about to comit suicide as he had financial troubles and the family was sick etc.

He invited her in and took a study . Within a month he and his family were studying to be baptized and his financial situation improved and now the whole family is pioneering.

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The urban legends we heard as JWs!

by stuckinarut2 in

how often have we heard some sort of sensationalist urban legend as jws?.

here is an example i was told as a kid:.

the experience of a sister who knocked on a door and was greeted by a big fierce looking man- intimidating and mean.

Hairtrigger

I don’t remember the exact way it went ( told about 49 years ago) but something to do with the brothers apprehending an imposter or a spy maybe, at a convention who claimed to be a witness. When asked to state Matt 24: 14 the guy was stumped. Handed over to the police.