Posted on 12/09/2004 6:14:57 AM PST by Uncle Miltie
very interesting!
ROFL! That was worded kinda bad, wasn't it??
Why did I suddenly have a mental image of a pant-less skydiver sailing into a high school to unjam a copier????
Gotta switch to decaf!!
Shoot, just yesterday another naked Minnesotan was bitten in the nether regions by a police dog after he punched the cop who was trying to get him to leave a residence. They had to go back to the residence to retrieve a...testicle. Ouch!
Must be all the mild December weather making them crazy.
Police bulletin: Be on the lookout for a half-dressed white male carrying two six packs of beer and a half dozen donuts...
"Prosecutors filed charges Wednesday against the Moorhead man accused of assaulting three people Nov. 20 while naked from the waist down..."
He was obviously violating the penal code......
Hey! Some of us half-dressed white male carrying two six packs of beer and a half dozen donuts are perfectly innocent and minding our own business!! It's because I'm white, isn't it??!! You racist prick!! I'm calling the ACLU!!
Oops, sorry. I'm white. They wouldn't care..
Well, I'll do something really nasty anyway!! Like ring your doorbell and run away! HA!
But will it stand up in court?
What in the world is a "paraprofessional?" And why are the taxpayers paying their salaries?
A high school needs a principal, vice-principal, secretary, classroom teachers, a nurse, a janitor, and lunch ladies. Period.
A guy named Virgil and a girl named Bobby together? Very interesting.
...Not sure this is what Moorhead's founding fathers had in mind when they named their town...
I thought students were required too.
;->
Can't blame a guy for wanting Moorhead...
Students are optional. After all, there's always the option of becoming a welfare Democrat instead!
Other names for paraprofessionals are teaching assistants or teachers' aides. My wife is a paraprofessional and works one-on-one with students who need additional help. In our school district they are part-time employees and earn in the range of eight to twelve dollars per hour depending on seniority. They actually work closer with the students than the teachers.
No offense to your wife, but that's what we used to call "a tutor," right?
Some kids can really benefit from tutoring. It can make all the difference.
What I remember most from grade school (back in the 14th century) is long, long periods of silent boredom. Seems like teachers had time to work with kids who were having trouble back then, or after school.
My wife would not be offended by being called a tutor. Maybe you could consider paraprofessionals as school provided tutors in the classroom.
I too remember the boredom of dead time as teachers had to repeatedly go back to cover material that slow students did not understand, although I don't go back as far as you (just to the 50's for grade school, graduated high school in '64).
I agree that we taxpayers are required to pay too much for public schools. But you might be amazed to know some of the things that parents DEMAND that schools provide for their students.
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