Current events

[Merk]

Pretty sure there aren't even 20 billion nickles in circulation soooooooooo yeah

[Potter]

Please please please take a half-second to do research before accepting something as true. Just because bunch of people shared a link to a story saying Samsung paid apple a billion dollars in nickels doesn't mean it really happened. If something sounds unbelievable, there's a darn good chance it isn't true.

at the end of that article the author says himself "if you thought this was real, you should probably get yourself checked out" or something to that effect. It also clearly says satire at the top of the article

some ppl dumb

[Merk]

JACK BLACK DIES WHILE FILMING A MOVIE IN NEW ZEALAND

[Fluffyumpkins]

http://indyddr.mediafetcher.com/news/to ... tropez.php

I hope they find IndyDDR.

[Riot]

http://indyddr.mediafetcher.com/news/to ... tropez.php

I hope they find IndyDDR.

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but...

IndyDDR died in 2009 =(

[Merk]

lol

[Merk]

there*

[Potter]

there were a lot of typos, my favorite being when he (or whoever he was having type) said "a asteroid"

[SoDeepPolaris]

http://dailycurrant.com/2012/08/30/bill ... es-debate/

It's satire, of course. It's still funny.

[Fluffyumpkins]

The average teacher salary in Chicago was $74,839 for the 2011-2012 school year. Are you kidding me!? I thought this was America and not some third world nation. Those poor, poor Chicago teachers. Those assholes at the district only offered them a 16% pay raise over four years in negotiations to make things right!

On Sunday, CPS officials such as School Board President David Vitale and CTU leadership -- not including Lewis -- holed up in a negotiation room for hours. In the tense weeks before, the Associated Press reports, the district offered CTU a 2 percent raise for four years. Incensed, the union was quick to point that a snip-happy Emanuel had nixed a 4 percent raise just the year before, and in turn, asked for a 30 percent raise over two years. According to the AP, Lewis told union officials weeks ago that CTU would accept a raise as low as 19 percent. On Sunday, according to CPS, Vitale offered a 16 percent raise over the next four years, in addition to new job opportunities for laid off teachers. CPS also offered its first-ever paid maternity leave, and the joint implementation of teacher evaluations.

But at the end of the day, CTU, an affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers, announced its official plan to strike. "People are actually surprised by how much CPS conceded. It seems like they did give in a lot," Wendy Katten, a parent and activist who runs a group called Raise Your Hand for IL Public Ed, told The Huffington Post late Sunday. "CTU is trying to show that they have the ability to shape public education, and that they're not going to be trampled on. It can't just be about small specifics -- to strike over air conditioner, I don't know."

Pick whatever source you want. They all say the same thing. Chicago teachers deserve a fair wage. Since everybody here is making at least $20,000 a year more than these teachers, I think we can all agree the union is standing up for what's right for students and education! Hell, even Riot makes twice what they make and he can't even afford a house or expensive electronics!

[Merk]

To strike over air conditioner, I don't know.

[Riot]

Man I'll never even make close to 70k! I make half =(

That seems like a lot but it's all proportional to cost of living really. That's probably equivalent to 40-45k here for an average teacher. Young teachers are getting pretty screwed with all the new legislation and evaluations and not getting a guaranteed (already very small) raise each year.

The air conditioner thing is probably taken out of context, but yeah.

[SoDeepPolaris]

Man I'll never even make close to 70k! I make half =(

That seems like a lot but it's all proportional to cost of living really. That's probably equivalent to 40-45k here for an average teacher. Young teachers are getting pretty screwed with all the new legislation and evaluations and not getting a guaranteed (already very small) raise each year.

The air conditioner thing is probably taken out of context, but yeah.

I would like to hear your opinion on why someone should receive a guaranteed raise every year.

Is it just for cost of living?

[Riot]

Man I'll never even make close to 70k! I make half =(

That seems like a lot but it's all proportional to cost of living really. That's probably equivalent to 40-45k here for an average teacher. Young teachers are getting pretty screwed with all the new legislation and evaluations and not getting a guaranteed (already very small) raise each year.

The air conditioner thing is probably taken out of context, but yeah.

I would like to hear your opinion on why someone should receive a guaranteed raise every year.

Is it just for cost of living?

Well when you start at 10-20k less than a lot of other types of jobs yes. And the raise I'm talking about is like 800-1000. Some other people can negotiate or ask for a raise of like 5000 and oftentimes get it, but we can't really do that. It doesn't seem ridiculous that after 10 years for instance to be making 43-45k from guaranteed raises starting from like 34k. But now we have to be rated "Highly Effective" or "Effective" in a slew of categories with daily observations just to qualify for a raise for an already low salary. It's just kinda frustrating.

[Fluffyumpkins]

45k = 76k? I hardly agree. People in Chicago don't order from the $2 value menu at McDonalds. Football stars don't sell Subway's $10 footlongs. An iPad doesn't cost an extra $300. Look at one of the bunch of calculators online that compare living costs.
Chicago to Fort Wayne
76k=61k
76k=63k
76k=62k

Indy has an even higher value. Chicago isn't the Emerald City. 45k would be closer to LA. Mid 30's would be NYC.

Regarding raises, 4% is above average and the teachers turned it down!

http://www.insightperformance.com/blog/ ... n-Planning

Greedy greedy greedy union.

I've never had more than a 2.2% raise. I'm sure some people do get big raises, but those are not at all common. I'm all for raising the salary of teachers, but to strike over making 76k? Fuck right off. All of their complains about education reform don't amount to shit. The union just wants a 30% raise for teachers over the next 2 years. If they had that, negotiations would've gone fine and nobody would have walked out.

Greedy greedy greedy motherfucking union.

Churches, community centers, some schools and other public facilities opened to care for thousands of children under a $25 million strike contingency plan financed by the school district. The children were supervised half a day and received breakfast and lunch, allowing some parents to work.

The union has called the plan to care for children during the strike a "train wreck." It warned that caregivers for the children do not have proper training, and there are fears of an increase in gang-related violence in some high-crime areas.

Yet they won't serve the public interest. Hrm.