Post Scraping

Time: 3:41CST. I have had a website that has been stealing my posts and posting them as their own. This is written by Mercedes at Mercedes’ World. The posts that they have taken are personal posts of mine. The website is love your family (http://www.famlove.cn/). I am doing a test post to see if this gets posted over there. They like these categories: children, family, friends, love, and thoughts. IMO every post there is someone’s own personal post. This site did not ask permission and doesn’t even include a link back to the original blogs. I am currently working on having my posts removed. I hope this site hasn’t stolen any of your content. I just put in my name~Mercedes~in the search box and all of my posts came up. This is being posted by Mercedes’ at Mercedes’ World and for Mercedes’ World ONLY! I hope my friends understand what I am doing here-lol! Love Ya! Mere

Edit: This site is an hour ahead of me. since I originally posted this thirty minutes ago-the site has added ten posts….no wait-this post is over there-lol-and it is even called Post Scraping-HA!

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Prayers Needed

My cousin, M, has been battling Renal Cell Carcinoma for the past six years. It all started at an indoor soccer game. He will be 20 in August. This has been a long battle for him, his family, and all of us! He has had six major surgeries, been through chemo and radiation numerous times, and now he has four tumors again.

One tumor is sitting on his one kidney and bladder. It is 6 inches long and the doctors say they can’t operate on it because M would not make it through the surgery-he would hemorrhage to death. He is having surgery this morning and they are putting in a stint to relieve the pressure from his kidney and bladder. After this, the doctors will decide what to do next.

He applied to a cancer study in Maryland but didn’t qualify-due to him being on chemo numerous times. There is another study in Cincinnati that is more targeted to his specific needs that we hope he qualifies for. The hospital will fed-ex his scans to that hospital today.

He is a very strong young man. He has accomplished so much during his journey fighting this horrible and rare cancer in children. He graduated from High School with honors. He has also completed his first two years in college.

I have a luncheon to attend today and then I am headed to Chattanooga to be with him and the family. I believe in prayer-I believed it helped this time last year when we thought he was going to have his colon removed-he didn’t have to have it removed. Please pray with me for my cousin, M, and his family. Thank you so much!

EDIT: I did not go to Chattanooga today-M’s Mom said it would be better to come on Sunday. They are warn out and he will be coming home tomorrow-which will be another tiring day for him to get settled in and have to deal with the feeding bag. Still waiting for the exact outcome of the surgery and what the future holds.

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Read and Create

A great story doesn’t have to end with the last page. Your child can take the fun one step further by making a craft based on a book. He/She will deepen his/her understanding of the story while boosting creative thinking. Here are three projects to try.

Great News

Hello All! I am so excited~woohoo~party time…I just got the call today from our new principal…I am officially teaching 5th grade this school year. Whew! I have so much to do these next two weeks. I have to learn to be smarter than a 5th grader and I have to figure out what to do with all of my stuff from Kindergarten-aaahhhh! I have In-service tomorrow (that means I am in class all day-so hard to stay awake-I am used to 20 minute intervals from Kindergarten-lol) and I start back on the 28th of July. I will meet my new 5th graders on July 30th. I know I need to be posting about my vacation…but I have to downsize all of my photos-anyone know an easy way to do this all at once with all of them???

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Topsy-Turvy Words

Encourage your child to play with language. He/She will build his/her vocabulary by learning about these types of wordplays:

Anagrams: are words made by rearranging the letters of other words. For example, lemon can become melon. See if your child can make new words from cat (act), seal (sale), or pool (loop). Encourage him/her to make anagrams out of words in everyday places (his/her spelling lists, books, signs).

Palindromes: are words that are spelled the same forward and backward. Examples: mom, eye, kayak, racecar. Suggest that your child look for palindromes by thinking of short words that begin and end with the same letter. Idea: Show him/her that phrases can also be palindromes, such as never odd or even.

Ready to Read

So your child has learned his/her letters and sounds, but he/she is having trouble putting them together to sound out words in books. How can you help?

What You Can Do

• Letters and sounds might seem easy on their own, But an entire page of unfamiliar words can be tough.
  
• Start with a three-letter word, such as pet.
  
• Write each letter on a separate scrap of paper.
  
• Lay the letters in order, a few inches apart.
  
• Ask him/her to tell you the sound each letter makes. Note: Be sure he/she is saying the sounds correctly-they should be short and sharp, rather than long and drawn out.
• Gradually move the letters closer together and ash him/her to say the sounds faster and faster until they run together.
  
• By the time the letters touch, they should sound just like pet.
  

Newspaper Learning

With thousands of words in every issue, newspapers are a great way to build your child’s reading skills. Grab a newspaper, and try these activities.

TV Alternatives

Is there too much TV time in your house?

Here are 10 active things your family can do instead:

Month-By-Month Writing

Keep your child’s handwriting, spelling, and communication skills sharp while school’s out. He/She can practice with these month-by-month ideas.

Laughing Babies

I love this video~The Laughing Quadruplets! A friend just sent this to me via email, but I had already seen it on Funniest Home Videos! Check it out!

Are you smiling yet?

Singing in the Rain

A parent taped our Kindergarten Program we performed on Monday night. She taped from one side of the stage-so it isn’t the best view of everything-they really did a good job though!

You Might Be a School Employee If…

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Hump Day Humor Thirteenth Edition

Theme: School Employees

• YOU might be a school employee if you believe the playground should be equipped with a Ritalin salt lick.
• YOU might be a school employee if you want to slap the next person who says, “Must be nice to work 8 to 3:30 and have summers off.

B is for Birds & Bees

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Sixth Edition

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

~Out of the Mouths of Babes~

Birds & Bees

Email Forward

A little girl asked her Mom, “Mom, may I take the dog for a walk around the block”? Mom replies, “No, because she is in heat”.

”What’s that mean”? asked the child.

“Go ask your father. I think he’s in the garage”.

The little girl goes to the garage and says, “Dad, may I take Belle for a walk around the block? I asked Mom, but she said the dog was in heat, and to come to you”.

Dad said, “Bring Belle over here”. He took a rag, soaked it with gasoline, and scrubbed the dog’s backside with it to disguise the scent, and said
“OK, you can go now, but keep Belle on the leash and only go one time round the block”.

The little girl left and returned a few minutes later with no dog on the leash. Surprised, Dad asked, “Where’s Belle”?

( YOU’RE GONNA LOVE THIS!!!!!!!!! )

The little girl said, “She ran out of gas about halfway down the block, so another dog is pushing her home”.

If you ain’t laffin’..
You ain’t livin’!

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Real Teachers

Thursday Thirteen #3

13 Things about Real Teachers

1. Real teachers will eat anything left in the teacher’s lounge.
2. Real teachers never sit down without first checking the seat of the chair.
3. Real teachers are written up in medical journals for the size and elasticity of their bladders and kidneys.
4. Real teachers have been timed gulping down lunch in 2 minutes 18 seconds. Master teachers can eat faster than that.
5. Real teachers can predict exactly which parents will show up at open house.
6. Real teachers understand the importance of making sure every kid gets a Valentine.
7. Real teachers have their best conferences in the parking lot.
8. Real teachers know better than to plan discussions or cooperative groups for the last period during an observation.
9. Real teachers know that secretaries and custodians run the school.
10. Real teachers know that rules do not apply to them.
11. Real teachers give themselves away in public because of the pen and marker smdges all over their hands.
12. Real teachers know that happy hour does indeed begin on Friday afternoons.
13. Real teachers hear the heartbeats of crisis; always have time to listen; know they teach students, not subjects; and they are absolutely nonexpendable.

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Are You a TRUE Elementary School Teacher?

1. Do you ask your guests if they have remembered their scarves and mittens as they leave your home? Not really

2. Do you move your dinner partner’s glass away from the edge of a table? Of course

3. Do you ask if anyone needs to go to the bathroom as you enter a theater with a group of friends? Sometimes

4. Do you hand a tissue to anyone who sneezes? If I am near a tissue box I have been known to do this

5. Do you refer to “Happy Hour” as “Snack Time”? No-I refer to “Happy Hour” as “Happy Hour” and enjoy it-lol!

6. Do you declare “no cuts” when a shopper squeezes ahead of you in a checkout line? I am thinking that!

7. Do you say “I like the way you did that” to the mechanic who repairs your car nice? Of course

8. Do you ask “Are you sure you did your best?” to the mechanic who fails to repair your car to your satisfaction? My mechanic never fails

9. Do you sing the “Alphabet Song” to yourself as you look up a number in the phone book? Most definitely!

10. Do you say everything twice? I mean, do you repeat everything? Uh~yes I do-a lot…Uh~yes I do-a lot

11. Do you fold your spouse’s fingers over the coins as you hand him/her the money at a tollbooth? Haven’t been in this situation

12. Do you ask a quiet person at a party if he/she has something to share with the group? Yes~but not in those exact words. I might say: So, how does that make you feel? ROFL!

13. Do you make little turkey names for everyone at your family’s Holiday Dinner? I do for all of the little turkeys-children

14. Do you find yourself explaining to a cashier why you bought 24 boxes of crayons when they were on sale? ALWAYS for any of my school purchases

15. Do neighbors drop off empty coffee cans, margarine cups, Leggs eggs, milk bottle cartons, scraps of material, and old newspapers at your house? Neighbors don’t, but my family sure does!

16. Do your slippers have fuzzy little animal faces on them? Yes~dalmatians!

17. Does your refrigerator door look like a military command center because it is covered with notes, calendars, coupons, phone numbers, and a thousand other things? Most definitely!

18. When you are in a theater, do you often turn around and “schuss” the people behind you? I don’t say anything, but I do give them “the look”

19. Do you often browse through toy stores and children’s clothing stores even though you don’t have any children? All of the time. I am always purchasing toys for my classroom too!

20. Is one of the drawers in your kitchen full of pencils, pens, crayons, markers, erasers, glue, etc.? Yes~a large one too

21. Have you stopped at the curb to pick up discarded old shelves, bookcases, file cabinets, or magazine racks? I never have stopped to pick anything up, but I have often thought about it

22. When everyone else at the beach is catching up on the latest novels by Grisham, are you cutting little oak tag people for your September bulletin board? Of course

23. Do you know exactly how many Oreo cookies are in a package and how many jelly beans are in a jar? I’m getting pretty good at this. At Christmas with Jedd’s family, we have 3 or 4 containers with various food items in them. Whoever guesses the closest wint the container of goodies and has to bring back that container with new goodies the next Christmas. I won two containers last Christmas-woohoo!

24. When you get your first paycheck in September, does it remind you that it’s also a job, not just what you like to do? Hhhhmmm~this is true, but I am just glad it’s payday~since I only get paid once a month

25. Do you have at least a dozen colorful sweaters and sweatshirts for each of the holidays…including Flag Day? Most definitely~sweatshirts and T-shirts! I wore 3 different Dr. Seuss T-shirts this week!

Hump Day Humor #2

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Wednesday, March 5, 2008

~Children~

WHY GOD MADE MOMS

Answers given by 2nd grade school children
to the following questions:

Why did God make mothers?
1. She’s the only one who knows where the scotch tape is.
2. Mostly to clean the house.
3. To help us out of there when we were getting born.

How did God make mothers?
1. He used dirt, just like for the rest of us.
2. Magic plus super powers and a lot of stirring.
3. God made my Mom just the same like he made me. He just used bigger parts.

What ingredients are mothers made of ?
1. God makes mothers out of clouds and angel hair and everything nice in the world and one dab of mean.
2. They had to get their start from men’s bones. Then they mostly use string, I think.

Why did God give you your mother and not some other mom?
1. We’re related.
2. God knew she likes me a lot more than other people’s moms like me.

What kind of little girl was your mom?
1. My Mom has always been my mom and none of that other stuff.
2. I don’t know because I wasn’t there, but my guess would be pretty bossy.
3. They say she used to be nice.

What did mom need to know about dad before she married him?
1. His last name.
2. She had to know his background. Like is he a crook? Does he get drunk on beer?
3. Does he make at least $800 a year? Did he say NO to drugs and YES to chores?

Why did your mom marry your dad?
1. My dad makes the best spaghetti in the world. And my Mom eats a lot.
2. She got too old to do anything else with him.
3. My grandma says that Mom didn’t have her thinking cap on.

Who’s the boss at your house?
1. Mom doesn’t want to be boss, but she has to because dad’s such a goof ball.
2. Mom. You can tell by room inspection. She sees the stuff under the bed.
3. I guess Mom is, but only because she has a lot more to do than dad.

What’s the difference between moms & dads?
1. Moms work at work and work at home and dads just go to work at work.
2. Moms know how to talk to teachers w ithout scaring them.
3. Dads are taller & stronger, but moms have all the real power ’cause that’s who you got to ask if you want to sleep over at your friend’s.
4. Moms have magic, they make you feel better without medicine.

What does your mom do in her spare time?
1. Mothers don’t do spare time.
2. To hear her tell it, she pays bills all day long.

What would it take to make your mom perfect?
1. On the inside she’s already perfect. Outside, I think some kind of
plastic surgery.
2. Diet. You know, her hair. I’d diet, maybe blue.

If you could change one thing about your mom, what would it be?
1. She has this weird thing about me keeping my room clean. I’d get rid of that.
2. I’d make my mom smarter. Then she would know it was my sister who did it and not me.
3. I would like for her to get rid of those invisible eyes on the back of
her head.

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What Love Means

Email Forward: What Love means to a 4-8 year old. Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it. Touching words from the mouth of babes. A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, “What does love mean?” The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:

“When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn’t bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That’s love.”  Rebecca- age 8

“When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.”  Billy – age 4

“Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell ea ch other.”  Karl – age 5

“Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs.”  Chrissy – age 6

“Love is what makes you smile when you’re tired.”  Terri – age 4

“Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK.”  Danny – age 7

“Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired of kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more.  My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss”  Emily – age 8

“Love is what’s in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.”  Bobby – age 7 (Wow!)

“If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate.”  Nikka – age 6 (we need a few million more Nikka’s on this planet)

“Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.”  Noelle – age 7

“Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well.”  Tommy – age 6

“During my piano recital, I was on a stage and I was scared. I looked at all the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling.  He was the only one doing that. I wasn’t scared anymore.”  Cindy – age 8

“My mommy loves me more than anybody. You don’t see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.” Clare – age 6

“Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.”  Elaine-age 5

“Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.”  Chris – age 7

“Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day.”  Mary Ann – age 4

“I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones.”  Lauren – age 4

“When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.” (what an image)  Karen – age 7

“Love is when Mommy sees Daddy on the toilet and she doesn’t think it’s gross.”  Mark – age 6

“You really shouldn’t say ‘I love you’ unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget.”  Jessica – age 8

And the final one — Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge.  The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.

The winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife.

Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman’s yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there.

When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said, “Nothing, I just helped him cry.”

Out of the Mouths of Babes! WOW! Amazing! *sniff* *tears*! Soooooo~How does this make you feel?

I Am a Teacher

 

I Am a Teacher

I am a counselor and psychologist to a problem-filled child,
I am a police officer that controls a child gone wild.
I am a travel agent scheduling our trips for the year,
I am a confidante that wipes a crying child’s tear.
I am a banker collecting money for a ton of different things,
I am a librarian showing adventures that a storybook brings.
I am a custodian that has to clean certain little messes,
I am a psychic that learns to know all that everybody only guesses.
I am a photographer keeping pictures of a child’s yearly growth,
When mother and father are gone for the day, I become both.
I am a doctor that detects when a child is feeling sick,
I am a politician that must know the laws and recognize a trick.
I am a party planner for holidays to celebrate with all,
I am a decorator of a room, filling every wall.
I am a news reporter updating on our nation’s current events,
I am a detective solving small mysteries and ending all suspense.
I am a clown and comedian that makes the children laugh,
I am a dietician assuring they have lunch or from mine I give them half.
When we seem to stray from values, I become a preacher,
But I’m proud to have to be these people because …
I’m proud to say, “I am a teacher.”

by
Stacy Bonino

Why We Love Kids

      

 

 

Merry Christmas

    

Merry Christmas!

This is the most beautiful Christmas card.

Just follow the instructions and enjoy!

                 

Click here: The Snowdog – animated Flash ecard by Jacquie Lawson

    

     

So~How did that make you feel?

The Woodpecker Might Have to Go!

                                            

 Everything I need to know about life, I learned from Noah’s Ark                                       (and in Kindergarten-of course…lol)

One: Don’t miss the boat.

Two: Remember that we are all in the same boat.

Three: Plan ahead. It wasn’t raining when Noah built the Ark.

Four: Stay fit When you’re 600 years old, someone may ask you to do something really big.

Five: Don’t listen to critics; just get on with the job that needs to be done.

Six: Build your future on high ground.

Seven: For safety’s sake, travel in pairs.

Eight: Speed isn’t always an advantage. The snails were on board with the cheetahs.

Nine: When you’re stressed, float a while.

Ten: Remember, the Ark was built by amateurs; the Titanic by professionals.

 Eleven: No matter the storm, when you are with God, there’s always a rainbow waiting…

May your troubles be less,
May your blessings be more,
And may nothing but happiness
Come through your door!

(Email forward sent to me by a fellow teacher)

The Answer

Email forward sent to me (this is so funny): 

California staff voted unanimously to record on their school telephone answering machine This is the actual answering machine message for the school. This came about because they implemented a policy requiring students and parents to be responsible for their children’s absences and missing homework. The school and teachers are being sued by parents who want their children’s failing grades changed to passing grades – even though those children were absent 15-30 times during the semester and did not complete enough schoolwork to pass their classes. The outgoing message:

“Hello! You have reached the automated answering service of your school. In order to assist you in connecting to the right staff  member, please listen to all the options before making a selection: 

1. To lie about why your child is absent – Press 1 

2. To make excuses for why your child did not do his work-Press 2

3. To complain about what we do – Press 3

4. To swear at staff members – Press 4

5. To ask why you didn’t get information that was already enclosed  in your newsletter and several flyers mailed to you – Press 5 

6. If you want us to raise your child – Press 6

7. If you want to reach out and touch, slap or hit someone -Press 7

8. To request another teacher, for the third time this year -Press 8

9. To complain about bus transportation – Press 9

10. To complain about school lunches – Press 0

11. If you realize this is the real world and your child must be
    accountable and responsible for his/her own behavior, class work, homework and that it’s not the teachers’ fault for your child’s lack of effort: Hang up and have a nice day!

12. If you want this in Spanish, you must be in the wrong country.”

What do you think about that?

Teacher Applicant

                                  

Email forward sent to me and oh so true 

After being interviewed by the school administration, the teaching prospect said:

Let me see if I’ve got this right: You want me to go into that room with all those kids, correct their disruptive behavior, observe them for signs of abuse, monitor their dress habits, censor their T-shirt messages, and instill in them a love for learning.

You want me to check their backpacks for weapons, wage war on drugs and sexually transmitted diseases, and raise their sense of self esteem and personal pride. You want me to teach them patriotism and good citizenship, sportsmanship and fair play, and how to register to vote, balance a checkbook, and apply for a job.

You want me to check their heads for lice, recognize signs of antisocial behavior, and make sure that they all pass the state exams. You want me to provide them with an equal education regardless of their handicaps, and communicate regularly with their parents by letter, telephone, newsletter, and report card.

I am to be a paragon of virtue larger than life, such that my very presence will awe my students into being obedient and respectful of authority. I am to pledge allegiance to supporting family values, a return to the basics, and to my current administration. I am to incorporate technology into the learning, and monitor all Web sites while providing a personal relationship with each student. I am to decide who might be potentially dangerous and/or liable to commit crimes in school or who is possibly being abused, and I can be sent to jail for not mentioning these suspicions.

I’m required by my contract to be working on my own time summer and evenings at my own expense toward advance certification and a master’s degree; and after school, I am to attend committee and faculty meetings and participate in staff development training to maintain my employment status. 

You want me to do all this with a piece of chalk, a blackboard, a bulletin board, a few books, a big smile, and a starting salary that qualifies me for food stamps. You want me to do all this and then you tell me…

 I CAN’T PRAY?”

Renal Cell Carcinoma (Part I)

I have been wanting to post about my cousin, Matt, for some time.  It is such a long story and I didn’t know where to begin. First things first: This is a story about my cousin Matt.  His two brothers are Dillon and Marshall-too cute huh?  They are the Gunsmoke Gang!This story will be told in parts since it covers a five year span.

Matt loves to play soccer.  He and his younger brother, Dillon, have played all of their lives.  When Matt was 14 years old (five years ago) he was playing indoor soccer.  He got slammed into a wall during the game.  He went to the restroom and was throwing up.  Some parents that were at the game that are also EMT’s told my aunt (Matt’s mother) she should take him to the hospital-something was wrong.  They live in Signal Mountain, TN which is near Chattanooga, TN.  They went to Erlanger in Chattanooga.

It was discovered that Matt had a tumor on his kidney.  The doctors removed one of Matt’s kidneys.  We-the family-thought this accident was a blessing in disguise: found out there was a tumor on his kidney and removed the kidney.  Of course the tumor ruptured-but the family never thought about that part at the time. His diagnosis was renal cell carcinoma~kidney cancer. This cancer is mostly common in males over age 40.  What is going on here? A 14 year old child?  So confusing!

I immediately began researching renal cell carcinoma, and at the time didn’t realize how serious this cancer was~since he had the kidney removed and for some reason I blocked out the part of the tumor bursting.  Anywho-Matt is a trooper and he is so strong!

To be continued…

Teachers Get Paid Too Much

“I’m fed up with teachers and their hefty salary schedules. What we need here is a little perspective.

If I had my way, I’d pay these teachers myself-I’d pay them baby-sitting wages. That’s right-I’d rather give them $3 an hour out of my own pocket than pay my outrageous taxes.  I’m only going to pay them for five hours, not lunch or coffee breaks. That would be $15.00 a day. Each parent should pay $15 a day for these teachers to babysit their child. Even if they have more than one child, it’s still a lot cheaper than private daycare.

Now, how many children do they teach every day-maybe 20?  That’s $15×20=$300 a day.  But remember they only work 180 days a year! I’m not going to pay them for vacations! $300×180=$54,000. (Just a minute, I think my calculator needs new batteries.)

I know you teachers will say-What about those who have  10 years experience and a Master’s Degree? Well, maybe (to be fair) they could get the minimum wage, and instead of just babysitting, they could read the kids a story. We could round that off to about $5 an hour, times five hours, times 20 children. That’s $500 a day times 180 days. That’s $90,000….HUH?

Wait a minute, let’s get a little perspective here. Babysitting wages are too good for these teachers. Has anyone seen a salary schedule around here?”

        ~Anonymous~

WOW!  I like the way this person thinks!  May I get Babysitting Wages please?  I have 15 students in my class and Babysitting Wages would pay me $40,500 a year?  Is this first year salary?  I won’t see this much for many years, unless of course I do finish up my Master’s Degree anytime soon.  And the difference I do receive for my Master’s won’t pay off that tuition for many many more years to come.  I vote YES to teachers receiving Babysitting Wages!  Please vote now!