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fdt
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Teachers are blocking the San Ysidro border again
http://www.frontera.info/EdicionEnLinea/Notas/Noticias/02102...
[Edited on 10-2-2008 by fdt]
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Dave
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For shame!
By blocking the border, these teachers are preventing well-to-do TJ kids from getting a good education. 
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Woooosh
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LOL. It isn't like a good education in Mexico will get you a good job anyway- it's all in who your family knows. Nepotism and cronyism are waaaay
ahead of education.
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Santiago
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Isn't the teacher behind the pickup drinking a Dos XX?
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Dave
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Those that can....
| Quote: | Originally posted by Woooosh
Nepotism and cronyism are waaaay ahead of education. |
Especially when it comes to educators. 
I've often wondered about teachers striking for more pay. When did most figure out it was a low paying job?
After graduation? 
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tjBill
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Glad I crossed at Otay today. 
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Barry A.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Dave
| Quote: | Originally posted by Woooosh
Nepotism and cronyism are waaaay ahead of education. |
Especially when it comes to educators.
I've often wondered about teachers striking for more pay. When did most figure out it was a low paying job?
After graduation? |
-----my daughter in law makes 65K as an elementary school teacher------she is 33. 65K is "low pay"???? It is one devil of a lot more than I ever
made as a professional (reads college grad) Ranger.
Barry
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Keri
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I went across today at 9:45 and returned at 2:30, No problems either way. I was in front of and behind it. LUCKY LUCKY LUCKY,k
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shari
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I beg to differ...as a university professor in baja I made about $2.50 an hour.
Also, we dont come from a wealthy mexican family and my daughter who is mexican educated is well on her way to a wonderful career and adulthood.
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Woooosh
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Barry A.
| Quote: | Originally posted by Dave
| Quote: | Originally posted by Woooosh
Nepotism and cronyism are waaaay ahead of education. |
Especially when it comes to educators.
I've often wondered about teachers striking for more pay. When did most figure out it was a low paying job?
After graduation? |
-----my daughter in law makes 65K as an elementary school teacher------she is 33. 65K is "low pay"???? It is one devil of a lot more than I ever
made as a professional (reads college grad) Ranger.
Barry |
She makes $65K a year in Mexico??!!!
\"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing\"
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tjBill
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65K sounds a little high for a teacher California. My brother has taught 10 years in LA Unified, has a masters degree and earns less than 65K.
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Barry A.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by tjBill
65K sounds a little high for a teacher California. My brother has taught 10 years in LA Unified, has a masters degree and earns less than 65K.
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-----she teaches in Oroville, CA and also has a Masters. 65K is what she tells me. It must be that high as they have just bought a new house, have
two cars, and my son is a stay-at-home dad to the 2 little girls with no income of his own.
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Woooosh
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Must be $165K to live like that in that area. The end is near. 
\"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing\"
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fishbuck
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| Quote: | Originally posted by shari
I beg to differ...as a university professor in baja I made about $2.50 an hour.
Also, we dont come from a wealthy mexican family and my daughter who is mexican educated is well on her way to a wonderful career and adulthood.
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You guys are the richest Mexican family that I know!
Rich in friends and family and beautiful lifestyle... the kind of wealth that really matters.
I'd say that's why Sirena is on her way to a educated and happy adulthood! 
PS: Rich in fish too!!! Man I want to come down there and fish with you!!!
"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." J. A. Shedd.
A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. – Albert Einstein
"Life's a Beach... and then you Fly!" Fishbuck
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Alex
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Dave
By blocking the border, these teachers are preventing well-to-do TJ kids from getting a good education. |
way to go!
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Paulina
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What stops people from slowly driving on through them? Do any of the Teachers lie down in front of vehicles?
Just curious.
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Ken Cooke
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Those that can...teach
I work with Special Needs adolescents, and I can't see myself doing anything else.
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bajaandy
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Yeah Dave, I guess being an educator really sucks....
I teach high school wood shop, architecture and computer aided drafting. I live in San Diego and make more than Barry's daughter (and I do not have a
masters degree). I designed, planned and built my own home from the ground up. (There goes your "those that can" argument.) I have summers off, a week
off in November, two weeks in December and another one in spring. All nice time to visit Baja. Did I realize that teaching was not a high paying
career right away? OF COURSE I DID. But then, getting rich financially is not why I picked my career.
As for the striking teachers... good for them. I hope they get what they want.
subvert the dominant paradigm
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Dave
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So then why strike?
| Quote: | Originally posted by bajaandy
Did I realize that teaching was not a high paying career right away? OF COURSE I DID. But then, getting rich financially is not why I picked
my career.
As for the striking teachers... good for them. I hope they get what they want. |
Or are you the only one blessed with foresight?
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Ken Cooke
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Dave
| Quote: | Originally posted by bajaandy
Did I realize that teaching was not a high paying career right away? OF COURSE I DID. But then, getting rich financially is not why I picked
my career.
As for the striking teachers... good for them. I hope they get what they want. |
Or are you the only one blessed with foresight?
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I have a good life, and I knew my profession wouldn't earn me $1 Million, either. But, its very rewarding work - helping educate those w/mental and
physical handicaps.
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