Teachers Salarys

I got this in an email from our school district's Finance Director. We all thought it was funny.

If I had my way I'd pay teachers baby-sitting wages.

I'd only 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 an inside observation for anyone who doesn't

know it, teachers DON'T get paid vacations. Salarys are

for the days we are in school but

we have it divided into 12 monthly payments.)

(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)

we could give them the minimum wage.

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~

No Refund

Don't you love these new photo kiosks? I like to go in and get instant gratification, pictures now, not in two weeks! I use them a lot. Certain rules apply, of course. Now.......

I took my SD card in to my friendly neighborhood (unnamed drugstore here) to print a few pictures (finally) from my sister's wedding this summer. (A little behind I know. I still have rolls of 35 mm that need to be developed. ) Anyhoo, I had 1 5X7 printed. As I stood and watched, the girl behind the counter CRAMMED it into an envelope that was obviously too small for it. As I watched the edges wrinkle up, the girl never flinched. I took it out of the envelope and handed it back to her and told her I needed a refund as this one was bent up. She said, "We don't give refunds on digital pictures." It sounds like a joke, but I assure you that it is true.

Life is funny you just have to laugh!

Overheard at School - November 31st

It seems our principal had ordered some items form a company that will remain nameless. The items hadn't arrived at our school when expected so our principal (hereafter referred to as Dr. D) called the contact person to see when these things could be expected. Much to her surprise the contact person told her that they would be shipped out on Monday, November 31st and she could expect them soon thereafter. Needless to say, Dr. D was surprised. She surmised that he was working off a different calendar than she was but would look forward to receiving the order soon.

That's My Story, And I'm Sticking To It!

So it's not really MY story, it's someone else's, but I'm going to latch on to it until I can find a better one.
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Overheard At School

This morning as soon as we got to the classroom from Jump Start one of my second grade students said to me, "I'm tired. I want to go to a honeymoon and go to a hotel. I don't want to go to school." Ok, where did that come from? I asked him if he had gone to a wedding over the Thanksgiving break but he hadn't.

A teacher I work with in the same grade level overheard this tidbit as several of her students were chatting during a cooperative group activity today: "My daddy sleeps in his tidy whities." Just the facts, mam. They went right ahead with their activitiy with no further comments.

I'll go ahead and add this quote. It is one of my all time favorites. I was talking to one of my first grade classes about the value of giving their best effort on their work. One of my little girls summed up for the class this way: "The more you don't keep trying, the more you don't do better at it."

I'll be posting other cute, funny remarks as they come up, or as I remember them!

Hustle Hag

Someone asked me why I called this blog "Hustle Hag" so I thought I'd just write it down! I tried several names and they were all taken, of course. You know how it is. While mulling this little problem over this little tid bit from the past came to mind.

It started when my niece, Laura, was about 3. We went to First Monday (a huge flea market in Canton, Texas.) I was carrying her on my hip when she looked up and saw that her mom, my sister, had walked a few booths up from where we were. She kicked me with her heels, like I was a riding horse, and said "Hustle, Hag." She was pointing toward her mom with a concerned look on her little face, then kicked me again and bobbed her body in the direction I needed to go. My sister and I still laugh over that. However, at age 13 now, Laura doesn't find it nearly as amusing as we do! When this came to mind I thought, "Ah ha!" And so there you have it: Hustle Hag. It says a lot about my life. I'm always hustling to try to get things done and I'm always behind anyway!