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Trego School Raised Sub Wages
The Trego School Board met on Thursday, October 14th, and approved a new payscale for substitute teachers. Pay rate is hourly and based on education. Substitutes with a high school diploma earn 12$ an hour, while those with a Bachelor’s degree earn 14$ an hour. Substitute teachers with an elementary teaching certificate earn 16$ an… Continue reading Trego School Raised Sub Wages
The mind is not a vessel to be built, but a fire to be kindled. -Plutarch
BLS and My Neighbor’s Laws
Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan told of overhearing his housekeeper on the phone, “Sure, he’s a doctor, but not the kind that does a body any good.” There are more doctors that can do “a body any good” than Ph.D. sociologists like Moynihan. There is a practicing physician (whether DO or MD) for somewhere on the… Continue reading BLS and My Neighbor’s Laws
In Case You Missed it
Back to the Boom Town: Repairs to the old service Station…
The Peter Principle (in Government): “In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence”
Canadian Libertarian Leader on Mandates: “Libertarians hold that the only morally legitimate use of force is in response to the initiation of force…”
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The Sign Will Return
Earlier this month, we reported on the removal of the Trego School reader board, and noted that the board was looking into options for a new location. Last week’s meeting included a new lease for the reader board. This time, there will be no expense to the school beyond the time and materials to put… Continue reading The Sign Will Return
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Explaining Communication
I ran across this post from Bruce Charlton the other day – he does a nice job of describing the information we read – or watch -or hear. Charlton is a retired psychiatrist, whose work was in evolutionary psychiatry. He edited a journal that was not peer reviewed, and was somewhat controversial. His article begins:… Continue reading Explaining Communication
Dating a Winchester 67
I decided that I really like the Winchester 67 when an older cousin wanted to borrow a 22 rifle to shoot gophers. Since he knew more about firearms than I did (and this after I had been teaching at TSJC and exposed to a lot of gunsmiths) he returned the 67 with a scathing comment… Continue reading Dating a Winchester 67
