snowpocalypse 2016

It also sucks ass that OPM is potentially waiting until 10pm to announce a decision regarding tomorrow. We've got plans for different possible scenarios, but I can imagine some parents needing more time to make child care arrangements if they're required to go to work tomorrow. What do they gain by delaying their decision?

Is metro open? Are schools open? Are roads clear? Are all the Starbucks open?

jaded wrote:
Is metro open? Are schools open? Are roads clear? Are all the Starbucks open?

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I got one of those "free in january" tumblers.  I think they need to extend that by a week.

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East coast dodges anther potential blizzard, light snow possible over the weekend.

http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/east-face-more-snow-next-blizzard-nyc/54990853

nice to see Arlington schools closed until at least Thursday but arguing they don't have to make up the days… some weird stat called "instructional hours".. they say they will meet that so they are off the hook.. nice to be a teacher and get a FIVE days off and not have to make them up.. in Arlington they got Thursday, Friday, Monday, Tuesday and will get at least Wed…

I love Arlington and its school system has been pretty good to my family but they are a bunch of sorry-asses when it comes to snow.

it was funny watching Tapper on CNN talking to the head of DC Emergency Services or some such .. I paraphrase "why the fuck is NYC operating at 100% with full metro transit, schools and everything while DC is closed.. I didn't see any snow plows either".. DC bureaucrat: "uuugghh.. we're totally different systems.. uggghh…dont' ask me"… Tapper should have said 'Ugh isn't New York's subway system 150 years old and yours like 40??" instead he said "Did you have enough resources in place? Did you have all you needed?" DC Bureaucrat "Ehhhh…ughh" deer in headlights

did you get your frickin dvd??? that is all I want to know cause it is tearing apart my guts.. my innards are spewing all over the keyboard.. I must know.

hutch wrote:
nice to see Arlington schools closed until at least Thursday but arguing they don't have to make up the days… some weird stat called "instructional hours".. they say they will meet that so they are off the hook.. nice to be a teacher and get a FIVE days off and not have to make them up.. in Arlington they got Thursday, Friday, Monday, Tuesday and will get at least Wed…

those fucking public school teachers have it MADE.  man, i would do ANYTHING to land one of those cushy jobs.  talk about a cake-walk!!!

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I cant believe some people still rely on DVDs for their entertainment, in 2016. 

killsaly wrote:
I cant believe some people still rely on DVDs for their entertainment, in 2016. 

You forgot to log in as vansmack.

sweetcell wrote:

hutch wrote:
nice to see Arlington schools closed until at least Thursday but arguing they don't have to make up the days… some weird stat called "instructional hours".. they say they will meet that so they are off the hook.. nice to be a teacher and get a FIVE days off and not have to make them up.. in Arlington they got Thursday, Friday, Monday, Tuesday and will get at least Wed…

those fucking public school teachers have it MADE.  man, i would do ANYTHING to land one of those cushy jobs.  talk about a cake-walk!!!

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^what a stupid post.

yeah, its a cakewalk to get FIVE days off your job in one week and not have to make them up.. what else do you call it??
I have no problem with days off and being a teacher is as important as tough a job as there is…. but you have to make up snow days at the end.. sorry… 180-190 days of school a year for a kid is not that much.

perhaps I could have directed my post more at APS in general and not teachers per se.. .but fuck yeah it must be nice for them..

Small concession for low pay, hard work, lots of college loans and being despised not only by the kids you teach but by most republicans as well

hutch wrote:
yeah, its a cakewalk to get FIVE days off your job in one week and not have to make them up.. what else do you call it??

Literally no one I know who just got a snowday (myself included) is expected to "make them up." You think I'm coming in on Saturday this week?

Hey at least it is 50 degrees!    8)

Sidehatch wrote:
Small concession for low pay, hard work, lots of college loans and being despised not only by the kids you teach but by most republicans as well

low pay is relative.. sorry man.. when you get 3-4 months off at a minimum every year due to winter break/summer vacation and you calculate income per days worked.. it ain't exactly minimum wage….. you might be surprised .. they might be making more than you on a per day worked basis.

but ok fine.. being a teacher is so horrible.. they make no money…everybody hates them (seriously? I hate my kids teachers?  who the fuck hates the teachers that teach their kids? I think most people value them more than their extended family members. ..even Republicans..i know i do.. i know i'm fucking counting on them for all my life is worth….the money we shell out every year on gift cards… multiply that by the entire class….come on now.its ok if they don't work because there is some snow.. WTF? I could easily have gotten my kids to school today but I guess no teacher could make it? give me a break.

lets teach kids the value of NO WORK. yeah, that's the ticket.

btw in NYC it snowed more than in DC in ONE DAY with no preparation because snow was not forecast to be that bad for the area and guess what.. schools were open on Monday.. but hey.

Carlos wrote:

hutch wrote:
yeah, its a cakewalk to get FIVE days off your job in one week and not have to make them up.. what else do you call it??

Literally no one I know who just got a snowday (myself included) is expected to "make them up." You think I'm coming in on Saturday this week?

you got five or six snow days! wow… nice!

hutch wrote:

Sidehatch wrote:
Small concession for low pay, hard work, lots of college loans and being despised not only by the kids you teach but by most republicans as well

low pay is relative.. sorry man.. when you get 3-4 months off at a minimum every year due to winter break/summer vacation and you calculate income per days worked.. it ain't exactly minimum wage….. you might be surprised .. they might be making more than you on a per day worked basis.

During the summer, many teachers are required to take classes, and many are required to earn at least a masters degree before getting a promotion/raise.

and Sidehatch, did everyone hate your parents? I bet they got a ton of pleasure and a big sense of achievement out of teaching kids and last time I checked your parents seemed to be doing allright..Didn't they retire when they were like 45? seems like it was just around when I met you 20 years ago or something!

This idea that teachers are hated and not respected is a myth. Iit is the teacher's union or organization that IS hated by Republicans and I don't know the ins and outs of that one but that is different from individual teachers) And while it may be true that teachers in less affluent areas get a raw deal it also can't be denied that teachers in places like Arlington, Falls Church and Montgomery County are doing pretty fine for themselves..or do you think our friends Enrique and Kristin are doing that terrible??? Seriously?