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Yea the 2 weeks off every 6-8 weeks sounds like lunacy to me. To me the solution would be simply more school, but obviously that would have to result in increased pay, and even then teachers unions would throw a fit, so it would never happen. Nevertheless, 3 months off during the summer is just dumb. There is 0 functional purpose to that anymore.
 
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Dabamf_sl said:
Yea the 2 weeks off every 6-8 weeks sounds like lunacy to me. To me the solution would be simply more school, but obviously that would have to result in increased pay, and even then teachers unions would throw a fit, so it would never happen. Nevertheless, 3 months off during the summer is just dumb. There is 0 functional purpose to that anymore.
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Actually, I'd beg to differ. There are kids that have access to fairly well paying jobs that are designed for the current school year. It's a lot harder to make money in smaller blocks of time, as it is harder for employers to create useful jobs to suit those times.
 
Noodleface

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I have one trouble spot and that is below the shaft right before the balls. The way the ballsack skin kind of hangs there is troublesome. I do some weird techniques, I'll admit. Always a few small cuts. Anyone have trouble there?

How did you overcome it?

Do you feel better now?
 
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Noodleface_sl said:
I have one trouble spot and that is below the shaft right before the balls. The way the ballsack skin kind of hangs there is troublesome. I do some weird techniques, I'll admit. Always a few small cuts. Anyone have trouble there?

How did you overcome it?

Do you feel better now?
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I don't know why you are being so flippant in a thread about terrorism in Boston so soon after the bombing. You are an insensitive bastard.
 
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flippant the balls.. wait a sec, my brother HAD surgery on his BALLS because they keep spinning AKA FLIPPING around and causing EXTREME PAIN.. pain.. BOMBING.. this sounds like a conspiracy, I AM OUT.
 
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Every time I've seen "year round school" proposed, nationally or locally, the premise has been that instead of having the block of 2.5 summer months off, instead, they take that time, and spread it out throughout the year, such that kids go for a period of time, usually 6 or 8 weeks, then they have two weeks off, then go for 6-8 weeks, then off for two weeks. This is how, from my experience, the proposals have functioned.

Here's the NEA's website on the subject

http://www.nea.org/tools/17057.htm



See?

This format is the type typically proposed. That's why it would be the alternative chosen, because its the one the NEA and these groups who want year round schooling have been pushing for well into two decades now, and I've never seen a different alternative proposed, and I'm not even sure what that would be. You have to understand, too, that teachers love teaching in part because they only "work" 9 months out of the year. The teachers unions of course see this as a direct benefit for their members, and they aren't going to go along with a plan that takes away summer without retaining the same amount of time off for teachers, just spread throughout the year. They would basically consider that to be being forced to work many more hours, for no extra pay (teachers are salaried positions) so yeah. The Chicago school district unions and employees almost rioted last year because the district wanted to make the school day one hour longer without increasing teacher pay. Just think about how the national union members would riot if they found out they were losing their summers and not getting the same amount of time off spread throughout the year.
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Yeah that seems to defeat the whole purpose and ignore the lessons that other countries have to teach us. But hey, whatever.
 
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TheBeagle

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hodj_sl said:
She likes her men drunk and in kilts?
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I thought it was the Scots that wore kilts? Or are Scots Celtic as well? British Isles ethnic traits and ancestry always confuse me. Irish, Welsh, English, and Scotch, never sure which one goes where.
 
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It's the Scots that wear the kilts, and unlike the Kevin Kostner version of Robin Hood they don't drink the blood of their dead. Welsh people are the wart on the British Isles that like to think they're real people, but they're kind of like...erm...Alaska I guess.
 
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TheBeagle_sl said:
I thought it was the Scots that wore kilts? Or are Scots Celtic as well? British Isles ethnic traits and ancestry always confuse me. Irish, Welsh, English, and Scotch, never sure which one goes where.
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"Celts" were actually just a large ethnic group that started in central Europe who shared common linguistic and spiritual beliefs. Think of all the different groups of Plains Indians. Like that. The Celts held most of Europe until Rome got sick of their shit and did what Rome did.

And any Brit that likes to talk shit about the Welsh should remember that the Welsh people are more "British" than the "British" who are basically just savage Frenchies. ooooooooooooooooooooooooo
 
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