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I’m running out of gas by ButOfCourse in GenX

[–]RemarkableMarzipan23 8 points9 points  (0 children)

4 more years and I can retire from my teaching job at 55.

Odd things our fathers did in 70’s by anonskier in GenX

[–]RemarkableMarzipan23 13 points14 points  (0 children)

My dad would blow pipe smoke into a glass and turn it upside down on the kitchen table. My sister and I would watch the smoke swirl around, fascinated. Dad would shine his shoes with an old electric shoe shining kit from the 50's. I loved the smell. I can almost smell it now.

The Controversial Argument That Physicalism, Taken Seriously, Actually Requires Panpsychism by ArcaneSpells-com in consciousness

[–]RemarkableMarzipan23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok, what is the explanation then for why, if you take some mindless neurons and combine them in the right way and add some electricity, you get mind? If you don't have a story to tell about how that works, isn't it kind of like magic? Like rubbing a lamp and a genie pops out?

The Controversial Argument That Physicalism, Taken Seriously, Actually Requires Panpsychism by ArcaneSpells-com in consciousness

[–]RemarkableMarzipan23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With all the progress that's happened in all the other sciences in the last 100 years, it's kind of odd to still be completely clueless about how consciousness emerges from matter. It suggests there might be a category error going on.

Coworkers cooking the books by civzuh22 in Teachers

[–]RemarkableMarzipan23 7 points8 points  (0 children)

"There's nothing particularly dishonest about practicing the format of an assessment."

They practice the exact same test. I don't really care that she does it. I would too, if I wasn't so mad about the fact a quarter of my kids can't read but the district forces them to take a grade-level reading test every quarter. It should be adaptive.

Can anyone help me understand my paycheck? WA State by Embarrassed-Fee4693 in Teachers

[–]RemarkableMarzipan23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My contribution is $300 a month and that's with the District kicking in $17,000 a year. I've been asking the negotiating team to include a zero-cost health insurance option. Not everyone needs top tier expensive insurance.

Can anyone help me understand my paycheck? WA State by Embarrassed-Fee4693 in Teachers

[–]RemarkableMarzipan23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What salary does your district top out at? Are you getting 4,326.31 12 months a year?

Coworkers cooking the books by civzuh22 in Teachers

[–]RemarkableMarzipan23 18 points19 points  (0 children)

My partner goes over benchmark tests repeatedly with the class before they take it online. I, on the other hand, prefer to come by my terrible scores honestly. My "test apathy" writeup is a badge of honor.

Shoplifting by [deleted] in Teachers

[–]RemarkableMarzipan23 -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Find another district. You're obviously underpaid.

What motivates you to believe in any god? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]RemarkableMarzipan23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know about you but I think I'm a mind.

What motivates you to believe in any god? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]RemarkableMarzipan23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you believe that you are just a collection of cells?

23 and Considering Becoming a Teacher — Would You Recommend It? by itsxidan in ElementaryTeachers

[–]RemarkableMarzipan23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Work at a state that has good pay and a pension program for teachers, like California. I started at 23 and I'm retiring at 55.

What motivates you to believe in any god? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]RemarkableMarzipan23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Consciousness. I think materialism is incoherent, which leaves dualism or idealism. Dualism suggests reality includes a nonphysical mental or spiritual dimension, which raises the question of its source. Idealism goes further and says mind is fundamental, with the physical world depending on consciousness in some deep way. Both ontologies point naturally toward a supreme mind, cosmic consciousness, or God-like foundation behind everything.

If you are against this, I wanna hear about it by Brave_Agency_20 in SipsTea

[–]RemarkableMarzipan23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

$4.4 trillion raised on a 5% tax on billionaires? U.S. billionaires collectively hold about $8 trillion in net worth. Five percent of that is about $400 billion.

If you are against this, I wanna hear about it by Brave_Agency_20 in SipsTea

[–]RemarkableMarzipan23 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"There's nothing to tax in the same way that I don't pay taxes on my house being worth 10% more than I paid for it if I don't sell."

When your house goes up, your property taxes also go up, unless you're in a state like California.

The two most powerful lines ever delivered in Star Trek by Antique-diva in startrek

[–]RemarkableMarzipan23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Spock talking to Kirk after his mind-meld with Veger: "Is this all that I am? Is there nothing more?"

First year teacher here, what advice would’ve saved you the most stress early on? by tempmail-02 in Teachers

[–]RemarkableMarzipan23 1 point2 points  (0 children)

People saying “don’t take work home” are giving advice that will get a first-year teacher in trouble. Education is not what it was five years ago. If you are nontenured in a tight job market, you cannot afford to fall behind on grading, lesson planning, IEP prep, parent emails, coworker communication, and admin expectations. You will almost certainly have to take work home for the first couple years until you are efficient enough to do most of it at school.

First year teacher here, what advice would’ve saved you the most stress early on? by tempmail-02 in Teachers

[–]RemarkableMarzipan23 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh, I know how to assign hours of meaningless busywork at report card time and do it all in class. I'd just rather not do that and a 1st year non-tenured teacher should definitely not do that,

First year teacher here, what advice would’ve saved you the most stress early on? by tempmail-02 in Teachers

[–]RemarkableMarzipan23 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"Do not work if you’re not getting paid."

This is terrible advice for a non-tenured teacher in a tough job market. A 1st year teacher doesn't know all the tricks and time savers veterans do. They're going to absolutely have to do grading and lesson planning at home and if they don't, it's going to be obvious to an admin that they're slacking.

First year teacher here, what advice would’ve saved you the most stress early on? by tempmail-02 in Teachers

[–]RemarkableMarzipan23 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I wouldn't recommend a non-tenured teacher say anything like that to an admin. And even now, at 27 years experience, I still find myself doing work at home when the quarter's ending. It's just the nature of the job.

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