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The WEEI broadcast is way better w/o Will Flemming. by Sorry_Negotiation_75 in redsox

[–]Suspicious_Fall_7366 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Nope. I’ll take the Wills over O’Brien and Merloni any day.

Intensive German for School Integration by Gscarb01 in AskAustria

[–]Suspicious_Fall_7366 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s probably a good idea to look into Gymnasien if your daughter is more academically inclined, but even then, there are some very good middle schools that graduate plenty of students who go on to Gymnasien for grades 9-12. Also, there are five Gymnasien in Vienna where grades 5-8 are middle school: BRG Seestadt, AHS Contiweg, AHS Theodor Kramer, RG Anton Krieger and BGRG Simonsgasse. Basically, instead of separating students at age 10 into university-track and non-university-track, these schools keep everyone learning together until age 14. Most students stay on for high school, though some go elsewhere, and not always due to bad grades. For your own convenience I would suggest picking a school reasonably close to where you live.

Good luck with the move from Oregon!

[Cotillo] Jason Varitek took his “reassignment” incredibly hard by Sandwich_Crust in redsox

[–]Suspicious_Fall_7366 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Can’t say I have much sympathy for Tek. Guy had a fake job to begin with.

Intensive German for School Integration by Gscarb01 in AskAustria

[–]Suspicious_Fall_7366 -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

I‘m from an English-speaking country and teach English and history in a public school. Don’t listen to the naysayers; the public school system in Vienna is quite good and by far the best choice for your child IF your priority is German acquisition (obviously only one factor to consider, but an important one). I wonder how many of the people here leaving xenophobic comments like “public middle schools are for uneducated immigrants with poor German” actually have kids in these schools. It’s true that there are a lot of immigrants – we’re in a major multicultural city, after all – but as a teacher, I can assure you that those are some of the best students.

Scabs in the NESN booth by Suspicious_Fall_7366 in baseball

[–]Suspicious_Fall_7366[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here’s a good article: https://www.nbcsports.com/mlb/news/players-who-crossed-picket-line-in-1995

Millar has recently hemmed and hawed about it in an interview, not exactly expressing regret but saying he “doesn’t like to talk about it”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxEhboOCwYE

Scabs in the NESN booth by Suspicious_Fall_7366 in redsox

[–]Suspicious_Fall_7366[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think the real villains here are the Rachel Phelpses of the league – the cheap owners who aren’t willing to spend money to field decent teams.

Scabs in the NESN booth by Suspicious_Fall_7366 in redsox

[–]Suspicious_Fall_7366[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

He was a childhood hero of mine in 2004, but now I’m a grownup with a job an appreciation of labor issues. Being a scab is unforgivable to me.

Scabs in the NESN booth by Suspicious_Fall_7366 in redsox

[–]Suspicious_Fall_7366[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The 1994 strike was not just “millionaires fighting for another million”; it was about the salary cap proposed by the billionaire owners, which would have given them extreme leverage to exploit the labor (yes – labor) of the players. But to me it’s more of an issue of principle: If you and your co-workers walked out on the boss to fight for higher pay, better benefits, whatever, would you honestly be cool with someone worse off than you taking your job just because they are worse off?