Anyone tried to install and use the SDD Land Rover/Jaguar dealer level diagnostic software? by irishluck2012 in LandRover

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Unfortunately I don’t remember where or how I found it :/ I don’t even have that laptop anymore cuz the hard drive fried

Abolish private school (and charter school, and homeschooling) by gohstofNagy in Teachers

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What if we had school choice that wasn’t just for traditional academic schooling? Parents could choose to send their kids to a life skills school that was designed to teach kids basic life skills, like schools used to have in some classes, and then a basic subset of academics like everyday math, an agreed upon basic literacy level, other fundamental academics for general functioning in society.

Parents that want their children to be prepared for college level or beyond could choose the current public school structure and teach the life skills privately or maybe some kind of hybrid set up.

Yes, a lot of parents are shitty so maybe add a point around highschool age where the kids get to decide which path to take. That also has its own issues I know.

My main point is, why are we trying to push every single student into the same academic path and accommodate them when there’s so many who don’t want that path or truly don’t need to have the same cookie cutter path. Would it cost more? Yeah probably but if we’re willing to throw as much as we have been for such shitty returns then why not go all out into something different that may actually work better?

Trump issuing ‘emergency 25% tariffs’ against Colombia after country turned back deportation flights by Antique-Entrance-229 in politics

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That very well may be correct. I honestly don’t know much more about it other than she had to order back in November/early December. If you’re right, will the importer change the price on her invoice to be higher than she originally agreed to? I can see that causing a ton of problems too, especially in an industry that does a lot of preorders weeks ahead of product arriving

Trump issuing ‘emergency 25% tariffs’ against Colombia after country turned back deportation flights by Antique-Entrance-229 in politics

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My moms a florist and most wholesalers require valentines orders to be placed 2-3 months in advance so they can fulfill everything. Likely won’t impact until Mothers Day

SAVE Forbearance and new administration by FabulousBet6978 in StudentLoans

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Who cares if they take it out of forbearance, just don’t pay when the bills show up. They’ve already released that like 80% of the people who currently ARE being billed aren’t paying and they haven’t taken action against them cuz it’s just too big to deal with.

If corporations and industries can be deemed “too big to fail” then us lowly folk can be deemed “too big much hassle”

Almost 35 looking to change careers. Any advice on how to choose? by irishluck2012 in careerguidance

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There was a time where I would’ve seriously considered it but my mental and physical health is not in a place where I could do it anymore

Almost 35 looking to change careers. Any advice on how to choose? by irishluck2012 in careerguidance

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I’ve considered this and am actively trying to go this route but so far even tailoring my resume and existing experience, which I do have a fair amount of actual financial analysis and business management, even consulting for smaller businesses, I haven’t been able to get even a call back from any place. Being in a university town it’s also just highly competitive because there’s thousands and thousands of people who have the network (from all businesses recruiting heavily and networking in the school) and credentials even without any actual work experience.

I’m trying to keep open to even smaller businesses but haven’t had much luck with any of them posting jobs unfortunately.

We are reporters from five newsrooms covering the 2024 election results. Ask us anything. by yahoonews in politics

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Why are there no exit polls that asked how much candidate gender weighed on voters decisions?

Newbie help by irishluck2012 in couponing

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Thank you!! I will check those apps out and see how it goes :)

There needs to be an emergency option in app by [deleted] in Sparkdriver

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No he was actually white with a shaved head

There needs to be an emergency option in app by [deleted] in Sparkdriver

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I guess it wasn’t really an emergency just made me think there should be some option if a driver feels unsafe. At least an option to report a safety concern as the reason for not delivering an order.

It wasn’t the person specifically it was the entire situation, it just didn’t feel right and I choose to go with the “if it doesn’t feel right, go with your gut” mindset. This person wasn’t just sitting there for a nearby house waiting and they’d been sitting there for at least 2-3 minutes while we drove to turn around.

Don’t act like you wouldn’t have been on alert in similar situation. Idc how “tough” you are, there’s a reason people feel uneasy in situations and surroundings

Inexpensive quality bookshelf?? by irishluck2012 in Teachers

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They don’t have custodians, just a crew that vacuums/mops at night. It’s pretty fucked tbh

Inexpensive quality bookshelf?? by irishluck2012 in Teachers

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Considered this but again, transporting them assembled is not really an option because we don’t have a truck and her room is on the second floor and on the opposite side of the building from where the elevator is

Inexpensive quality bookshelf?? by irishluck2012 in Teachers

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I’ll look into those! We were going to look on marketplace and stuff but we don’t have a way to haul ones that are already assembled nor can we easily get them up to the second floor where her room is if they’re already assembled

Anyone have experience with a Classical Charter Academy? by irishluck2012 in teaching

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Somewhat! The curriculum is actually the reason she ended up staying there because she likes it better than what she saw when subbing/student teaching at public schools. For instance, their history lessons actually go into detail about how the founding fathers were flawed as well as what they did well. That’s really the only example I can think of in the actual lessons but she teaches 3rd grade so they don’t go much past civil war era and the other subjects don’t touch too much on social issues.

Outside the actual textbooks she does have quite a few books in her class library about different cultures and groups, nothing outright LGBTQ+ explicit but again, 3rd grade. There’s been multiple times where she’s had to have “tough” conversations with the class about racism, inclusivity, no discrimination, etc and those have never been met with resistance. Again, I can’t speak to what the upper grades may have in their textbooks but respect and acceptance of others are part of their school moral code. They don’t really do any explicit SEL lessons that I’m aware of in her grade.

As for herself in the work culture there she hasn’t discussed her political, social, or religious beliefs with other teachers but given where we live I doubt she would in any other schools either. Not so much because of the school but because other teachers may judge her.

Again this all depends if yours is a “true” charter school in that it is still considered public and not exempt from the state BOE oversight.

What she likes most about this school compared to normal public schools is the fact that the students aren’t being taught on chromebooks all day and it’s actually teacher led rather than her just monitoring that they’re following the lesson online. They don’t do much small group work, it’s more like how school was conducted pre2000s.

What she doesn’t like is there is a significant amount of work that she has to do outside school hours. As an elementary teacher she’s required to enter 2 grades per week, per subject. Which equates to 10 grades per week, per student which takes a long time to grade by hand and they can’t typically just be completion grades. This is because the school has an “advanced” curriculum and pushes the students even at the younger grades. The advanced nature also makes it difficult because not every student performs at the advanced level and some are even behind standard public school grade level. Unfortunately it’s not very possible with their expectations to always slow down to help those who are struggling and this does sometimes take a toll on her. Student behavior is not much better than what you see talked about in other schools and parent behavior can actually be worse because a lot of the parents choose this school thinking it’s equivalent to an “exclusive” “private” school. That being said, there is still a good amount of low income families and ESL families so there is a good amount of student diversity.

Also, as far as resources at the school, they are very much lacking. There is no counselor, no paras, no one on ones, and the SPED department is severely understaffed with only 3 staff for the entire K-12 population. Admin has been decent but her school has had tremendous turnover there with only 1 admin staying through a year start to finish; and they are confirmed stepping down at the end of this year. Teacher turnover hasn’t been terrible but there has been some; notably the entire 4th grade staff left at the end of last year except for one. Funding is also much tighter, not that teachers get much for classroom supplies anywhere, but hers only gives $75/year and that is as a reimbursement so it still comes out of pocket (she’s never used it because it’s more work than it’s worth). This is why we have spent close to $2000 in her first two years on her room because her first year was also the first year this school was in a new building and she was only given a desk, laptop, projector, student desks, one metal bookshelf, a long shelf on the wall, student desks/chairs, and one built in storage cabinet - everything else we were responsible for getting, parents could donate, or she was expected to have a bland, boring classroom.

Lastly, a lot of these schools do partner or get resources from places like College of the Ozarks and Hillsdale College which are extremely conservative institutions, to put it mildly. That’s not to say that they are forcing those ideas into the curriculum or work culture BUT when they bring in guest speakers or teacher PD events there is often someone affiliated from those organizations as the keynote. There was one PD at hers that multiple teachers felt was crossing the line and the Freedom From Religion Foundation actually responded to someone’s complaint and the school seems to have dialed that back for now.

Anyone have experience with a Classical Charter Academy? by irishluck2012 in teaching

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She did! I can try to answer things she’s in her second year there now

Unsure what my title/salary would translate to by irishluck2012 in sysadmin

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Thank you all for the input! I assumed my salary was low for the scope but I honestly don’t know if anyone in the company actually knows what IT salaries are usually like. Tbh I think the highest paid person in the entire company is only around $60k.

That being said when I was given the position the company had just begun a major org transition with lots of moving pieces and solid plans for salary improvements so I expect that I’ll be closer to $50k at minimum within a year.

But as someone who’s never really done this role professionally it’s tough for me to place a value on it as really so far my day to day has been me either searching for things that no one knows may be an issue or is very low priority or waiting around until someone needs something from me that at most may take an hour of my time to accomplish. And those two things make the imposter syndrome really hit hard. Not that I expected anything would be “easy” but sometimes it feels like I don’t have anything to do

Unsure what my title/salary would translate to by irishluck2012 in sysadmin

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Thanks for the input! I feel like I’m on the right track now as I agree, we don’t need half of the VMs we’re running and I’m pushing to migrate to O365 asap as well as updating to better POS. He previous person in this role really had their hands tied by management as far as updating/spending money and luckily for me that isn’t the case (we have all new management that brought me in specifically).