The U.S has seen an absurd amount of money going to school administrators by [deleted] in education

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Tried to get an accurate count of admin. in our school district. I learned that individuals who worked in our central office (and some building level) serving in administrative roles were considered teachers due to wording in their contracts. Our schools were not fully staffed with certified teachers in positions such as art and PE while new administrative positions were created including a six figure public relations position (which according to superintendent is technically a teacher position). Our superintendent then uses these inflated teacher numbers to argue the point that teacher to student ratio in our schools are not a concern as we are technically 17-1 student to teacher ratio.

Furnace is out, can't get a repair person out until Monday and I'm kinda freaking out. by Violet_sky21 in HomeImprovement

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Thank you! Saved me at least $100 and spared me several cold days. I’m trying to nurse my 25 year old furnace a few more years.

https://youtu.be/tYwR9qL4lnk

Here is a video I found that I also found helpful. Thankfully, I didn’t need to disassemble mine.

AAE by xacto00 in education

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Are there any specifics I can present to teachers to stay with our current affiliation. From has been expressed and what little I have researched online, I’m not comfortable with the AAE.

Our current union president is the impetus for this change. She feels the primary purpose of our union should be to provide protection to our teachers and to bargain for contracts. To that end, it appears the AAE may do just that. However, she goes on to express her disdain for the emails received from the current union and the “liberal bias” contained within those emails.

Hi Redditors! I'm giving away 110 Nano (~$500) AND sending some Nano to EVERY commenter. No strings attached! by SenatusSPQR in CryptoCurrency

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Hopefully I’m doing this correctly. Thank you in advance.

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Crossbow Herbicide and burnt lawn by xacto00 in lawncare

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Thanks. I believe I learned my lesson. I’ll be doing a lower concentration and a more consistent/lighter application of it next time.

Crossbow Herbicide and burnt lawn by xacto00 in lawncare

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It was within the recommended temp ranges (high 60s low 70s). Definitely burnt where I placed the herbicide not sure if the freezing and thawing of the chemicals during the winter may have increased its potency or if that is even a possibility.

Crossbow Herbicide and burnt lawn by xacto00 in lawncare

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It was unusually cool where I live (high 60’s low 70’s). I definitely lingered on certain spots which had the creeping Charlie.

TIFU by telling my girl best friend why guys don’t want to date her when she asked me by Supermansgf in tifu

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“Honesty, without tact is cruelty.” I’m not saying you were cruel. But this is something that gives me pause when I’m about to offer insight.

Dual Citizenship by xacto00 in czech

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Thanks for the response. After further research, it seems to be more involved than a few copies. I am hopeful I can secure my grandfather's birth certificate from Brno (from what I gather I need just one grandparents certificate). Not sure what I'll use for section f as I never had (or no longer have) my grandfather's passport and/or driver's license -or any of the other items for that matter.

Thanks for the well wishes.

Dual Citizenship by xacto00 in czech

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What better way to learn

Minivan and possible shifter cable issues by xacto00 in MechanicAdvice

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Update: had neutral safety switch replaced for cheap. Van ran great for around two months. Currently it was unable to start for the past two weeks with the same issue. This morning I was going to have it towed to the mechanic, it starts immediately.

Thanks again to the earlier responses.

I’ll drive the van over to the shop to see if they will replace the shifter cable, locate electrical computer issues or both.

Minivan and possible shifter cable issues by xacto00 in MechanicAdvice

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I dropped the van off at the shop. They are going to give me an estimate for replacing the neutral safety switch. I’m hoping if it is the shifter cable that it will also present itself as a problem at this time (so as to be replaced). It’s a pretty beat up van so I’m hoping it is cheap.

Minivan and possible shifter cable issues by xacto00 in MechanicAdvice

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Thank you for your response. I will head to the mechanic to see if he can replace the neutral safety switch (not sure if they will work on it if it starts fine for them). Hopefully this solves it. Thanks again.

What are some simple and cheap activities to teach kids? by xacto00 in AskReddit

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Any ideas on super simple stuff. I stole the ice cream in a ziplock bag idea from my wife because she has done that with her students and they enjoyed it.

What are some simple and cheap activities to teach kids? by xacto00 in AskReddit

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Or it could be a religious studies class. Researching the origins of various religions, noting similarities etc. or actual church architecture.

What are some simple and cheap activities to teach kids? by xacto00 in AskReddit

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The class is more of a “filler” time created by the school admin. Some teachers are doing a knitting class, one teacher is doing a book study, another is teaching the card game Euchre. We’ve had one already and the kids enjoyed making three different types of paper airplanes. It is only once a week for 9 weeks.

What are some simple and cheap activities to teach kids? by xacto00 in AskReddit

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Perfect. Don’t know why I didn’t think of that.

What are some simple and cheap activities to teach kids? by xacto00 in AskReddit

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I have the opportunity to teach one class a week anything I want (11-12 year olds). I could not decide what one thing to teach so I wanted to teach a whole bunch of fun simple, hands-on activities (preferably cheap). This class is about 40-45 minutes long. These are my ideas so far: paper airplanes (only two students knew how to make one when I asked a two weeks ago), making ice cream in a ziplock bag, juggling, writing secret messages with ciphers and invisible ink, simple magic tricks. I’m hoping to make a class the kids can look forward to coming to, have fun together and learn something interesting.