<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Thank you, Donovan!</div><div><br></div><div>Not to mention that more competitive wages would increase the pool and the overall talent of the pool.<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Oct 12, 2009, at 3:30 PM, Donovan Arnold <<a href="mailto:donovanjarnold2008@yahoo.com">donovanjarnold2008@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><div>What I want to know is, how can we spend so much on education but teachers get so little in compensation for the work that they do?</div>
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<div>I would think a teacher would be paid at least $36,000 a year, to start, and make up to $60,000 as a base pay for teachers. It doesn't seem to work that way.</div>
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<div>I wish we could pass an Idaho State Initiative that would take a percentage of the property tax and give it to teachers compensation. </div>
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<div>I don't think Principals or Superintendents should be paid any more than the highest 10% of teachers. Not that they don't work hard, but that teachers have the hardest and most important jobs one can have.</div>
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<div>It makes most sense to me, that we the people, be able to give taxes to teachers directly, rather than it being spend on something less important..</div>
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<div>I feel a good teacher, and an engaged student body, can provide better education than all the fancy buildings and facilities can provide. </div>
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<div>Donovan Arnold<br><br>--- On <b>Mon, 10/12/09, keely emerinemix <i><<a href="mailto:kjajmix1@msn.com">kjajmix1@msn.com</a>></i></b> wrote:<br></div>
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><br>From: keely emerinemix <<a href="mailto:kjajmix1@msn.com">kjajmix1@msn.com</a>><br>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] NYTimes: The Uneducated American<br>To: <a href="mailto:vpschwaller@gmail.com">vpschwaller@gmail.com</a>, <a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com"><a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a></a><br>Date: Monday, October 12, 2009, 9:48 PM<br><br>
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Well, I'm thrilled. The public school system always needs more supporters -- bright, caring, insightful men such as yourself. <br><br><font color="#8064a2"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" size="3"><font face="Verdana">Keely<br><a href="http://www.keely-prevailingwinds.com">www.keely-prevailingwinds.com</a><br></font></font></font><br><br><br><br>> Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:41:26 -0700<br>> From: <a href="mailto:vpschwaller@gmail.com"><a href="mailto:vpschwaller@gmail.com">vpschwaller@gmail.com</a></a><br>> To: <a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com"><a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a></a><br>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] NYTimes: The Uneducated American<br>> <br>> Sorry to disappoint the both of you - I have nothing to do in any way,<br>> shape, or form with any Moscow anti-public education individual,<br>> famous or infamous, Christian or catholic, Libertarian or Republican.<br>> <br>> I'd almost apologize to whomever this individual is, but I suspect he<br>> finds it funny as hell.<br>> <br>> GS<br>> <br>> On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 3:35 PM, keely emerinemix <<a href="mailto:kjajmix1@msn.com">kjajmix1@msn.com</a>> wrote:<br>>
> I can't speak for Andreas, obviously, but I think his question stemmed from<br>> > a belief that you might not really be a guy named "Glenn Schwaller," and<br>> > that you might, instead, be one of Moscow's famous anti-public education<br>> > Christian Libertarians.<br>> ><br>> > I can speak for myself, however, in declaring that Andreas, if I've<br>> > represented him correctly, might just be on to something.<br>> ><br>> > Keely<br>> > <a href="http://www.keely-prevailingwinds.com"><a href="http://www.keely-prevailingwinds.com">www.keely-prevailingwinds.com</a></a><br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> >> Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:53:44 -0700<br>> >> From: <a href="mailto:vpschwaller@gmail.com"><a href="mailto:vpschwaller@gmail.com">vpschwaller@gmail.com</a></a><br>> >> To: <a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com"><a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a></a><br>> >> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] NYTimes: The Uneducated American<br>> >><br>> >> Andreas --<br>> >><br>> >> Quit asking silly questions. Of course I do. I have said nothing to<br>> >>
indicate that I don't believe in public education. I aIso believe in<br>> >> home education - admittedly, perhaps a bit more so. I also believe in<br>> >> attempting to find out why it (public education) is suffering before<br>> >> resorting to only throwing money at it.<br>> >><br>> >> If I seem to be obfuscating it's because I AM bewildered. In fact I<br>> >> think the entire education system in a state of obfuscation since it<br>> >> is difficult to understand why, in spite of all that has been tried,<br>> >> it is still failing. Perhaps part of my obfuscation is that I have not<br>> >> seen anything else in this thread attempting to address the original<br>> >> issue, with the possible exceptions of HDP Joe (throw money throw<br>> >> money throw money) and Nick Gier who suggests massive unionization<br>> >> (which I think means throw money as
well . . .) Admittedly the<br>> >> original tenant of subject was "The Uneducated American - Education in<br>> >> America, suffering for years, is about to get much worse<br>> >> thanks to cuts caused by the financial crisis."<br>> >><br>> >> So I guess the answers have been given. Throw money at it. Maybe BHO<br>> >> can toss a cool mil into the pot.<br>> >><br>> >> Wasted again in obfuscationland<br>> >><br>> >> GS<br>> >><br>> >> On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 10:22 AM, Andreas Schou <<a href="mailto:ophite@gmail.com">ophite@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> >> > Glenn --<br>> >> ><br>> >> > Quit obfuscating. Do you believe in the public provision of education at<br>> >> > all?<br>> >> ><br>> >> > -- ACS<br>> >> ><br>> >><br>> >>
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