[geeks] OLPCs for sale...

[Shannon Hendrix]

On Nov 20, 2007, at 1:38 AM, wa2egp at att.net wrote:

>> Locally, my school district is going to be working on a settlement  
>> for their new
>> contract for (I think) the rest of the year, *ensuring* all parents  
>> realize our
>> teachers are putting their paycheck before the students, since they  
>> are now
>> dropping all "unpaid" activities at their unions behest to "drive  
>> the point
>> home". I don't think they'll get the results they expect...
>
> I bet you want to work an extra hour a day for nothing. :)  Seriously,
> I don't know what "unpaid activities" are but no matter what job you  
> have,
> if you do something for nothing, you'll never get paid for it in the
> furture and more likely, you'll be expected to do more for nothing.   
> Those
> contract negotiations can be real nasty.  Too bad nobody really wins.

Yes, but if the teachers are making an issue out of that, it sounds  
like whining to me.

As a programmer, huge amounts of my work has gone unpaid.  That's  
pretty normal for a lot of people in programming and administration  
work.

I wish I could bitch at someone and get paid for it or not have to do  
it.

-- 
"Where some they sell their dreams for small desires."