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Snow Day!
Jan 28, 2013 4:46:44 GMT -6
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Post by davishfc on Jan 28, 2013 4:46:44 GMT -6
Yahtzee! These never get old. One of the advantages to teaching in a northern state.
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Post by emptybackfield on Jan 28, 2013 6:34:55 GMT -6
I'm setting the over/under of your post count at 89.5 today.
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zeroand24
Freshmen Member
The soft don't win championships
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Post by zeroand24 on Jan 28, 2013 7:27:02 GMT -6
Down here in FL we get Hurricane days which usually end up being beautiful days at the beach. One of the advantages of teaching in the south.
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Post by irishdog on Jan 28, 2013 7:28:04 GMT -6
Yahtzee! These never get old. One of the advantages to teaching in a northern state. Also one of the disadvantages of living in a northern state. Been there, done that. Gave up my snow boots, snow shovels, snowblower, ice scrapers, battery charger, coats, gloves, and anything else related to ice and snow! Am now having my morning coffee in my t-shirt and shorts on my deck in South Texas!
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Post by fantom on Jan 28, 2013 7:37:16 GMT -6
Yahtzee! These never get old. One of the advantages to teaching in a northern state. Yawn. For some of us every day is a snow day.
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Post by jgordon1 on Jan 28, 2013 8:26:13 GMT -6
LOL fantom...we had the perfect combination today...freezing rain melting later on....too bad I have a dentist appt tomorrow to make it a 3 1/2 day weekend
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Post by blb on Jan 28, 2013 8:41:58 GMT -6
Yahtzee! These never get old. One of the advantages to teaching in a northern state. Yawn. For some of us every day is a snow day. ...unless one is dumb enough to sign up to substitute teach or open weight room after school November-June.
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Post by davishfc on Jan 28, 2013 10:38:12 GMT -6
I'm setting the over/under of your post count at 89.5 today. I'm going to have to say under unfortunately. I went back to sleep at 5:30 and woke up at 11:15. Must have needed to catch up on some sleep.
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Post by davishfc on Jan 28, 2013 11:35:21 GMT -6
Yahtzee! These never get old. One of the advantages to teaching in a northern state. Yawn. For some of us every day is a snow day. Oh to be retired. That day will eventually come for all of us.
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Post by blb on Jan 28, 2013 11:40:52 GMT -6
Yawn. For some of us every day is a snow day. Oh to be retired. That day will eventually come for all of us. Don't count on it-not if our Governerd and state Legislators have anything to do with it.
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Post by coach2013 on Jan 28, 2013 11:43:27 GMT -6
We had early dismissals here.
1) hudle shares 2) lethal weapon rerun 3) alien movie reruns
pretty good day
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Post by davishfc on Jan 28, 2013 11:47:23 GMT -6
Oh to be retired. That day will eventually come for all of us. Don't count on it-not if our Governerd and state Legislators have anything to do with it. I know. Should I just get into college coaching now while I'm still relatively young or gut this thing out?
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Post by blb on Jan 28, 2013 11:52:43 GMT -6
Good luck getting into college coaching. And you won't be able to afford the pay cut right now anyway.
Within ten years there will be no tenure, no MEA-AFT, and schools will be entirely vouchers and charter.
You guys will be cannibalizing each other for jobs and crumbs of salary-benefits they're willing to dole out.
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Post by emptybackfield on Jan 28, 2013 12:05:12 GMT -6
Good luck getting into college coaching. And you won't be able to afford the pay cut right now anyway. Within ten years there will be no tenure, no MEA-AFT, and schools will be entirely vouchers and charter. You guys will be cannibalizing each other for jobs and crumbs of salary-benefits they're willing to dole out. Uplifting
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Post by rsmith627 on Jan 28, 2013 12:20:20 GMT -6
Here in Utah we are hardcore. In spite of the 4-12 inches we got depending on where you are in the Salt Lake valley, we are in school getting after it today.
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Post by davishfc on Jan 28, 2013 12:52:29 GMT -6
Good luck getting into college coaching. And you won't be able to afford the pay cut right now anyway. Within ten years there will be no tenure, no MEA-AFT, and schools will be entirely vouchers and charter. You guys will be cannibalizing each other for jobs and crumbs of salary-benefits they're willing to dole out. True. It would be a huge pay cut. I'll probably end up in administration some day. As long as I can continue to be a head coach which I know will limit my opportunities but still. That would be a great situation. As for the conditions that are inevitable in the field of education. We've got our predecessors to thank for that. The "get everything we can now and screw the future" mentality of unions in the past is what today's teachers are paying for. Now our unions have no power. Tenure? It might as well be gone in Michigan now anyway. It's still a term used but with the shift in cuts steering toward evaluations anyway, tenure is basically extinct in principle. "Take it or leave it" is what the school boards are saying now regarding contracts because they can. Oh well. What are you going to do? Even more of a reason to enjoy the little things like snow days!
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Post by fantom on Jan 28, 2013 13:00:01 GMT -6
Yawn. For some of us every day is a snow day. ...unless one is dumb enough to sign up to substitute teach or open weight room after school November-June. I still do weights. Subbing? BTDT. No point retiring if you're still waking up with the chickens.
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Post by blb on Jan 28, 2013 13:58:44 GMT -6
...unless one is dumb enough to sign up to substitute teach or open weight room after school November-June. I still do weights. Subbing? BTDT. No point retiring if you're still waking up with the chickens. I only sub in Off-Season. Going there for weights anyway, figure I might as well get paid for it.
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Post by spreadopt on Jan 28, 2013 15:16:40 GMT -6
love me some snow day!
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Post by brophy on Jan 28, 2013 16:04:13 GMT -6
SNOW day?!!
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Post by fballcoachg on Jan 28, 2013 17:50:46 GMT -6
The positive in a southern state is a dusting is cause for panic. I have had snow days with no snow the past few years (unfortunately Nashville has dodged this years "mega storms"), a far cry from Cleveland where if it didn't really come down at about 3AM, wasn't all ice, or wasn't a windchill deal you were going to school.
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Post by blb on Jan 28, 2013 18:17:01 GMT -6
Yeah, well, we don't have hurricanes (or wild fires, earthquakes, mud slides, droughts, consecutive weeks of 100 degrees-plus) "up here" so I don't mind shovelling a little snow once in awhile.
My doctor calls it "Exercise with a purpose."
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Post by airman on Jan 28, 2013 18:42:03 GMT -6
I live in the north and I have worn snow boots exactly once this year. you have to be tough to live in the upper mid-west. tough means you wear a hoodie with a t shirt underneath. toughen up people.
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Post by champ93 on Jan 28, 2013 18:46:15 GMT -6
Oh to be retired. That day will eventually come for all of us. Don't count on it-not if our Governerd and state Legislators have anything to do with it. Seconded! 12 years to go,
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Post by Chris Clement on Jan 28, 2013 19:10:41 GMT -6
I remember many nights hoping the snow would hold off until it was too late to plow before school but not so late that they got us to school before it really came down. Sadly Manitoba has very little snow, you just get frostbite walking to the car.
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Post by davishfc on Feb 1, 2013 5:52:06 GMT -6
Two in one week?! Yahtzee!
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Post by buckeye7525 on Feb 1, 2013 6:02:55 GMT -6
Lucky dog! And on a Friday to boot!
I was hoping for a delay today due to wind chill but no such luck
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Post by fballcoachg on Feb 1, 2013 6:05:48 GMT -6
Not even an inch and we are out, 3 day weekend and clinics the next two weekends, not a shabby stretch!
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Post by emptybackfield on Feb 1, 2013 6:13:32 GMT -6
Not even an inch and we are out, 3 day weekend and clinics the next two weekends, not a shabby stretch! It's a joke isn't it? But, it's a joke that we love. The snow will be gone by noon, and I might go hit some golf balls.
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Post by coachjd on Feb 1, 2013 6:53:47 GMT -6
School is 2 hours late here today. Its -18 this morning with a wind chill of -40.
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