The kids these days; what are you gonna do with ’em!
If you’re the head honcho at the Galveston ISD, you stick ’em in an auditorium and show ’em movies.
That’s right, taxpayers. The district can’t get enough substitute teachers because the regular ones are bailing out left and right.
So for a lot of kids, the three R's turn into a long day at the movies. And it’s free! (No word on whether the district throws in popcorn and Milk Duds.)
One of the reasons given for this unusual method of, uh, education is that many of the district’s teachers are taking off to repair homes damaged by Hurricane Ike.
OK, but couldn’t they wait a few more weeks to do that WHEN SCHOOL IS NOT IN SESSION?
The other reason given was that teachers want to use up their sick leave before the school year ends.
I hate to split hairs here, but isn’t sick leave for … sickness? As in, you don’t use it if you’re not sick? Silly me.
The real question, however, is what movies are they showing the kiddos? If they want to justify this non-schooling at school, at least they should roll out:
“Blackboard Jungle”
“Fast Times at Ridgemont High”
“The Graduate”
“High School Musical”
“National Lampoon’s Animal House”
“The Nutty Professor”
“To Sir With Love”
And finally, no film for this occasion would be more appropriate than (drum roll, please):
“Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”
… Bueller. … Bueller. … Bueller.
Friday, May 08, 2009
School daze
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Perhaps Officer Pantsdown or his supportive wife could help out.
This is all George Bush's fault!
-- Reverend Doctor Brother Master Prophet Qualudus Smith, Supreme Pastor of the Bright Light Free Will Four Square Full Gospel of the Lord Me of the Lamp Missionary Temple Fellowship and Limousine Service
Sadly, all the people of Galveston have not returned home since Hurricane Ike. With the loss of hundreds of jobs after the closing of many services at UTMB, loss of homes and loss of definable beachfront properties on which to rebuild, there may never again be enough professionals to teach there.
What a great stste Texas is, to cut off all services to the desperately ill, uninsured, underinsured and poor or indigent patients of the whole bottom half of the state.
Kindness just seems to be one of the collateral damages of the storm. Way to go, Texas. Show the world exactly what you think is the proper and Christian way to care for the least of these.
And to any teacher looking for a new placement, think twice before you place yourself into the hands of the State of Governor Goodhair.
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