Tomorrow begins my 3 days of "Technology Training"

Post by **tnf** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 4:23 am

I was forced into signing up to be trained in the use of these complicated things called computers and these even more crazy things called "USB DEVICES" such as pH meters, temperature probes, etc., etc., etc. Apparently, they have something called SOFTWARE that I need 3 days of training in to figure out how to make the data they gather into a pretty graph with labelled axes.

And remember, when you go to this type of shit, they have to base the training sessions on the assumption (the correct assumption for most of the people going) that you have NO COMPUTER SKILLS WHATSOEVER. I can't wait to hear someone asking "Ok..where's this "File" menu?"

3 days of this, then surgery on Thursday. Welcome to hell.

Post by **Transient** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 4:31 am

Can't you just tell them you know wtf you're doing? Or test out? LOL... :/

Post by **Scourge** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 4:32 am

That's going to be a load of fun.

Post by **tnf** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 4:36 am

Transient wrote:Can't you just tell them you know wtf you're doing? Or test out? LOL... :/

Nope. Remember, rational thinking doesn't go far in public education. If the administration of the district can find a way to use thousands of dollars in the worst possible way, they can, and will.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 4:44 am

Let me guess... the application is called Labworks?

Post by **tnf** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 4:45 am

Nope.
It's not for one specific application.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 4:50 am

Oh, PH meters and thermometers threw me off.

Post by **Transient** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 4:54 am

tnf wrote:
Transient wrote:Can't you just tell them you know wtf you're doing? Or test out? LOL... :/
Nope. Remember, rational thinking doesn't go far in public education. If the administration of the district can find a way to use thousands of dollars in the worst possible way, they can, and will.

Is it true that the higher the age of students you teach, the lower the pay? So college professors make less than kindergarten teachers?

Post by **tnf** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 5:01 am

Transient wrote:
tnf wrote:
Transient wrote:Can't you just tell them you know wtf you're doing? Or test out? LOL... :/
Nope. Remember, rational thinking doesn't go far in public education. If the administration of the district can find a way to use thousands of dollars in the worst possible way, they can, and will.
Is it true that the higher the age of students you teach, the lower the pay? So college professors make less than kindergarten teachers?

No.

And college professors are on a different pay scale than teachers. Depends on all sorts of factors anyhow. For example, a college professor in a big research oriented university who brings in big grant money can easily make 6 figures a year. A college professor at a small private school might not even make as much as a high school teacher.

As a high school teacher, the things that impact your salary are your education and experience. Every state has a base salary for a teacher who is coming out of college with only their bachelor's degree and no additional credits. For every 15 college credits beyond your degree, there is a pay increase. A teacher with a master's or a PhD, plus 90 additional college or graduate credits, will start out at over 10,000 a year more than a teacher with just a bachelor's (I was lucky, I had a masters and over 100 post-bachelor's credits when I started.) Then there are stipends, etc., for having additional degrees. I probably get about 5,000 a year in extra pay for things like coaching, being on various committees, etc.

I don't see how young teachers right out of college survive.

Post by **tnf** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 5:29 am

Enough. But I get paid for more than teaching. And I do contracted writing and editing on my own time.

Post by **rep** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 6:26 am

tnf wrote:such as pH meters

Who ya gonna call?

God dammit, every picture I found of a pke meter was hosted on some lame site that doesn't allow hotlinking.

Post by **Dave** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 6:53 am

Transient wrote:
tnf wrote:
Transient wrote:Can't you just tell them you know wtf you're doing? Or test out? LOL... :/
Nope. Remember, rational thinking doesn't go far in public education. If the administration of the district can find a way to use thousands of dollars in the worst possible way, they can, and will.
Is it true that the higher the age of students you teach, the lower the pay? So college professors make less than kindergarten teachers?

for example

http://www.press-citizen.com/apps/pbcs. ... S/50407061

Post by **Nightshade** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 10:20 am

BRENNAN Timothy J Associate Professor - 220,500

Holy shit!

Post by **Denz** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 11:26 am

Just think of it this way tnf.... Perhaps you can get some sleep now!

Post by **o'dium** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 11:35 am

fuckin hell rep that pic gave me memories...

Post by **Transient** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 12:17 pm

tnf wrote:
Transient wrote: Is it true that the higher the age of students you teach, the lower the pay? So college professors make less than kindergarten teachers?
No.

Well I'm glad to at least have that shitty rumor put to rest.

Post by **plained** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 12:56 pm

eh i can always find sommin more to learn

Post by **Nightshade** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 1:00 pm

Say, English, for example.

Post by **plained** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 1:05 pm

You are a self-proclaimed genius.

Post by **Ryoki** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 1:15 pm

Nightshade wrote:Say, English, for example.

For shame!
That's like telling Tolstoy to write a book where the setting is not Russia, or asking Castro to be the new face of Coca Cola! The art would be lost, and the whole world would die a little.

Post by **4days** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 1:20 pm

tnf wrote:Nope. Remember, rational thinking doesn't go far in public education. If the administration of the district can find a way to use thousands of dollars in the worst possible way, they can, and will.

that's a global truth.

was installing some software at a school with a totally fucked network a while back and one of their tech support contractors was there to 'help' me - found out from the headmaster that they were paying £250 per day to have this feckless, ass-picking, cognitive disaster area getting under my feet - not that they have any choice, IT contractors for schools have to come from county council approved lists, so schools aren't even able to shop around for a better deal if they want to.

Post by **Nightshade** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 1:55 pm

plained wrote:You are a self-proclaimed genius.

Show me where exactly I said I was a genius.

Post by **MKJ** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 2:04 pm

Nightshade wrote:
plained wrote:You are a self-proclaimed genius.
Show me where exactly I said I was a genius.

he just wanted to use the word "self-proclaimed"

Post by **plained** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 2:20 pm

ok but it may take awile for me to get to cause im busy.

it was in irc on the old server , a couple year ago, a friday night i think.

i wish your memory wasnt so average and youd remember.

i got the logs somwhere tho.

i remember cause it was so fucked i had a good laugh :lol:

some of the boys were there too

you had been drinking as well

maybe you had just been accepted to sommy?

Post by **Nightshade** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 2:42 pm

Ah, ok, I'll buy that. Note that I never said I was wrong...

Tomorrow begins my 3 days of "Technology Training"

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