Ambiguously Gendered Revenge of "What is the Hivemind?"

[Jdvn1]

Oh it was plagiarism. The Superintendent knew it was plagiarism. She wasn't on crack, she just wanted her daughter not to fail. Corrupt, not stupid.

Then again, children are sometimes a touchy subject. It's not like she was taking millions of dollars from the school district, like some do.

 

[Jdvn1]

<Sigh>

What ever happened to people in power being held to a higher moral standard than the masses?

- Kemrain the Disallusioned.

HAHAHAHAHA... ah...

 

[Rystil Arden]

Then again, children are sometimes a touchy subject. It's not like she was taking millions of dollars from the school district, like some do.

Well this was a county Superintendent, so no access to millions, but the boss Superintendent of the county lowered the pay for teachers while simultaneously purchasing himself a $20,000 set of furniture and a professional portrait with a precious-metal frame to hang of himself.

 

[Jdvn1]

And she was cleared of all charges by the School Board! (although it was in a corrupt bargain with the school board behind closed doors----since the board is not required to submit minutes of what transpired----wherein she agreed to resign if they restored her good name)

She had probably had a good record or done good things for the district in the past. That's pretty common because it seems like a decent compromise -- they get her out and she doesn't slander the district. Sure, she had no case, but it'd still get ugly.

 

[Rystil Arden]

She had probably had a good record or done good things for the district in the past. That's pretty common because it seems like a decent compromise -- they get her out and she doesn't slander the district. Sure, she had no case, but it'd still get ugly.

She didn't have a good record. She was relatively new, and had not done anything of note except sit there and get money. Even the few ideas (all bad) that the Superintendent did initiate started with the other Assistant Superintendent, not her.

 

[Jdvn1]

Can you see now why I have this cynical attitude? And we have some of the best public schools around. The only schools that were consistently better were magnet schools like Thomas Jefferson in Alexandria where smart people from all around congregate. And then they proposed a terrible new standardised class schedule, so I helped form a student protest group, proving mathematically that the new schedule screwed over a bunch of students and classes, and my mom testified against it, and parents and students all around did...

And they just did it anyways. That's what you get when they aren't an elected position...

I'm always cynical when people say "we have the best public schools around." If you're comparing your school to the rest of the state or the rest of the nation, you're already lost. Compared to every other industrialized nation, the US is dismal. You're saying your the best among a nation of dismal schools? Good for you, I guess.

And if you want change in schools, parents and students aren't going to do it. Get teachers on your side. Once the Teacher's Union is involved, administrators start listening.

 

[Jdvn1]

Mass is not weight, nor is it gravity. Weight and gravity are both force.

Weight = mg. I never said mass is weight. I never said gravity is weight. The slash is division.

Edit: Oh, and gravity is acceleration, not force.

 

[Jdvn1]

The Cartesian plane is not a grid. They are similar but not the same. Just like weight isn't mass.

You don't call this a grid? Maybe our terms differ.

 

[Rystil Arden]

Weight = mg. I never said mass is weight. I never said gravity is weight. The slash is division.

Edit: Oh, and gravity is acceleration, not force.

Gravity is not acceleration. Acceleration due to gravity is acceleration.

 

[Rystil Arden]

Mass is weight...

I never said mass is weight.

Doublespeak?