Re: Global warming and your garden

In article <4833d963$0$12880$4c368faf@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Persephone 
wrote:

> On Tue, 20 May 2008 18:30:24 -0700 (PDT), MajorOz
> <MajorOz@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
> >On May 20, 6:48 pm, Persephone wrote:
> >> On Tue, 20 May 2008 14:37:24 -0400, "J. Clarke"
> >>
> >> <jclarke.use...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >>
> >> [...]
> >>
> >> >The thing that is frightening is that so many people, having gone
> >> >through that, then willingly subject their own kids to it.
> >>
> >> Willingly?  I dunno...lots of parents would love to send their
> >> children to good private schools but can't even begin to
> >> think about paying those prices.  And I mean parents who
> >> are willing to sacrifice, big-time!  The only places that still teach
> >> the 3Rs are the religious schools, because they get teachers
> >> on the cheap.
> >
> >Kinda shoots the argument that paying teachers more would result in
> >better education.
> >Actually, the reason private / religious schools produce better
> >products is that they are allowed to exact discipline.
> >As a frequent temp, I have that luxury in the public school.  Students
> >act up, I throw them out.
> >"Where should I go" they ask.
> >"I don't care" I answer.
> >Then I get on with the task of the day to, usually, interested
> >students.
> >
> >cheers
> >
> >oz
> 
> Must be across the Pond.  Temps in the U.S. public schools,
> especially large urban ones, have a terrible time.  A dear friend of
> mine (now deceased) was a writer who eked out a living by
> substituting.  He re****ted spit balls along with every kind of
> nuisance and disturbance.  Subs like him generally wise up
> and run a movie for the students while they read a book.
> 
> Aspasia

That is a total waste of time. But many schools do have "cl*****"
that are just dumping grounds, where they put difficult children who 
refuse to be students (for whatever reason).
-- 

Billy
Bush Behind Bars
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