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Thu Dec 25, 2008 11:16 pm

I teach 2nd grade.
I have the most amazing class.

Ya, I'm hoping we can make Buses By the Bridge.
Keeping my fingers crossed.
Take care

Will

Fri Dec 26, 2008 12:34 pm

That bus looks so much better camping in Yosemite than sitting in the mother-in-laws driveway, huh? Looks like fun!

Fri Dec 26, 2008 8:43 pm

VWill AKA Hubby wrote: I teach 2nd grade.
I have the most amazing class.

Will

as a school janitor,i notice that elementary teachers are always nicer than middle or high school. but i did notice that kindergarten teachers clap alot more at meetings than any others,maybe from spending so much time with 5 year olds?

Fri Dec 26, 2008 10:50 pm

bill may wrote: VWill AKA Hubby wrote: I teach 2nd grade.
I have the most amazing class.

Will

as a school janitor,i notice that elementary teachers are always nicer than middle or high school. but i did notice that kindergarten teachers clap alot more at meetings than any others,maybe from spending so much time with 5 year olds?

That might be the case, but my son recently had a kindergarten teacher that was more demanding than some of my old college professors :shock:

he learned alot though..

Sat Dec 27, 2008 8:29 am

bill may wrote: VWill AKA Hubby wrote: I teach 2nd grade.
I have the most amazing class.

Will

as a school janitor,i notice that elementary teachers are always nicer than middle or high school. but i did notice that kindergarten teachers clap alot more at meetings than any others,maybe from spending so much time with 5 year olds?

Will,
Second grade sounds like fun but I am sure harder than we think also sounds like you really enjoy it.

Bill,
I love this and sounds so accurate.

Listening to all the bus campouts makes me want to more back home to the west that much more.
Lin

Sat Dec 27, 2008 9:56 pm

bill may wrote: VWill AKA Hubby wrote: I teach 2nd grade.
I have the most amazing class.

Will

as a school janitor,i notice that elementary teachers are always nicer than middle or high school. but i did notice that kindergarten teachers clap alot more at meetings than any others,maybe from spending so much time with 5 year olds?

I'm a middle school teacher, does that mean I'm not as nice as a 2nd grade teacher? :D

Sat Dec 27, 2008 10:21 pm

You've got that right :P

I teach sixth and I am mean, nasty and very ugly- at least at our grade level we try hard to make them think so...sarcasm rules.

I'm surprised how many of us VW Sambanista's are teachers or work in schools.

Please don't post anything about teachers having the summers off to work on our rides. Very few of us can afford to do that. We all work other jobs in summer.

Sun Dec 28, 2008 9:20 am

tasb wrote: You've got that right :P

I teach sixth and I am mean, nasty and very ugly- at least at our grade level we try hard to make them think so...sarcasm rules.

I'm surprised how many of us VW Sambanista's are teachers or work in schools.

Please don't post anything about teachers having the summers off to work on our rides. Very few of us can afford to do that. We all work other jobs in summer.

I'm not a teacher, but would happily support a school tax increase if it would end up on your paychecks, or should I say on the paychecks of the ones that teach, rather than mark time. Your pay is a national disgrace. Your superintendents' pay is also a national disgrace for the directly opposite reason.

Sun Dec 28, 2008 9:52 am

zozo wrote: tasb wrote: You've got that right :P

I teach sixth and I am mean, nasty and very ugly- at least at our grade level we try hard to make them think so...sarcasm rules.

I'm surprised how many of us VW Sambanista's are teachers or work in schools.

Please don't post anything about teachers having the summers off to work on our rides. Very few of us can afford to do that. We all work other jobs in summer.

I'm not a teacher, but would happily support a school tax increase if it would end up on your paychecks, or should I say on the paychecks of the ones that teach, rather than mark time. Your pay is a national disgrace. Your superintendents' pay is also a national disgrace for the directly opposite reason.

At the beginning of the school year, we found out that my son's elementary school could no longer afford to pay a librarian due to budget cuts. Thus, the library is now CLOSED for the school year. This is also a national disgrace and pisses me off so bad it hurts. All this while we send billions to Iraq per month.....

Sun Dec 28, 2008 1:22 pm

bushaus wrote: zozo wrote: tasb wrote: You've got that right :P

I teach sixth and I am mean, nasty and very ugly- at least at our grade level we try hard to make them think so...sarcasm rules.

I'm surprised how many of us VW Sambanista's are teachers or work in schools.

Please don't post anything about teachers having the summers off to work on our rides. Very few of us can afford to do that. We all work other jobs in summer.

I'm not a teacher, but would happily support a school tax increase if it would end up on your paychecks, or should I say on the paychecks of the ones that teach, rather than mark time. Your pay is a national disgrace. Your superintendents' pay is also a national disgrace for the directly opposite reason.

At the beginning of the school year, we found out that my son's elementary school could no longer afford to pay a librarian due to budget cuts. Thus, the library is now CLOSED for the school year. This is also a national disgrace and pisses me off so bad it hurts. All this while we send billions to Iraq per month.....

Iraq isn't the problem, we weren't paying teachers any better before Iraq, and we won't pay them any better after Iraq. It's a matter of misguided priorities. If we could pay teachers what we pay football coaches..........

Fri Jan 09, 2009 11:31 pm

Hello everyone and happy new year!

I got my bus tuned up in October and it was running well.
But now it doesn't idle.
I can start it up and it will idle until I give it some gas.
Once I touch the pedal and let off, it wont idle anymore.
No matter how long I drive it.
Can anyone tell me what is wrong?

Thanks

Will

Sat Jan 10, 2009 12:48 am

Hey Will, probably dirt in the carburetor or a malfunctioning misadjusted choke...

Tue Jun 09, 2009 7:31 pm

Well its been a full year since "Hubby's Bus" was put back on the road. This thread was really happening twelve monhs ago. How about an update.

Hey Will :!: are you going to get the family and the bus to Blackstar/OCTO or what :?:

Tue Jun 09, 2009 8:38 pm

While we're waiting for the update, I thought I'd piggy back on the "bus drivers who are teachers" part of this thread. I'm also an elementary school teacher; music specialist, K-5. I drove the bus to work today, and the kids love it when they see it parked out there at recess. They never talk about the big old truck mirrors, odd colored bumpers, or any of the other things I haven't got around to fixing yet. Unconditional love!

Thu Jun 11, 2009 11:25 pm

ngoma wrote: While we're waiting for the update, I thought I'd piggy back on the "bus drivers who are teachers" part of this thread. I'm also an elementary school teacher; music specialist, K-5. I drove the bus to work today, and the kids love it when they see it parked out there at recess. They never talk about the big old truck mirrors, odd colored bumpers, or any of the other things I haven't got around to fixing yet. Unconditional love!

When I leave work, most of the students point and laugh as they see me drive away.

My students like my bus, they do ask me to paint it to make it look better. :D

Fri Jun 12, 2009 7:32 am

zozo wrote:
Iraq isn't the problem, we weren't paying teachers any better before Iraq, and we won't pay them any better after Iraq. It's a matter of misguided priorities. If we could pay teachers what we pay football coaches..........

"Average teacher salaries. California had the nation's highest average salary in 2002-03, at $55,693. States joining California in the top tier were Michigan, at $54,020; Connecticut, at $53,962; New Jersey, at $53,872; and the District of Columbia, at $53,194."

$6k a month ain't too bad. They do have almost 3 months a year off too!

Fri Jun 12, 2009 7:48 am

crofty wrote: zozo wrote:
Iraq isn't the problem, we weren't paying teachers any better before Iraq, and we won't pay them any better after Iraq. It's a matter of misguided priorities. If we could pay teachers what we pay football coaches..........

"Average teacher salaries. California had the nation's highest average salary in 2002-03, at $55,693. States joining California in the top tier were Michigan, at $54,020; Connecticut, at $53,962; New Jersey, at $53,872; and the District of Columbia, at $53,194."

$6k a month ain't too bad. They do have almost 3 months a year off too!

Trust me, that is not true.

Fri Jun 12, 2009 9:02 am

cdennisg wrote: crofty wrote: zozo wrote:
Iraq isn't the problem, we weren't paying teachers any better before Iraq, and we won't pay them any better after Iraq. It's a matter of misguided priorities. If we could pay teachers what we pay football coaches..........

"Average teacher salaries. California had the nation's highest average salary in 2002-03, at $55,693. States joining California in the top tier were Michigan, at $54,020; Connecticut, at $53,962; New Jersey, at $53,872; and the District of Columbia, at $53,194."

$6k a month ain't too bad. They do have almost 3 months a year off too!

Trust me, that is not true.

My mom barely has 2 months off this year.

Fri Jun 12, 2009 9:17 am

tasb wrote: Well its been a full year since "Hubby's Bus" was put back on the road. This thread was really happening twelve monhs ago. How about an update.

Hey Will :!: are you going to get the family and the bus to Blackstar/OCTO or what :?:

Has anyone heard from Will?

Fri Jun 12, 2009 10:16 am

Ian wrote: cdennisg wrote: crofty wrote: zozo wrote:
Iraq isn't the problem, we weren't paying teachers any better before Iraq, and we won't pay them any better after Iraq. It's a matter of misguided priorities. If we could pay teachers what we pay football coaches..........

"Average teacher salaries. California had the nation's highest average salary in 2002-03, at $55,693. States joining California in the top tier were Michigan, at $54,020; Connecticut, at $53,962; New Jersey, at $53,872; and the District of Columbia, at $53,194."

$6k a month ain't too bad. They do have almost 3 months a year off too!

Trust me, that is not true.

My mom barely has 2 months off this year.

LOL. Does that include during the year time?