Byzantine;
“Christ in a side car”???
ROTFLMAO!!!
{Byzantine wrote:
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Teacher? You couldn’t teach my dog to fart or my cats to eat vomit.
Heck, you can’t teach cats to do ANYTHING. They’re about as easy to train as a steel brick with an attitude problem.}Tracer
Actually, you can teach cats to do things. The problem is that most cats won’t perform on cue, as it interferes with their already busy schedule. SOMEONE has to kill the shower curtain, you know. And those piles of laundry need to be pressed by a cat sleeping on them, which also adds the finishing touch that every garment needs, the cat hair.
Lynn the Packrat
I know kryptie is probably not reading this but:
Hmm krypt, you say you want to become a teacher yet you consider highschool a waste of time. Let me tell you a little jewel of information NO COLLEGE IS GOING TO ACCEPT YOU UNLESS YOU FINISH HIGHSCHOOL Yes, you can go to JC (Junior College) but then you would say it’s a waste of time because in JC you do pretty much the same stuff in highschool - general education to get your AA degree. Most state universities here require at least 2 years foreign language, 4 years of college prep level English (I think its been two years), math all the way to algebra 2 level (pre-calculus). Those are just the basic requirements. Yes, you may think you can live on 200 dollars where you are but in other places you can’t (I assume you are in the midwest or the east coast). Most people who live in the projects want to get out. I dont know why you think its some little kryptonite paradise.
Where I live in California the cheapest you can find rent here is about 600 a month I believe for even the shittiest of apartments. My brother and his girlfriend pay 800 dollars a month to rent a not very big town house (two stories, 1 1/2 bath, 2 bedrooms, kitchen and living room, one car garage, and postage stamp size backyard). A house can cost $200,000 minimum here (And i live in a town with one of the lowest prices for houses in the area).
Agreed, DB. Like I said, Kryp OBVIOUSLY has zero clue about realworld finances.
I’m in Des Moines, Iowa and, though not as expensive as other large cities, to think that you’re going to get a $200/month apartment here is a ridiculous underestimation. On average, a one-bedroom apartment here rents for $450/month. More often than not, they’ll take care of the heat and water, but finding a place that will take care of the power bill is nigh on impossible, especially now that everyone in the free world owns a computer.
In the “better” parts of town, a one-bedroom will rent for a minimum of 525, if you’re willing to accept less space than what you’d get in the other parts of town. If you want comparable size, you can expect to pay around $600. A two-bedroom in any part of town will cost between $550-$1000 dependant on location, amenities and square footage.
Median house price here is $100,000… way more for larger “elegant” homes in the historical neighborhoods or new construction. Heck, we live in a plain 1960’s suburban split in dire need of updating (hasn’t been redecorated since it was built), and it still appraised at 120K.
I heard a report that Iowa is among the states with the lowest costs of living. Another report stated that a single person with no dependants needs to make the $10/hour, forty hours per week (or equivalent) in order to live in relative comfort in any part of the country.
I don’t know about other cities, but to make that as an entry-level starting wage here, you’re either going to be working for a BIG construction company, or you have to have experience and be DAMN good at what you do.
Veni, Vidi, Visa … I came, I saw, I bought.
Krypto—I agree with you. The school system does suck. You, like probably everyone who replied to your post at one time or another, does not see the need for what you are required to learn for that diploma. I am a teacher ( certified for history/ social studies. } Ironically, my most detested subject in h.s. was. . . social studies. However, in college I had a tremendously talented and interesting professor who shared his love and excitement with his students. Hence, I became a history major. Many teachers have unfortunately lost their desire to excite young minds and simply have resigned themselves to collecting a paycheck every 2 weeks. The result is intellegent young people completely turned off of school. However, schooling is also not as much about what you learn book-wise but in the discipline of learning how to learn. I learned more in 1 semester of college french than I did in 4 years of h.s. french because I learned how to learn! (Plus my college french teacher was pretty fine, but that’s another story. hee hee)
In reference towards the McDonald’s employment opportunitiues-- what’s so bad about working at Mickeydees? It is an honest living,and not everybody is destined to be Bill Gates. To quote Ted Knight in Caddyshack, “The world needs ditch diggers too.”
I know someone ??Christi?? made a similar point, and I do love my fries at times too. Thanks fry cook! 
This is actually Lioness, my computer is acting wierd, what an I say.
Look Kryptonite, I’m not going to flame you, (well not much, maybe) and one thing you have said was correct. A lot of people have done well for themselves without an eduation.
But the world has changed alot. Yes school sometimes bites. But there are many programs today geared for people with a higher than “normal” IQ. Why not look into those ?
If you think being a teenager and having to go to school sucks, try having to support yourself and a family later. It is not easy. Especially when you can’t make much over minium wage.
I am telling you this because you need to understand that life isn’t always easy, and it doesn’t always seem fair.
I am going to tell you something that embarasses me for people to know. But if you listen you may realize I know what I’m talking about here. I never even went to High School. I am not an ignorant person, I have learned a lot in my life.
But I don’t have the education to get a really good job.
Oh, I’ve had jobs that were ok, I was an apartment manager for a long time. I was what is called a central station operator for an alarm company. I monitored and dispatched on alarms in homes and business’
But there is no way those jobs allowed me to be independant.
OK I have opened myself up,I know it. Everyone flame away if you wish.
Please Kryponite don’t screw up like I did.
Lioness
At least you eduacted yourself lioness…look at your posts! You are obviously very literate…you should get your GED, then this could be a non-issue for you, sorry about the shit this must cause for you, my ex never finished HS, and that, coupled with the criminal record basically ruined his life.
Big cyberhug to you Lioness.
Kelli
Lioness again,
Thanks Kelli. I was so afraid of what had been posted after I posted, I had The LION come look for me.
I only posted that because I was hoping to get through to this KID.
I was just like that but I was in the 8th grade. But I knew more than anyone. And I wanted to be free to live my life. Sounds pretty familiar doesn’t it.
I actually don’t catch a lot of crap over it now. I try to wait until someone knows me before I tell them. Then they are shocked.
Thankfully I was ablr to avoid spending anytime in jail. Not that I didn’t do anything. I just never got caught :).
But really, this kid is going to have a bad time if he or she as the case may be, quits school.
It is hard to go back, the older you get, the harder it is. And as I told her/him, todays world is very diffrent from the one I grew up in.
Congratulations,
you have just been marked as territory.
signed,
The LION
I know this thread has pretty much run its course, but I can’t resist adding this item.
When I was teaching middle school, there was a sarcastic little sign that said something like:
“Quick, leave school now while you still know it all”
I just thought it was kind of funny.