Speak for yourself. I'm excellent at multi

Item # Price
15876 39.99
15887 45.02
16986 25.36
12547 44.78
13698 87.54
15478 21.66
11224 12.74
1447 36.85

Some of the above prices aren't matching what we were given by the vendor. Can you verify these for me by the end of the day?

Thanks.

tasking. You obviously haven't had enough experience with it. Keep practicing and you'll be able to do 3-4 things at the same time without any major problems.

No, he's right. I still use Linux to distribute my TRON fanzines and personal Dungeons and Dragons web-sites. Although I have expanded its use to include presenting slideshows of my Sailor Moon hentai.

Why don't we just dig out the eyes of our kids so they never have to run the risk of seeing something the parents fear may harm the child.

Way ahead of you. I installed this protection scheme on my son's 5th birthday. The girl is next in a couple of years. I keep impressing the importance of soaking it all in while she still can, but she keeps ignoring my advice.

if you have a job that is generally sought after and enjoyable you should get paid less than a similar job that is shitty.

OK. Now I understand our differing views. Teaching IS a shitty job. The bulk of your time is spent dealing with things that have nothing to do with teaching. Dealing with students who don't want to be there and disrupt other students. Trying to get a hold of parents and practically begging them to help their kids learn. Trying to find spare clothes so the kid in 4th period doesn't have to walk home in the winter without a jacket. Dealing with an administration that constantly changes curriculum and passes down edicts which make no sense. Ensuring that students pass arbitrary standardized tests at the expense of any real learning. Having students walk into your class covered in blood and say "Don't worry. It's not mine." That's what being an educator in a public school system is all about. Actual education is almost an afterthought.

more help getting successful people to move into the field with some experience

But you do that with more pay. It's wonderful that your wife is a highly qualified person who chose to take a pay cut in order to teach. But the vast majority of teachers are people with degrees in education which teach nothing on the subject you will be teaching. They are mostly incompetent. What other career doesn't seek out the best and brightest through compensation? You seem to think that there's some dichotomy that doesn't exist. Either you are doing the right thing and teaching at a (relatively) low wage, or you're a money grubbing lawyer? To my knowledge nobody has ever attracted higher qualified personnel because they offered lower wages.

The desire to teach is a HUGE positive in a teacher, and currently most teachers could be making more money. This means they are taking a portion of their pay in job satisfaction (don't let them fool you, it is a great job that makes you feel good).

What kind of horseshit is this? So because you enjoy your job you shouldn't be paid competitively? And employers shouldn't be able to pay those who are good at it well?

Paying enough that teaching appeals to people in it for the money is risky.

I know. You might get someone who *gasp* knows what the fuck they're talking about and is able to do a good job. Your attitude infuriates me (if you haven't noticed). Teaching is NOT volunteer work. It's a career. An important fucking career.

Tarrantino isn't alone in doing that either.

Sure. But the fact that the first example that popped into your head was another Tarantino movie leads me to believe that he's more guilty than most.
/snarkiness

I enjoy most of Tarantino's movies. I feel that his strength isn't in making wholly original movies, but taking movies and ideas we're familiar with and tacking on some good dialogue and wrapping the whole thing around interesting plot devices. I just don't think Tarantino should be brought up when discussing originality. But I don't mean that in a bad way.