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Comment A Result of a Failed System (Score 2) 40

Teachers are paid for 40 hours per week. And not well. Current starting salaries are enough to afford to live in a ditch.

They teach 5 classes per day. They get 1 period free when students cannot come into their classroom. Plus 1 hour before school and 1 hour after school when students can come in.

The system thinks grading papers and preparing lessons are free services that teachers provide.

The system will do anything but hire more teachers so that they each can have 3 periods per day and spend the rest of the time grading, prepping, and helping students during their paid hours.

Comment Re:Minimalist tiny house neighborhoods (Score 1) 76

We already know how to build cheap high density housing with shared resources: Motel 6.

Shared bathrooms are not ideal. Every unit needs its own full bath so people can keep themselves clean.

A bed and a space to work are sufficient. Basically, a one-bedroom apartment minus the kitchen. The kitchen should be a community resource with staff like is done for public schools.

Comment No one is stopping him from paying people... (Score 3, Informative) 257

... to work 70 hours.

I've historically gone beyond 40 hours per week, but I was paid for every single one of them. It's how I got ahead before my salary got high enough that 40 is enough.

What he wants is to pay people for 40 hours and then have them double their hours for no additional compensation.

People certainly can find another 30 hours to get paid if they want to. But that isn't what this is.

Comment Chapek Got Greedy (Score 1) 13

Chapek was too profit motivated and lost sight of Disney's first principle: show.

Maintenance and cleaning were overlooked to cut costs and guests were complaining.

Disney had no choice but to fire him. He was an idiot. Bob Iger apparently got bamboozled because I don't know how Chapek could get past the vetting process and then be such a loser. If I wanted to go to a badly maintained park, I'd go to Six Flags. Disney would never let their entrance signs be so rusty.

When Iger got back, parks were taken care of and Holiday decorations became a priority again.

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