BRIANHO13
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- Spring, TX
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- Thread starter bshaw
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- Location
- Michigan
They said wait till tomorrow and they will let me know. F them!
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I packed my car this morning.
Gotta ask, who puts it on the vacation calendar?
As long as we have staff to cover, my boss doesn't care about vacation as a rule. And if someone needs time off on short notice, we've been able to cover it pretty well.
- Location
- Michigan
I watched them put me on the calendar, somebody took it off.
This all came up today because I got a note in my mail box that I'm going to be training a new guy starting Saturday, I told them that would be difficult because I wasn't going to be working Saturday.
This all came up today because I got a note in my mail box that I'm going to be training a new guy starting Saturday, I told them that would be difficult because I wasn't going to be working Saturday.
BRIANHO13
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- Location
- Spring, TX
I have about 40 guys that work for me, I keep a calendar, if I don't I could run out of people to do the work.
They have rules they have to follow to even submit, if they follow the rules they get what they request 99% of the time. In Dan's case he would have been able to look at the calendar and know someone else was already scheduled so he wouldn't even have asked.
- Location
- Michigan
New company says "no excused days off".
Old company could care less as ong as my truck was moving.
Old company could care less as ong as my truck was moving.
THAT would just irritate the daylights out of me.
- Location
- 29°58'28.9"N 99°15'15.5"W
I will text your boss to change his mind
- Location
- bourbonnais IL
DrMoab
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- The Utah Backwater
I walk in. "Hey don't put me on the schedule tomorrow. I want to go fishing. "
I love my job.
I love my job.
- Location
- NE Indiana
We are so short on people and they won't hire anymore that getting days off is harder and harder.
If I had any other skills and could get another m-f job that would pay what I'm making I would do it in a heartbeat.
Working the weekends all the time sucks.
mac 'off on fmla for the baby' gyvr
If I had any other skills and could get another m-f job that would pay what I'm making I would do it in a heartbeat.
Working the weekends all the time sucks.
mac 'off on fmla for the baby' gyvr
RedHeep
NAXJA #1499
- Location
- Landenberg, PA
Why do teachers need an internet connection? I thought they were supposed to be teaching.
Our network is run by a bunch of idiots that contracted the navy with the lowest bidder. I can't get to anything internet radio, fantasy sports, games or anything like that to save bandwith. Which is what it should be.
But I can get on youtube and facebook :doh:
A lot of my stuff is now web based, from training and record books to technical publications for the aircraft. Even requesting engineering support and parts information from supply is web based. I hate it with a passion. I'm part of the largest expeditionary force in the world and I can't do my job unless there's a computer and an internet connection in front of me. Kind of hampers my mobility to go take over medium size countries.
Our network is run by a bunch of idiots that contracted the navy with the lowest bidder. I can't get to anything internet radio, fantasy sports, games or anything like that to save bandwith. Which is what it should be.
But I can get on youtube and facebook :doh:
A lot of my stuff is now web based, from training and record books to technical publications for the aircraft. Even requesting engineering support and parts information from supply is web based. I hate it with a passion. I'm part of the largest expeditionary force in the world and I can't do my job unless there's a computer and an internet connection in front of me. Kind of hampers my mobility to go take over medium size countries.
w_howey
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- The Mudwest
I was towing with the 5.0l and 3.55s. I didn't use 5th gear still. Ran between 3k and 4k at 65mph.
w_howey
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- The Mudwest
This is what we have also and there are 10 of us.
99SJ_Ex
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- La Crosse, WI
Two of my classes are highly independent work/research situations where the students essentially teach themselves. But we also use it for videos, current articles, networking with other classes at sister-schools, etc...
Our district highly encourages the use of technology in the classroom; an example, I have my students spend a day using their phones, laptops, etc to research their small engines before they actually begin dissasembly.
We can police all we want, but the students will always find a way, so why not take advantage of that and utilize their keen abilities with that technology and integrate it into the classroom.
On another note, looking for some inexpensive shocks for the Ford... Mine look like they been on there for 6-7yrs and I get the bounce on rough roads...
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RedHeep
NAXJA #1499
- Location
- Landenberg, PA
Sorry, we'll just have to agree to disagree. Having students "teach themselves" using the internet as a research base or streaming videos from youtube isn't taking advantage of their technological abilities, it's the result of lazy teachers.
You work within the system you're given. I'm not suggesting you're lazy. But if the system as a whole is basically a study hall with a bunch of computers in it, there's no wonder we suck at education.
My first college engineering class was how to draw circles on a piece of paper. I knew there were CAD programs and computers to do that stuff for me, but I learned HOW and WHY before I got to use them. Kind of like teaching math before giving a student a calculator.
What do you do with the students that can't afford gadgets? Are they provided for?
My dad told me about a lady who came into the computer store trying to buy powerpoint because her 3rd grader had to do a presentation for school. The parents were told to provide because the school didn't have the resources. That's not free public education, that's education for people who can afford it.
I need more sleep. I'm grumpy.
You work within the system you're given. I'm not suggesting you're lazy. But if the system as a whole is basically a study hall with a bunch of computers in it, there's no wonder we suck at education.
My first college engineering class was how to draw circles on a piece of paper. I knew there were CAD programs and computers to do that stuff for me, but I learned HOW and WHY before I got to use them. Kind of like teaching math before giving a student a calculator.
What do you do with the students that can't afford gadgets? Are they provided for?
My dad told me about a lady who came into the computer store trying to buy powerpoint because her 3rd grader had to do a presentation for school. The parents were told to provide because the school didn't have the resources. That's not free public education, that's education for people who can afford it.
I need more sleep. I'm grumpy.
99SJ_Ex
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- La Crosse, WI
I wouldn't say we disagree, but trying to explain how these courses work, or how I utilize it in the classroom would require writing a small book on the subject and I don't want to do that on here. I'll just leave at we promote it, utilize it, and work with it as best we can with what we are given.
- Location
- Rainy side of Washington
Yeah, MRTG and the various other packages used to set that page up are really awesome. I love it.
I got a DDoS aimed at a friend's webserver shut down after the perp came on IRC to boast about it. He was using a pwned system at aps.anl.gov (one of their webservers) under the root account... emailed their abuse contact and it was down a few hours later
I always chuckle when I see a 'scope running Win98 in a lab with an ethernet card and a "Y2K ready!" sticker on the side. Fortunately, the network at Intel was fairly well secured and none of that stuff could even be put on it without a security audit... our lab was on its own sandbox network anyways.
- Location
- Southwest IN
Yeah, MRTG and the various other packages used to set that page up are really awesome. I love it.
I got a DDoS aimed at a friend's webserver shut down after the perp came on IRC to boast about it. He was using a pwned system at aps.anl.gov (one of their webservers) under the root account... emailed their abuse contact and it was down a few hours later
I always chuckle when I see a 'scope running Win98 in a lab with an ethernet card and a "Y2K ready!" sticker on the side. Fortunately, the network at Intel was fairly well secured and none of that stuff could even be put on it without a security audit... our lab was on its own sandbox network anyways.
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- Location
- Michigan
