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Larry T. Spider

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  1. If there are native Spanish speakers in the class, they will need all day bilingual instruction, at least in the earlier years. There are many different models but most start with almost all Spanish instruction then they are down to 1 subject by 5th grade.
  2. There’s some truth to this. AISD was floating the idea of making every school dual language for a while until they realized Ms. Smith, the kindergarten teacher that everybody loves, would have to be replaced with a bilingual teacher. They can’t even find bilingual teachers anyway. Just because I like to throw a bomb then walk away. White schools adding dual language steals bilingual teachers from schools where they are most needed and where Spanish is necessary to communicate with parents so that kids with advantages can have one more thing. * I don’t necessarily believe that but you will definitely hear the argument.
  3. Don’t have a dog in the fight but hiring certified bilingual teachers is really tough. Districts are paying huge stipends to out-recruit other districts. AISD is bringing teachers over from Spain right now to fill the void. It might help her argument if she has a solution for this.
  4. If wind blows more at night, can we residential solar our way out of the peak demand problems in the summer months? Seems like the highest generation times would match highest demand times. No approval for large plants needed. Just start slapping up the panels with a state of Texas rebate to cover some of the cost since we aren’t spending it on a plant.
  5. Under DP, Texas has made Omaha in 2 of his 4 complete seasons, including last year. Texas was 14-3 when the Covid season ended. Seat isn’t hot at all IMO.
  6. Anybody else following the Lake Mead situation? Could have drastic impacts on the southwest.
  7. The 10 day forecast, which gets us into May, looks bone dry. From what I have learned from droughts in the past, it’s really hard to dig out. The ground gets so dry and the creeks go completely empty. When a normal rain shower comes, the ground just sucks up all the water and the creeks and lakes don’t really benefit.
  8. There was a nuclear “expert” on tv this week making a case for staying home. Went through all the scenarios and it seems like dying in traffic is how a lot of people would meet their fate.
  9. Cases are down 97% in AISD. I’ve been pro-mask but I think the time is right.
  10. If octopuses can eat octopus, then why can’t we? They don’t have any sympathy for the intelligence of their brethren.
  11. I did a college presentation proposing this around 2004. Think of all the progress that could have been made by now if the world just listened to a young, drunk, spider.
  12. It was only really bad for a few days. The others have been like a mild hangover. I’m just ready for it to be gone.
  13. Tested positive 5 days ago. Tested again today and I’m still positive. The thing is, I had already made it through the worst of it when I got the first positive test. It’s probably close to 10 days now.
  14. Tested positive today. Felt like absolute ass for a couple of days now. Vaxed but not boosted yet. Was going to do it this week but I guess that’s not an option for a while.
  15. Only got rush.
  16. Yep, at my school only the police unlock doors after a real lockdown.
  17. I like my job and it pays well enough. I’m thankful for sports so I can pay as little attention as possible to my in-laws and their insane rants today.
  18. Sounds similar to Westwood in round rock isd. Was never dominant in football but made the playoffs most years. They usually win 1-2 games a year now and cracking to top 10% is damn near impossible if you aren’t a workaholic/genius.
  19. A lot of teachers walked into new state expectations they weren’t expecting this year and have announced they are retiring in December. Don’t see it getting better for a while because there won’t be enough new grads to replace them.
  20. A lot of people left the profession over the last couple of years. People with enough years to retire chose to do so in larger numbers than usual. It’s always been a hard job in relation to the pay, but it’s gone too far and people are bailing. It’s actually true for administrators as well.
  21. I’m an elementary school principal. I have teaching positions sitting vacant at what is typically a desirable, easy to staff school.
  22. I assume this is for the Florida program where you go catch pythons in the Everglades and get paid per snake. Good luck gents.
  23. What’s the name of it?
  24. They are trying to build condos there.
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