Property Tax Petition

[Trip McNeely]

Its the beaten woman syndrome, I don't want to be beaten, but if he stops, he might not love me anymore.

When the authorities step in to stop the beating the woman begs them to leave her man alone, he didn't mean it, he is a good guy, I caused these beatings, it was my fault,... please keep taking exorbitant amounts of my income to keep these fucking raping taxes going, as who will beat my ass otherwise...

Agreed 100% and spot on analogy. If something isn’t done very soon it’ll only continue to get worse. It’s not going to stop because all of a sudden politicians become disciplined….. So far the only opposition stance is based out of the fear of the unknown and unknown scenarios. The only way to stop the beatings is to stop or limit the means in which it can happen.

 

[Fester]

You are also figuring 40hours my wife’s mom taught for 30 years and she was closer to 50. Her day was usually 7-5 and this was teaching first graders. That’s not taking into account grading papers at home and writing lesson plans on the weekends. Now I don’t know if that’s the norm or she was an exception but I know she put in a lot more than 40 hours a week.

The real money is being in administration but than again you get to deal with parents all the time and trying to keep litter boxes out of the bathrooms and all that shit.

I could have saved North Dakota a cool million don’t put a round about at Ft Yates with 1 foot of colored concrete in each approach. There is no doubt that govt is so wasteful being on the construction side of it I see it every day.

Yeah using 50 hours brings the average down to around $24 an hour....better time management....
Just kidding!

 

[gonefshn]

Couldn’t pay me enough to put up with the parents of today’s school kids.

 

[Allen]

The reason the kids in private schools get a higher test score is not because of the private school itself per se, but because the parents that invest in the kid going to this private school take a much larger interest in their kids, and their kids school work and making the grades. One does not equal the other.

Lots of kids in public school being raised by single parents/ grandparents/ foster care, and parents that just don't give it any thought, that don't go any further than the kid making it to class, and calling it good.

Building a $100,000,000 school does zero for a kids education, absolute zero. 60 years ago a kid was taught in a one room school house, and learned more than our kids do now.

60 years ago, kids used pencils and paper supplied by the parents. Nowadays, they use laptops and electronic notebooks supplied by the school, who also have to maintain their own computer systems to integrate the kids' lesson plans into their electronics. I've taught at the college level and would never consider teaching elementary to high school, but IMHO the students who try nowadays are certainly better educated than those of 60 years ago. I remember taking a business accounting class in high school in the 80s where the teacher claimed the material he was teaching he learned at the collegiate level. Same can be said for many courses high school students take today.

We can say the level of smarts were better in the past if it makes us feel better, but kids today far surpass our technological abilities at the same age.

I mean, I get it...we all see grandiose examples of spending in new schools, but I don't think too many people would think our kids would be better off with one-room schools as the norm today.

BTW, I fully agree with the first two paragraphs. Private school kids are largely given better resources and familial support than the average, or certainly the lower end of the spectrum, kids at public schools.

 

[Traxion]

The 8th grade education of today is the equivalent or more of a high school diploma 50 years ago. Does that mean it’s better? I don’t know. Our expectations for what kids should know is higher. Is this expectation serving all kids well. Definitely not.

 

[Trip McNeely]

The 8th grade education of today is the equivalent or more of a high school diploma 50 years ago. Does that mean it’s better? I don’t know. Our expectations for what kids should know is higher. Is this expectation serving all kids well. Definitely not.

Yes and look how intelligent some of our “educated” kids are these days….. if it wasn’t for mommy and daddy’s money a lot of educated kids would be getting smoked by the real world. Our kids may score higher and appear “smarter” but they aren’t ready for the real world out of school and it’s apparent. I have yet to use calculus in the real world even tho I was required to take 3 semesters of it through the years. Im guessing quite a few professions never will use half the “education” they are required to take. Everything is more expensive because they’ve gotten good at making a lot of people learn things they’ll never use and wasting the time they could be learning what they actually will use.

 

[Ruttin]

Yeah, I don't support law enforcement fishing expeditions. Roadside checkpoints are borderline unconstitutional. You want to see more money collected raise the fines. Your hate isn't more important than my 4th amendment rights

There is not one "game check station" in ND that is mandatory. PERIOD. I'm all about the 4th amendment...carry on.

 

[Reprobait]

Would this get rid of my specials?

No

 

[Kurtr]

There is not one "game check station" in ND that is mandatory. PERIOD. I'm all about the 4th amendment...carry on.

So if they have one set up you can just blow through and not stop?

 

[Reprobait]

There are districts in ND forced to bring in foreign teachers. I know there are Philipinos, I don't know if there are others. I recently learned of a case of a small school district being short on teachers, so they had to set up distance learning for some classes with another district. Not the best for students. Teacher pay in MN averages 70k

 

[NDSportsman]

There is not one "game check station" in ND that is mandatory. PERIOD. I'm all about the 4th amendment...carry on.

Wut? Pretty sure they are all mandatory. Try driving past with obvious hunting/fishing gear visible.

 

[risingsun]

There is not one "game check station" in ND that is mandatory. PERIOD. I'm all about the 4th amendment...carry on.

 

[Rowdie]

There are districts in ND forced to bring in foreign teachers. I know there are Philipinos, I don't know if there are others. I recently learned of a case of a small school district being short on teachers, so they had to set up distance learning for some classes with another district. Not the best for students. Teacher pay in MN averages 70k

They are everywhere, all over the country. A lot of schools have multiple Philipino teachers.

 

[Skeeter]

There is not one "game check station" in ND that is mandatory. PERIOD. I'm all about the 4th amendment...carry on.

You sir are wrong. Drive past one without stopping and then tell me how that worked out.

 

[Ruttin]

So if they have one set up you can just blow through and not stop?

Yep.

 

[Ruttin]

You sir are wrong. Drive past one without stopping and then tell me how that worked out.

Show me where you have to stop in terms of a "law." There is not one law on the books that mandates you stop at a game check. TIA

 

[tikkalover]

How about a sobriety check point, can you go past one of those with out stopping?

Game check you cannot drive past, or the sheriff or HP will run you down.

 

[Fester]

Yep.

Is the same for police checkpoints?

 

[Rowdie]

You have to stop but don't have to answer any questions as that is your 5th amendment right. You also have a 4th amendment right not to be searched or ID unless you're suspected of a crime. They have to have RAS to ID or detain you. RAS = Reasonable Articulate Suspicion that you have committed, are committing, or about to commit a crime.

 

[Jiffy]

I LOVE going through DUI check points.