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To gain favor with conservative Christians. It's no different than Joe Biden pretending he cares about minorities.

Saw something somewhere that Lamar has the longest D1 win streak in the nation currently. Pretty impressive. Or not, depending on who you ask.

Just read an article with more details than I'd been seeing: apparently the ship was having some sort of propulsion issue, and issued a mayday in slightly in advance. People on both sides were able to stop traffic from entering the bridge, meaning there were very few vehicles affected. It also sounds like most, if not all of the 6 missing people were part of a crew fixing potholes on the bridge. I'm not sure why they weren't contacted and evacuated in time.

We played San Augustine in 2001 when they had a pretty decent team, and one of my best friends sealed the game with a pick late, stepping out of bounds about 3 feet from me to end it. several seconds after he did this a San Augustine player came and suplexed him so close to me that my buddy's legs slammed into mine, almost taking me out. I then hit the player with the closest thing I could find, which happened to be the helmet I had in my hand, and got in a fair bit of trouble (I was from then on known as "Helmet Swinger"). That said, I kinda kept up with their team after that, and also because I went to college in Marshall, not far from San Augustine. I remember the San Augustine championship, in 2003, and how random it felt. I wonder how many teams have gone 3-5-1 one year, won a state championship the next, and then the follow that up with a 4-5 campaign. Feels like it's probably a pretty short list.

You mean to tell me going 5-26 from the field isn’t good? Houston was the first team to have 4 players foul out and still win a tourney game since 1987.

I lost 4 sweet 16 teams in round one, but all 12 I had left made it through to the sweet 16. I’d call that a success. Always nice when you end the round of 32 with the same amount of possible points remaining as when you started

Houston sending a guy to the line who’s shot 4 free throws all year. That’s nuts

Shead fouling out there is big

How was that a foul?

I’d be fine with either team advancing other than the damage Houston losing would do to my bracket

True, but Aggie shouldn’t have been in a situation to hit that last shot either. Pretty amazing that despite the Aggies sending Houston to the line 8 times in the final two minutes, they’ve still attempted 20 more free throws than the cougars somehow

Houston got kinda screwed on that “jump ball” at the end. They took that rebound away really quickly

McNeese got an unfortunate draw on this one. Gonzaga deserved their 5-seed but has been much better than that the second half of the season. When some sees a glass as completely empty, we call that being Spidersalled.

He'll be a decent 4th or 5th starter. He's spent a good amount of time in his career as a long reliever, so when all of the injured pitchers return he may fill a valuable role in the bullpen. Career 40-38 record, 4.11 ERA. So basically an inning eater, but not a bad move by the rangers.

I had a whole response typed out and then just deleted it to avoid violating site rules.

I got a little defensive. I wasn't trying to belittle the job itself or people who do it, and made my point in a poor way. And I respect y'all's arguments about 5-day weeks. I do think people tend to overestimate the effect it'll have on the average family, though.

It's inarguable that the 4-day week affects families to some degree while benefitting staff (and in most ways, students). Realistically, however, it's a very small amount of families that are significantly affected. most are just mildly inconvenienced, as they are during all other breaks and holidays. 1) some families already have a stay at home parent 2) many families have an older sibling that could watch younger students 3) many families have grandparents nearby that can watch younger students 4) many families have neighbors or family friends who can watch younger students 5) many single parents who can't afford daycare also aren't working a M-F 8-4 job, and can often change their work schedule as needed, just as they do throughout the year over breaks and holidays and staff workdays. 6) many communities have programs in place through the school district itself, local churches, etc. to help parents who don't have other options. 7) many families don't have students young enough to require extra care at all. As for test scores, from what I've seen, decreases, when even present, are so small as to be basically irrelevant, and is more dependent on the quality and length of instruction over those 4 days than having one less day. Student morale, on the other hand, goes through the roof. They appreciate 3-day weekends as much as teachers do. Various studies have shown decreases in bullying, school violence, suspensions, and both staff and student absences, amongst other things. Although I am obviously pro-4 day week, I do understand both sides of the argument. I've worked 5-day teaching weeks for 18 years now. I understand how days off from school affect families. I also understand what a 3-day weekend does for staff and students. I'm not quitting my job because we have 5-day weeks, but there are a few districts that are good enough and close enough to me that if they go 4-day, I'll be putting in an application. And considering that districts who go 4-day tend to get 4-5x as many applications, once has to assume the quality of their teacher pool increases significantly.

The common attitude from those outside of the field is that teachers should just deal with whatever wages and paltry conditions that are provided to them because "it should be about the kids." Without quality teachers, the kids aren't going to get quality educations. And more and more quality teachers are leaving education. you and CB can make it out to be teachers being selfish or lazy or whatever, but the fact of the matter is fewer and fewer people are willing to work for what teachers make while dealing with what teachers deal with. Districts are getting creative to keep teachers, and for smaller districts who can't afford to pay a decent wage, a 4-day week is just about the best incentive they can offer. I guarantee you Jasper gained some really good teachers when they went to 4-day weeks, and I can also guarantee you that many of those teachers will leave now that Jasper isn't offering them something that they can't get in a better district with better pay. Subsequently, y'all's talk about pay cuts is asinine. As I stated, teachers in 4-day districts are working the same amount of time as before. longer days, extra weeks. you think TVC should make less money as a cop because he worked 4 10s instead of 5 8's? Not to mention all of the overtime he made in career, versus the hundreds of hours of unpaid OT that most teachers work yearly. I knew going in that I wasn't going to get rich teaching, and I don't complain about my wages, but I'm also not going to sit back and listen to people insinuate that teachers aren't worth the meager pay they do get. Especially when I know guys making 3x my salary sitting behind a console doing a job that a chimp could do. And no, I'm not bitter, I've passed up multiple opportunities to go make much more money in various fields because I love what I do.