For some reason there seems to be a long tradition in the public schools that instruction cannot begin until the class is silent. I encountered that as a volunteer in 1977 in Florida. Ergo, given this emphasis on silence so "wisdom" can be infused, it is not surprising that many of our graduate schools do not know how to speak. They have been rtained to listen and then regurgitate on multiple choice and fill in the blanks exams. Public education is a socializing experience and what the culture of obedience expects is compliance. Charter, religious and non-sectarian private schools respond to parental interests in not having their children coerced.
Not funny. But I wonder how many of these fans actually voted. To me the fan base always looked like the cheering section at a football game. Certainly the Turning Point youth were not even of voting age. In 2016 he presented like a populist and then it turned out he was the lap dog of Capitol Hill. When the "commander in chief" schtick did not work to install the unitary executive, they equated immunity with impunity. The problem is that the Constitution provides for government by the people and dispersed power. The difficulty in identifying the problem is that it is the legislature that is power-addled. It is the legislative bodies whose autonomy is reduced when the electorate takes things into its own hands. AOC is the poster child of what all the old boys on Capitol Hill fear.
Well, travelers have always been expensive--and it's now even more of a seller's market than before. If an agency doesn't share the temporarily increased profits with the workers, the workers will quickly find another agency that will. I am sure that the traveling nurses (and respiratory therapists) have a VERY active nationwide grapevine.
The small rural hospital where I worked for 18 years was badly managed. Not long after I started there, the CEO pissed off the medical laboratory technologists (including the lab manager) so badly that they all quit--except for me (I was desperate for work because I had been blackballed). Before leaving, the manager had arranged for the first traveler ever to come on board--I think it was nine or ten days later that he was scheduled to start. In the interval I took care of all the lab testing 24 hrs a day, every day--and didn't even get a "kiss my ass" from management; If I had quit they would have had to transfer all the patients. Then the traveler (the best I ever encountered) and I split the work and prayed that a state inspector wouldn't show up--it was impossible to do things right. In time they got the staff up to a passable level. As they worked their way through all the MT's within commuting distance who were willing to work for them, the lab's reputation as a bad place to work spread through all the neighboring counties and the ones bordering them. Then they started hiring travelers--some good, others not, all temporary. When those travelers left, they spread the lab's bad reputation throughout California and to neighboring STATES. Gross financial mismanagement (some people said) eventually caused the hospital to close. In the interval, they had alienated key people in other departments besides the lab, and of course those people talked to other people. Then came the coronavirus. I doubt very much whether the hospital can ever be reopened. Many smaller towns/cities up and down California's Central Valley would dearly love to have such a good, modern hospital. The town got a greatly improved hospital after one of Mother Earth’s building inspectors came through [Click] and found fault (inadvertent pun) with the old hospital.
Funny stuff. Just watched an episode of *Grey’s Anatomy* based on the very black lungs of a two pack a day smoker who lied to his family and told them he wasn’t a smoker—he smoked in his car in the garage while they were asleep, for twenty years.. One cigarette takes about 15 minutes to smoke, so two packs takes about ten hours. So evidently he also did not sleep for twenty years. And not one person in his family noticed the car stank, and he stank. In my early days, my mother could tell, and I was smoking about three cigarettes a day. So evidently what we are willing to attest to coincides to what we wish to believe. Also explains Republicans, in my view.
Hey, puddle, I know you can't easily get on and post at FB. If you ever want me to repost something from here over onto your FB page for you, to say hallo to folks there, just say the word.
CNN: All of the four hostages held at the Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, are out and safe, according to authorities. The suspected hostage taker is dead. Authorities have identified him but cannot yet release his identity to the public, the FBI said.
For some reason there seems to be a long tradition in the public schools that instruction cannot begin until the class is silent. I encountered that as a volunteer in 1977 in Florida. Ergo, given this emphasis on silence so "wisdom" can be infused, it is not surprising that many of our graduate schools do not know how to speak. They have been rtained to listen and then regurgitate on multiple choice and fill in the blanks exams.
ReplyDeletePublic education is a socializing experience and what the culture of obedience expects is compliance.
Charter, religious and non-sectarian private schools respond to parental interests in not having their children coerced.
Yeah, I hear you. We homeschooled K-12.
DeleteThat said, there *were* moments when they actually had to stop talking to hear something. 😆
Trump Backs Boosters. Clearly Someone Did the Math for Him. [Click] “Trump is losing hundreds of voters a day to Covid — far more than the margins in the swing states.”
ReplyDeleteThe funny thing is that now that he's recommending vaccines, he's losing his voters that way too.
DeleteNot funny. But I wonder how many of these fans actually voted. To me the fan base always looked like the cheering section at a football game. Certainly the Turning Point youth were not even of voting age. In 2016 he presented like a populist and then it turned out he was the lap dog of Capitol Hill.
DeleteWhen the "commander in chief" schtick did not work to install the unitary executive, they equated immunity with impunity.
The problem is that the Constitution provides for government by the people and dispersed power.
The difficulty in identifying the problem is that it is the legislature that is power-addled. It is the legislative bodies whose autonomy is reduced when the electorate takes things into its own hands. AOC is the poster child of what all the old boys on Capitol Hill fear.
Rep. Peter Welch calls on White House to investigate nursing agencies for price gouging hospitals that need travel nurses
ReplyDeletehttps://www.wcax.com/2022/01/14/rep-peter-welch-calls-white-house-investigate-nursing-agencies/
Well, travelers have always been expensive--and it's now even more of a seller's market than before. If an agency doesn't share the temporarily increased profits with the workers, the workers will quickly find another agency that will. I am sure that the traveling nurses (and respiratory therapists) have a VERY active nationwide grapevine.
DeleteLet me restate that last sentence: I KNOW the travelers in general have a very active nationwide grapevine.
DeleteThe small rural hospital where I worked for 18 years was badly managed. Not long after I started there, the CEO pissed off the medical laboratory technologists (including the lab manager) so badly that they all quit--except for me (I was desperate for work because I had been blackballed). Before leaving, the manager had arranged for the first traveler ever to come on board--I think it was nine or ten days later that he was scheduled to start. In the interval I took care of all the lab testing 24 hrs a day, every day--and didn't even get a "kiss my ass" from management; If I had quit they would have had to transfer all the patients. Then the traveler (the best I ever encountered) and I split the work and prayed that a state inspector wouldn't show up--it was impossible to do things right. In time they got the staff up to a passable level. As they worked their way through all the MT's within commuting distance who were willing to work for them, the lab's reputation as a bad place to work spread through all the neighboring counties and the ones bordering them. Then they started hiring travelers--some good, others not, all temporary. When those travelers left, they spread the lab's bad reputation throughout California and to neighboring STATES. Gross financial mismanagement (some people said) eventually caused the hospital to close. In the interval, they had alienated key people in other departments besides the lab, and of course those people talked to other people. Then came the coronavirus. I doubt very much whether the hospital can ever be reopened. Many smaller towns/cities up and down California's Central Valley would dearly love to have such a good, modern hospital. The town got a greatly improved hospital after one of Mother Earth’s building inspectors came through [Click] and found fault (inadvertent pun) with the old hospital.
DeleteSo, I wish Rep. Welch luck, but am of the opinion that his project is doomed.
DeleteAh, very helpful to know! Seriously, consider sending him a note. He really does read them and cares.
DeleteSounds like your hospital admin needed to learn the old adage:
Watch out who you step on on your way up;
You could meet them on your way down.
Funny stuff. Just watched an episode of *Grey’s Anatomy* based on the very black lungs of a two pack a day smoker who lied to his family and told them he wasn’t a smoker—he smoked in his car in the garage while they were asleep, for twenty years.. One cigarette takes about 15 minutes to smoke, so two packs takes about ten hours. So evidently he also did not sleep for twenty years. And not one person in his family noticed the car stank, and he stank. In my early days, my mother could tell, and I was smoking about three cigarettes a day. So evidently what we are willing to attest to coincides to what we wish to believe. Also explains Republicans, in my view.
ReplyDeleteHis lungs must have looked like an abandoned coal mine.
DeleteAt midnight, lol!
DeleteSounds like the writers didn't do their homework.
DeleteHey, puddle, I know you can't easily get on and post at FB. If you ever want me to repost something from here over onto your FB page for you, to say hallo to folks there, just say the word.
Michael Gerson: The GOP celebration of covid ignorance is an invitation to death [Click]
ReplyDeleteFive Points On Greg Abbott’s Disastrous National Guard Border Deployment [Click] “What began as political posturing has spectacularly backfired”
ReplyDeleteThe Fate of Bobby Kennedy’s Assassin [Click] The larger implications of the dispute bear consideration, particularly now.
ReplyDeleteVirginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia declare states of emergency ahead of weekend snowstorm [Click] Sounds like a wood stove and coal oil lanterns would be reasonable precautions— but too late to get them now.
ReplyDelete-12°F last night here. -9°F at the moment. So, yeah, a bit nippy.
DeleteTexas synagogue hostages: one of four released unharmed as siege continues [Click]
ReplyDeleteCNN:
DeleteAll of the four hostages held at the Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, are out and safe, according to authorities.
The suspected hostage taker is dead. Authorities have identified him but cannot yet release his identity to the public, the FBI said.
All hostages at Texas syngagoue are safe and hostage-taker dead, police say [Click] TV report and interviews with law enforcement spokesmen.
Deleteenny uptdate: She is altert and eating, which is good ness.
ReplyDeleteOh, that's excellent news! Delighted to hear it. 😊 May Penny feel even better tomorrow.
DeleteOh, Bill, yes, indeed, it is. YAY!!!!
ReplyDeleteMoved, seconded, and all in favor! Yay indeed!
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