Teacher's thread... (Formerly the "Guess who's going to GUAM!!" thread)

[M3talhead]

Thats right fellas, your very own M3talhead is making his way to the Pacific  in June '06! 

[Stingray]

If going to Guam is a good thing, then congrats.

-S

[ChadTower]

Deployment?

[Shape D.]

yeah, unless guam sucks hard. then sorry.

[paigeoliver]

My friends Lorelei and Jodie both teach grade school in Guam, neither one of them could find a teaching job over here (which is the real reason teachers don't make any money, MASSIVE SUPPLY).

[ChadTower]

Massive supply?  The school systems here are constantly begging for new teachers to apply.  The teachers here haven't turned over in like 30+ years and they're all starting to retire.  They are having real trouble finding new teachers that aren't simply tired, umotivated old castoffs from other locations.

[Stingray]

My friends Lorelei and Jodie both teach grade school in Guam, neither one of them could find a teaching job over here (which is the real reason teachers don't make any money, MASSIVE SUPPLY).

What the hell are you on this morning? I work in a high school, every single year we struggle to fill any openings we have. The real reason that teachers make crap is because that's what our government is willing to pay them.

-S

[ChadTower]

And yet they pay an office of underworked administrators 6 figure salaries to talk about why the teachers aren't making enough money.

[Stingray]

And yet they pay an office of underworked administrators 6 figure salaries to talk about why the teachers aren't making enough money.

We have about a dozen of them in this district alone.

-S

[paigeoliver]

Well maybe it is just grade school teachers, because I have A LOT of grade school teachers in my circle of people, and they seem to have trouble finding positions. The Christian school my church owns (which pays teachers $20,000), consistently has many more qualified applicants than they have positions.

[ChadTower]

Well maybe it is just grade school teachers, because I have A LOT of grade school teachers in my circle of people, and they seem to have trouble finding positions. The Christian school my church owns (which pays teachers $20,000), consistently has many more qualified applicants than they have positions.

It could be regional, too.  A qualified teacher with a clean record here under the age of 35 is like finding a running back that runs the 40 in 4.1 seconds.

[paigeoliver]

It could also be that a lot of the teachers don't want anything to do with any of the "city" schools, or any other schools with a majority of minorities.

[ChadTower]

Could be, though my school district is very well funded and very rural.  The % of minorities at my son's elementary school has to be in the low single digits, judging from what I see at school events.  A number of those kids aren't typical minorities, either, because they are the children of Patriots players.

[Stingray]

My wife works at an elementary school. I's located well outside the city limits. Being overwhelmed with minorities is not an issue there. They have the same issues with filling positions as we do here inside the city.

-S

[M3talhead]

Wow, off topic in 28 minutes...a new BYOAC record.....

[paigeoliver]

Ok, well all my teaching knowledge is just gleaned from my female acqaintances who teach (there are like 12 of them), not from my own teaching experience, since they don't pay me, and I don't work for a school district. (I teach 3 and 4 year olds!!!)

[Goz]

This thread needs boobs.... any pics of your female teacher friends?

[M3talhead]

Deployment?

No, PCS. (perm. duty assignment)

[paigeoliver]

Lorelei and I playing games.

Jodie and some random little girl.

[Stingray]

More random little girls:



-S

[Goz]

Thanks -S-

[M3talhead]

More random little girls:



-S

......MMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmm..........

Guamians........

[Zakk]

Guam?  I thought that was something unplesant associated with bats.  Time to leave the service I'd be thinking 

(Just wanted to get it back on topic) 

[M3talhead]

Guam?  I thought that was something unplesant associated with bats.  Time to leave the service I'd be thinking 

(Just wanted to get it back on topic) 

Guano....


Guam....

[Stingray]

I'm not sure I get it. Could you please post 10 or 12 more examples?

-S

[M3talhead]

I'm not sure I get it. Could you please post 10 or 12 more examples?

-S

I would, but I have a sneaking suspicion that Saint would throw this thread in post hell for "explicit content"...........

[Stingray]

I never let that stop me.

-S

[ChadTower]

You don't let mace, pepper spray, and police intervention stop you.

[Stingray]

You don't let mace, pepper spray, and police intervention stop you.

They're not the boss of me either.

-S

[melarky]

I lived on Guam for 4 years, it's a nice place to visit but not a nice place to live.  What branch of the millitary are you in?  Air Force or Navy?  The Naval base there shut down I thought?  We lived on the Air Force base (they have 2, Anderson where mostly officers live and Andy South where it's more enlisted).

As long as you do all your shopping on base, you'll probably be ok (the BX and Commisarry keep the prices reasonable, but off base you'll pay $9 for a jar of peanut butter).

I hope you're not a big fan of Milk, that was a big surprise when we moved there, didn't think about how there weren't really any dairy cows on Guam, so they have to ship all of their milk in, and they add funky preservatives to make it last the boat trip and it tastes awful.  When I got back stateside, the first thing I did was have a big bowl of cereal with real vitamin D milk (funny the things you miss).

The natives in Guam are called "Chamaros", but there aren't a ton left.  I would actually estimate that there are more Philipino's than Chamaros there.  Get ready to hear "Howley" alot.  They have the chamaro version of "Aloha", but I can't remember how to spell it, but it's pronounced "Hoffa Day".

There are some nice things there (there are some nice beaches and some fun water activities), but there is a reason they call it the poor mans Hawaii (everything is dirty and vandalled).

I don't remember you mentioning you have any kids, but if you do, the schools there are horrible (when I was there, there were no DOE schools, so it was all off base, and they have a really bad problem with gangs). They get a lot of their tv piped in from California so everything is bloods and cryps there.

Sorry to be so negative, just some experiences.

[RetroJames]

FYI: Keep an eye on this site:

http://web.govliquidation.com/auction/search?cmd=keyword&warehouse=GM2

This base posts arcade games for auction all the time, no kidding.

[M3talhead]

What branch of the millitary are you in?  Air Force or Navy?  The Naval base there shut down I thought? 

Air Force. I'll be at Andersen, and no, the navy base is still there, but from what I understand, it has the better of the 2 BXs

I hope you're not a big fan of Milk, that was a big surprise when we moved there, didn't think about how there weren't really any dairy cows on Guam, so they have to ship all of their milk in, and they add funky preservatives to make it last the boat trip and it tastes awful. 

I only drink milk with Kahlua

There are some nice things there (there are some nice beaches and some fun water activities), but there is a reason they call it the poor mans Hawaii (everything is dirty and vandalled).

I'm from Florida and was NAUI certified at 14.

I don't remember you mentioning you have any kids,

I joined the AF, remember? I'm not that stupid......

[melarky]

The Air Force is definately the way to go, they have the nicest facilities from what I've seen.  I did make the trek down to the NEX every once in a while.  It's a tiny island but it still took 2 hours to get to the bottom of the island where the NEX was from Anderson (which is on the northern tip in Yigo pronounced jee-go).

The beach on base is really nice and clean, the water isn't that great for scuba or snorkling, but the beach itself is great (the off base beaches can get pretty trashed).  I can't remember how to spell it, but it's pronounced two-ra-gee beach.

The BX and Commisary on Anderson is nice (Andy South only has a shoppette I think).  You wouldn't have to go to NEX all that much if you didn't want to.  There is also a very nice golf course on Anderson, and swimming pool (we lived right across the street from them both, got a few golf balls in the back yard, I was that close).

I wouldn't mind going back and visiting with my wife now (the farthest out of the states she's traveled is southern Canada).  Like I said, it is definatly a nice place to visit, and it may be a great place to live for a single guy with no kids like yourself.

It could totally be different now, it's been about 10 years since I lived there.  It got pretty crazy right before I left, I remember a couple of Navy guys were running some scam to take all of the japonese tourists scuba diving for crazy prices, and they would do things like shoot down to 200 ft with these tourists that had never been diving before, and the tourists would get narked and spit out their regulator and fight with the navy guys and sometimes get left down there.  I remember right before I left, that happened to the wing commanders daughter (they left her down there and she was eventually found on shore somewhere), and it made a huge stink (obviously) and they started tightening down on alot of stuff.