Jason Cormier wrote:
> On 7/11/03 12:40, in article 3f0ee816.9877923@news.cogeco.ca, "Greg
> Macdonald" <mr_mac_daddy45@SPAMSUCKShotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I don't know about him, but I do. Stating that only time spent in
>> front of a student should count as 'work' is as dumb as saying
>> firefighters are only working when they are actually fighting fires.
>
> ...or that a lawyer is only working when he/she is in court.

That's why they tend to have billable hours. You know, that linking of pay
to productivity that teacher unions make quite sure never comes to be.

-- 
Kevin Gowen
"It hurts when my 8-year-old daughter wants to go to the movies or even
have a meal at McDonald's and I have to say, 'No, Mommy can't afford
it.' If I had gotten a tax cut, I would spend it on the mountain of
bills that face me. Like millions of other working people, I would have
put that money right back into the economy."
- Margaret Gaffin, who does not understand that to be eligible for a
tax cut, one must pay taxes