"Kevin Gowen" <kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com> wrote in message news:<ben9js$711lm$1@ID-105084.news.uni-berlin.de>...
> 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.
> 
How many people do you know that have billable hours? I've never had
them, and none of my coworkers did either.

John W.