"Kevin Gowen" <kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com> wrote in message news:<bev9ct$9icrg$3@ID-105084.news.uni-berlin.de>...
> John W. wrote:
> > "Kevin Gowen" <kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:<beqbpj$7u1i9$1@ID-105084.news.uni-berlin.de>...
> >> John W. wrote:
> >>> "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.
> >>
> >> I did not realize that you and your coworkers were lawyers.
> >
> > Ah. I figured that since you indicated teachers should have billable
> > hours
> 
> I indicated nothing of the kind.
> 
Please explain exactly what you meant when you said the following
because my poor public school education has obviously let me down:
"That's why [lawyers] tend to have billable hours. You know, that
linking of pay to productivity that teacher unions make quite sure
never comes to be."

John W.