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.

> you might have mistakenly thought everyone does/should.

You mistakenly read, which no doubt the fault of a government school
teacher.

-- 
Kevin Gowen
"The constant loss of U.S. soldiers in Iraq--after the war is "won"--is
a tragedy. However, if this is what it takes to retire the Bush
administration at the next election, the sacrifice is justified."
- Arie L. Bleicher of Mill Valley, California, expressing leftist
respect for human life