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Monaghan: Dec 29, 2006

People also seem to forget that teachers have some great loving pensions. They get compensated well, because the unions actually have the clout to fight against the bullshit reforms that were imposed on private sector individuals.

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# ? May 16, 2024 06:48

Furnaceface: Oct 21, 2004

namaste faggots posted:

I find it hilarious that you all would spend upwards of 3x annual income in a house but a private high school education is a waste of money*. This is literally irl idiocracy

*Which would be true of religious private schools like, lmao the catholic moron train that is Vancouver college, st Thomas More, and evangelical cesspools like Pacific academy

Private schools are less about education than they are about early career networking. Private schooling is big because of the doors it opens, not because it makes their kid some special genius. I mean, this is probably what your hellspawn needs to not have to work a McJob for the rest of their miserable life, but at least be honest about it.

# ? Sep 6, 2016 23:55

The Gunslinger: Jul 24, 2004; Do not forget the face of your father.; Fun Shoe

quote:

If your girlfriend isn't spending a ton of time outside of work doing marking/prep work then she's a pretty lovely teacher, since teachers are absolutely not given that time and paid for it.

Teachers in Ontario get entire paid prep periods, it was part of their bargaining agreement. I didn't say my GF was doing that by the way, it was more my observation of some of her colleagues. That said there are many who work very hard and seem to genuinely care about the students.

quote:

Ontarians in particular have a serious hate on for teachers

Quite the opposite, I don't "hate" teachers. Her pension will be what carries us through retirement. I just hear a lot of complaints from teachers about how tough they have it and while I realize everyone bitches about their job and its all relative, they seem to have pretty attractive careers compared to private sector teachers and other industries. As Ikantski said though, it certainly makes the case for union representation.

# ? Sep 7, 2016 00:00

flashman: Dec 16, 2003

Illiterate idiots make 150 grand in the oil patch who the hell bemoans teachers and nurses making a comfortable living with the amount of education required and responsibility they hold both directly and to society?

# ? Sep 7, 2016 00:03

Juul-Whip: Mar 10, 2008

well you see all of our energy comes from the oil sands and without energy there would be no schools and also no tax revenues to pay overinflated teachers salaries and pensions and and and OILFIELD WIVES OF CANADA LIKE & SHARE IF YOU AGREE

# ? Sep 7, 2016 00:10

PT6A: Jan 5, 2006; Public school teachers are callous dictators who won't lift a finger to stop children from peeing in my plane

flashman posted:

Illiterate idiots make 150 grand in the oil patch who the hell bemoans teachers and nurses making a comfortable living with the amount of education required and responsibility they hold both directly and to society?

Assholes who don't realize the massive benefits that teachers and nurses have probably provided or will provide to them and society in general?

I have absolutely no problem with teachers and nurses being extremely well-compensated, because they are well educated and do extremely important jobs. To paraphrase Top Gear: those are professions where I want to spend money, not save money. I am quite happy with nurses and teachers getting MAH TAX DOLLARS, they should probably get a bigger percentage of them than they do right now.

# ? Sep 7, 2016 00:11

I would blow Dane Cook: Dec 26, 2008

Greedy teachers threaten Canada's petroleum-real estate based economy, Are you a Stephen Harper enough dude to defeat the teacher's unions?

# ? Sep 7, 2016 00:17

The Gunslinger: Jul 24, 2004; Do not forget the face of your father.; Fun Shoe

The boat and truck purchases coming from oil patch workers carried us through the 2008 crisis.

But yeah fair point flashman.

In other news CMHC warns it can't do poo poo about affordable housing

Not enough funding, problems too big, must....hold more consultations?

# ? Sep 7, 2016 00:19

namaste friends: Sep 18, 2004; by Smythe

Furnaceface posted:

Private schools are less about education than they are about early career networking. Private schooling is big because of the doors it opens, not because it makes their kid some special genius. I mean, this is probably what your hellspawn needs to not have to work a McJob for the rest of their miserable life, but at least be honest about it.

gently caress, why would you think I'd try to hide this? I've been open about my perception about why university is invaluable. If you think this sort of advantage or aspiration somehow vulgar then maybe you should move to Venezuela where you can experience full communism

# ? Sep 7, 2016 00:24

B33rChiller: Aug 18, 2011

THC posted:

well you see all of our energy comes from the oil sands and without energy there would be no schools and also no tax revenues to pay overinflated teachers salaries and pensions and and and OILFIELD WIVES OF CANADA LIKE & SHARE IF YOU AGREE

LIKE, SHARE, & AMEN IF YOU AGREE

# ? Sep 7, 2016 00:34

Bleu: Jul 19, 2006

Just keep in mind that even the 'Welp those teachers suuuuure have it easy!' sort of sideways jab still puts you on the side of bucket-crabs and charter school crusaders. Even nominally. Even unintentionally!

Teachers.....................are good

# ? Sep 7, 2016 00:40

I would blow Dane Cook: Dec 26, 2008

B33rChiller posted:

LIKE, SHARE, & AMEN IF YOU AGREE

This needs a minion meme to complete it.

# ? Sep 7, 2016 00:42

leftist heap: Feb 28, 2013; Fun Shoe

The Gunslinger posted:

The boat and truck purchases coming from oil patch workers carried us through the 2008 crisis.

But yeah fair point flashman.

In other news CMHC warns it can't do poo poo about affordable housing

Not enough funding, problems too big, must....hold more consultations?

Can't wait to see the report the CHMC comes up with. Who wants to bet that it won't contain anything macroprudential related? Gotta spend and subsidize our way out of this bubble.

# ? Sep 7, 2016 00:47

namaste friends: Sep 18, 2004; by Smythe

The Gunslinger posted:

The boat and truck purchases coming from oil patch workers carried us through the 2008 crisis.

Haha nice auto industry hagiography, white trash but government subsidies rescued their rear end

# ? Sep 7, 2016 02:03

linoleum floors: Mar 25, 2012; Please. Let me tell you all about how you're all idiots. I am of superior intellect here. Go suck some dicks. You have all fucking stupid opinions. This is my fucking opinion.

Are you loving numbskulls too dumb to understand that you don't get better salaries, benefits, and pensions by telling everyone how good you have it and taking whatever your employer gives you because you're a grateful, gutless sack of poo poo?

No, you get that stuff by being an annoying thorn in the side of your boss, and taking what is yours from them.

# ? Sep 7, 2016 03:05

linoleum floors: Mar 25, 2012; Please. Let me tell you all about how you're all idiots. I am of superior intellect here. Go suck some dicks. You have all fucking stupid opinions. This is my fucking opinion.

The Gunslinger posted:

Teachers in Ontario get entire paid prep periods, it was part of their bargaining agreement. I didn't say my GF was doing that by the way, it was more my observation of some of her colleagues. That said there are many who work very hard and seem to genuinely care about the students.

Quite the opposite, I don't "hate" teachers. Her pension will be what carries us through retirement. I just hear a lot of complaints from teachers about how tough they have it and while I realize everyone bitches about their job and its all relative, they seem to have pretty attractive careers compared to private sector teachers and other industries. As Ikantski said though, it certainly makes the case for union representation.

jesus loving christ

# ? Sep 7, 2016 03:07

namaste friends: Sep 18, 2004; by Smythe

linoleum floors posted:

Are you loving numbskulls too dumb to understand that you don't get better salaries, benefits, and pensions by telling everyone how good you have it and taking whatever your employer gives you because you're a grateful, gutless sack of poo poo?

No, you get that stuff by being an annoying thorn in the side of your boss, and taking what is yours from them.

Lmao typical loving socialist who won't switch jobs

Enjoy your poo poo poor life rear end in a top hat

# ? Sep 7, 2016 03:13

Reince Penis: Nov 15, 2007; by R. Guyovich

namaste faggots posted:

Enjoy your poo poo poor life rear end in a top hat

Big talk from a guy living in BC

# ? Sep 7, 2016 03:54

I would blow Dane Cook: Dec 26, 2008

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zy_WtrswUc

Sydney property market is booming again, here is a video again.

# ? Sep 7, 2016 05:07

James Baud: May 24, 2015; by LITERALLY AN ADMIN

James Baud fucked around with this message at 11:09 on Aug 25, 2018

# ? Sep 7, 2016 05:16

Furnaceface: Oct 21, 2004

namaste faggots posted:

Lmao typical loving socialist who won't switch jobs

Enjoy your poo poo poor life rear end in a top hat

This is precious. When did you start to turn into Hal and PT6A?

# ? Sep 7, 2016 05:50

namaste friends: Sep 18, 2004; by Smythe

hmm quite right i really should be fighting for my right to work a poo poo job for superior pay with government protection because of my feeble intellect

# ? Sep 7, 2016 06:30

namaste friends: Sep 18, 2004; by Smythe

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/repo...rticle31717564/

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Tech IPO candidate Vision Critical loses COO. Are more executive departures imminent?

Vancouver software firm Vision Critical is expected to unveil a corporate shakeup this month following the divestiture of its market research and consulting business earlier this year.

The company � a leading Canadian tech IPO candidate that has been beset by drama at its top ranks, as reported by The Globe and Mail last May � has already bid farewell to chief operating officer Derek Smyth. According to his LinkedIn page, Mr. Smyth has departed this month to become chief customer officer of another surging tech company, Intelex Technologies. The latter is a Toronto-based provider of environmental, health, safety and quality management software for enterprise customers that was recapitalized in a $160-million deal last year led by venture capital firms JMI Equity and HarbourVest.

Sources say other senior executive changes could be announced as early as this week as Vision Critical restructures to focus on its sole remaining line of business, selling market research software to enterprise customers.

Mr. Smyth�s departure comes less than three months after independent chairman Ian Giffen was chased from the board by Angus Reid, the company�s largest shareholder and former chairman and CEO, part of a corporate civil war that has gripped the top ranks of the Vancouver-based marketing software firm in recent years.

Mr. Smyth is a pivotal figure in Vision Critical�s troubled recent history. He led OMERS Ventures� $20-million investment in Vision Critical in 2011 for a 10-per-cent stake, when he was managing director of the venture capital arm of the pension giant. Mr. Smyth joined the board, then left OMERS in 2013 to join Vision Critical�s management team as executive vice-president.

While the relationship between Mr. Reid and Mr. Smyth had soured in the past two years, some sources said his departure had more to do with the corporate restructuring, and that he was actively involved in those plans following the divestiture of Vision Critical�s services business. �There isn�t any [drama],� said one source familiar with the situation.

Meanwhile, Mr. Reid and several other long-time investors in Vision Critical are believed to be looking to sell a significant chunk of their shares in a secondary offering. The group considered selling $50-million of their shares a year ago, but Mr. Reid called off the process.

Mr. Smyth declined to comment when contacted by the Globe.

hahahah

go gently caress your loving ipo in the rear end motherfucker

on deck:
- aritzia
- hootsuite

# ? Sep 7, 2016 07:11

Vehementi: Jul 25, 2003; YOSPOS

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tech IPO candidate

# ? Sep 7, 2016 07:14

Professor Shark: May 22, 2012

James Baud posted:

Unequivocally, eh? I'll skip the positive private school anecdotes and just stick with "few private school teachers are drunks counting down the days to their pension more than a decade out". You may be overstating the case just a little.

Wealthy students in the public system also score better than their peers, apparently.

Anyway, whatever superior grades students who attended private schools appear to have rapidly disappear after their first year in university and are non existent by third year, according to some study I read while trying to find out if private school students have to take provincial exams in NS. During my research I found out that the Fraser Institute puts out a lot of information for private schools.

# ? Sep 7, 2016 11:13

namaste friends: Sep 18, 2004; by Smythe

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/boc-holds-rates-sees-substantial-rebound-later-this-year/article31741503/

quote:

BoC sees �substantial rebound� later this year; keeps rates steady

The Bank of Canada is still anticipating a �substantial rebound� in the second half of this year as the economy gets a lift from federal spending, rebuilding from the Alberta wildfires and recovering oil production.

The central bank opted once again Wednesday to keep its key overnight interest rate at 0.5 per cent, where it has sat for the past 14 months.

�The overall balance of risks remains within the zone for which the current stance of monetary policy is appropriate,� the bank said in a statement.

On the plus side, the bank pointed to recovering oil production and the increase in the Canada Child Benefit, brought in by the federal government.

But the economy continues to disappoint Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz and his central bank colleagues. The bank acknowledged that the global growth is not picking up as fast as it had expected in July, when it released it released its last set of forecasts. The main culprit was a contraction in U.S. business and residential investment in the second quarter.

The bank also expressed concern about all-important Canadian exports, which bounced back in July, but are still struggling to regain earlier losses. �The ground lost over previous months raises the possibility that the profile for economic activity will be somewhat lower than anticipated in July,� according to the statement.

Canada�s economy actually shrank in the second quarter, by 1.6 per cent, mainly due to the effect of the wildfires on oil production in and around Fort McMurray, Alta.

In spite of the bank�s optimism, some economists are already scaling back their expectations for next year and beyond. In a report released Wednesday, CIBC chief economist Avery Shenfeld said Canada�s economy won�t hit two per cent growth until 2019 at the earliest. CIBC is now forecasting growth of 1.8 per cent next year, down from 2.1 per cent, and 1.9 per cent in 2018.

�Anemic capital spending plans, even outside the energy sector, suggest that the draw of a cheaper Canadian dollar isn�t yet enough to offset sluggish global growth and the resulting lack of pressure to add fresh capacity,� Mr. Shenfeld said.

CIBC doesn�t expect the central bank to raise the overnight rate until mid-2018.

In its statement, the Bank of Canada also gave a nod to an apparent cooling in the once red-hot Vancouver housing market. Sales have plummeted in recent months � an apparent response to a new 15 per cent tax on foreign buyers and a dearth of buyers able to afford the city�s inflated prices.

But the bank continues to fret about the dangers of high household debt levels.

�While there are preliminary signs of a possible moderation in the Vancouver housing market, financial vulnerabilities associated with household imbalances remain elevated and continue to rise,� the bank said.

how exactly does anyone see canadian households, especially in vancouver, drawing down on household debt

anywhoo erryone get hosed in 2018

# ? Sep 7, 2016 15:25

Risky Bisquick: Jan 18, 2008; PLEASE LET ME WRITE YOUR VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENT SO I CAN FURTHER DEMONSTRATE THE CALAMITY THAT IS OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM.; Buglord

Jumpingmanjim posted:

Greedy teachers threaten Canada's petroleum-real estate based economy, Are you a Stephen Harper enough dude to defeat the teacher's unions?

This should be the thread title for canpol tbqh

# ? Sep 7, 2016 15:35

Fluffy Chainsaw: Jul 6, 2016; I'm likely a pissant middle manager who pisses off IT with worthless requests. There is no content within my posts other than a garbage act akin to a know-it-all, which likely is how I behave in real life. It's really hard for me to comprehend how much I am hated by everyone.

jm20 posted:

This should be the thread title for canpol tbqh

There wasn't a day that went by that didn't see some CPC minister of labour order a ragtag band of teachers back to work. If only the nasty conservatives had just allocated more money to our poor starving teachers.

Oh, wait. That's two entirely separate levels of government.

# ? Sep 7, 2016 15:55

Risky Bisquick: Jan 18, 2008; PLEASE LET ME WRITE YOUR VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENT SO I CAN FURTHER DEMONSTRATE THE CALAMITY THAT IS OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM.; Buglord

Fluffy Chainsaw posted:

There wasn't a day that went by that didn't see some CPC minister of labour order a ragtag band of teachers back to work. If only the nasty conservatives had just allocated more money to our poor starving teachers.

Oh, wait. That's two entirely separate levels of government.

Isn't there some sort of david suzuki conference you should be protesting outside of?

# ? Sep 7, 2016 16:33

namaste friends: Sep 18, 2004; by Smythe

jm20 posted:

Isn't there some sort of david suzuki conference you should be protesting outside of?

Not enough snacks served

# ? Sep 7, 2016 16:38

Risky Bisquick: Jan 18, 2008; PLEASE LET ME WRITE YOUR VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENT SO I CAN FURTHER DEMONSTRATE THE CALAMITY THAT IS OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM.; Buglord

namaste faggots posted:

Not enough snacks served

I'm sure he would be fine with soylent and ~~deserts~~ nanaimo bars

# ? Sep 7, 2016 16:39

Femtosecond: Aug 2, 2003

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a leading Canadian tech IPO candidate

hahahah

I had no idea Aritzia was looking to IPO. I wonder if their stores in the USA just a sham or if they actually have some international traction.

Hey guys speaking of Canadian tech, apparently Kelowna is the third largest tech hub in BC after Vancouver and Victoria? (who the hell is #4?)

quote:

Housing boom transforming Kelowna as buyers seek affordable living

For many years, a condo site in downtown Kelowna, B.C., had sat unfinished � an eyesore and reminder of the 2008 recession and collapse of a formerly booming market.

The developer fell into receivership and halted construction on the luxury project. In 2012, Chinese developer Jingon, based in Richmond, bought the property for $3.8-million and announced plans to build a tower called Grace. Plans changed again when Jingon partnered with Chilliwack-based Kerkhoff Construction to build 1151 Sunset Drive, a 124-luxury tower of one-, two- and three-bedroom condos and townhouses at ground level. They�ve just opened the presentation centre � a sign of the times for Canada�s fastest-growing metropolitan area.

There�s been a major turnaround in Kelowna, which is currently booming from increased housing sales owing to residents from the Lower Mainland relocating there, as well as students attending the postsecondary schools there and deciding to stay.

�Over the last couple of years, it�s really picked up,� company vice president Leonard Kerkhoff says. �There are a lot of opportunities coming to town. We�re getting the relocation of retirees from Vancouver and Calgary, selling their homes for a good price. And we�re getting more of the millennial purchaser � the younger professionals from Vancouver are relocating for a cheaper lifestyle. Vancouver has just become too unaffordable.�

Communities such as Kelowna are reaping the rewards of Vancouver�s affordability crisis and transforming as a result. Over all, Metro Vancouver housing sales were down 26 per cent compared with August, 2015, according to just-released Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver data. Meanwhile, desirable regions such as Kelowna are experiencing unprecedented growth. As of July, there had been a 51-per-cent increase in sales volume year-to-date over the previous year-to-date in Central Okanagan. Prices for houses have gone up by about $100,000 this year over last, there have been more multifamily dwelling starts than ever before and jobs are on the rise.

�There has been an air of optimism in this city that hasn�t been felt in a long time � maybe if ever,� Kelowna Mayor Colin Basran says.

At 38 years old, Mr. Basran, born and raised in Kelowna, represents the younger cohort. He says it�s not just the spillover from Vancouver that�s creating their boom, but efforts to build Kelowna�s tech and animation industry, as well as the growth of Okanagan College and UBC Okanagan.

�For the longest time, we lost young people because of opportunities elsewhere. Now, we are seeing more young people stay here. Obviously, tourism and agriculture continue to be the main pillars of our economy. But now, we are the third-largest tech hub behind Vancouver and Victoria, and it�s my hope in the coming years we surpass Victoria,� Mr. Basran says. �And I know that increasing the number of foreign students is something the university would like to do. For us, it increases our diversity. I don�t know the politically correct way to say it, but we haven�t had that.�

It�s too early to say if the growth is connected to the introduction of the 15-per-cent home-buyer�s tax on non-Canadian citizens and non-permanent residents living in the Lower Mainland. The province is set to release its next batch of foreign buying data in mid-September. Those numbers will be of particular interest because they could indicate the immediate effect of the new tax in Vancouver and the 21 communities where it applies.

Instead, foreign buyers might be drawn to the Kelowna region because of the schools. The number of international students at UBC Okanagan (UBCO) grew from 12.8 per cent of the student population last year to a projected 14.1 per cent this year. Sixty per cent of all graduates stay in the area, according to UBCO�s data. Part of that is because of the foreign students that end up settling.

Kelowna realtor Tony Zhao, who is from China, attended UBCO 11 years ago, when he was 18, and settled in Kelowna with his wife. He says about half his clientele are international buyers looking to invest or purchase houses and condos for their children attending school there. He networks directly with people in China looking to buy.

Mr. Zhao believes the 15-per-cent tax in the Lower Mainland could create more demand for Kelowna, where it doesn�t apply, but he says it would be small. Most people are adopting a wait-and-see approach, he says. Kelowna has its own appeal for foreign buyers and it�s got nothing to do with the tax.

�Right now, it�s very hard to apply to UBC in Vancouver, and here it�s a bit easier,� says Mr. Zhao, who is 29. �And because in Kelowna there aren�t many people from Asia or China, if you want to learn English, you go to Kelowna. If I went to [live in] Vancouver, I wouldn�t even need to speak English.�

The Kelowna market is a hot investment partly because of the low vacancy rate, too, which makes renting easy, he says. He estimates that more than half his clients want to make Kelowna their home. The others are investors.

Okanagan Mainline Real Estate Board president Anthony Bastiaanssen says the number of buyers from the Lower Mainland has doubled, going from 10 per cent to about 20 per cent in the past year. It has coincided with a drop of about the same number of Albertan buyers.

�We have the best market we�ve ever had,� Mr. Bastiaanssen says. �Last month, the average single family house price was over $600,000, which is an all-time record for the Central Okanagan. So, we are at peak levels of activity and average pricing.

�The real estate market has been benefiting from strong consumer confidence and low interest rates. People are happy.�

Luxury sales have also gone up in the past year, he says. An entry-level price for a waterfront property is around $1.5-million, which would be 20 minutes away, in Peachland.

�The number of $1-million-plus sales is significantly higher than a year ago. This year, you might see a dozen. Last year, you might have had a couple.�

The Mission Group is Kelowna�s biggest developer of multiunit dwellings, averaging about 200 to 300 units a year. President Randy Shier says the market started recovering from the recession around 2014.

�And now 2016 has really gone on a tear,� Mr. Shier says. �It reminds me of what it was like from [20]04 to �07. They were good years.�

But this cycle is different. The wealth moving into the market is bigger and the 20-to-34 age group is also driving the mid-market growth. Workers have made the shift from the old traditional mill-type jobs to occupations in which people can work at home, such as tech or consultancy jobs. The city is also a commercial hub for much of the province, offering jobs for engineers and lawyers.

Mr. Shier has tapped into the student market by providing housing with a series of condo buildings adjacent to UBCO, called U-One, U-Two and U-Three. By the time they are built out in August, 2018, his projects will house more than 1,600 students. His latest U-Three project is getting more investors, parents of international students who want to invest in their child�s accommodation.

His downtown condo project Central Green is also drawing young buyers, with prices between mid-$200,000 and mid-$400,000. One-bedrooms are about 550 square feet.

The boomtown effect isn�t all positive, however. It�s meant low-income residents are getting squeezed. With the market up, homeowners are cashing out and selling off their rental properties.

Royal LePage managing broker Francis Braam has been selling in the area since 1988 and says this is by far the busiest cycle yet.

�It�s not a cheap market to be in,� Mr. Braam says. �And certainly every time you go up thousands of dollars it becomes more difficult for people to buy. Are we priced out yet? I can�t answer that one.�

And if the boom is happening in a tiny community, such as Sechelt on the Sunshine Coast, the effect can be overwhelming, particularly for local workers. Rentals there are evaporating as people sell off their rental homes for big prices.

Sechelt deputy mayor Alice Lutes has lived in the community most of her life.

�It�s worrisome,� she says. �Right now for low-income earners looking for a place to rent, they are getting pushed out. A lot of them are squeezing in with family members, hoping it will be temporary. And I don�t know if that�s true at this point.

�There�s been a lot of changes and it is impacting. And most of it is the direct result of the incredible market in Vancouver.�

# ? Sep 7, 2016 17:14

A Typical Goon: Feb 25, 2011

The studies I've read show that the strongest correlation to academic success is level of parental involvement, regardless of income level. Obviously the higher income parents would be more likely to be involved in their kids education, but that's not always the case

# ? Sep 7, 2016 18:09

cowofwar: Jul 30, 2002; by Athanatos

Kelowna is a major hub of wordpress powered site development.

# ? Sep 7, 2016 18:10

Juul-Whip: Mar 10, 2008

Femtosecond posted:

Hey guys speaking of Canadian tech, apparently Kelowna is the third largest tech hub in BC after Vancouver and Victoria? (who the hell is #4?)

it's the third largest city in BC so this should come as no surprise

# ? Sep 7, 2016 18:17

Fried Watermelon: Dec 29, 2008

A non-insignificant amount of my GF's teacher salary goes into classroom supplies. They barely get a budget to staff a room with paper, pencils, art supplies, god forbid if you want a textbook that says Pluto is a dwarf planet.

This is even worse at inner city(poor) schools, which a lot of younger teachers have to start working at due to higher turnover.

Parents no longer buy as much school supplies as they should, mainly because they can't afford it.

# ? Sep 7, 2016 18:32

Fluffy Chainsaw: Jul 6, 2016; I'm likely a pissant middle manager who pisses off IT with worthless requests. There is no content within my posts other than a garbage act akin to a know-it-all, which likely is how I behave in real life. It's really hard for me to comprehend how much I am hated by everyone.

jm20 posted:

Isn't there some sort of david suzuki conference you should be protesting outside of?

I was going to reply that I don't spend time on wannabe has-beens with zero intellectual rigour or common sense, but realized that would open me up to questions about why I post here.

Instead, something about how protests don't have enough nanaimo-flavoured soylent.

# ? Sep 7, 2016 18:38

triplexpac: Mar 24, 2007; Suck it
Two tears in a bucket
And then another thing
I'm not the one they'll try their luck with
Hit hard like brass knuckles
See your face through the turnbuckle dude
I got no love for you

Fried Watermelon posted:

A non-insignificant amount of my GF's teacher salary goes into classroom supplies. They barely get a budget to staff a room with paper, pencils, art supplies, god forbid if you want a textbook that says Pluto is a dwarf planet.

This is even worse at inner city(poor) schools, which a lot of younger teachers have to start working at due to higher turnover.

Parents no longer buy as much school supplies as they should, mainly because they can't afford it.

I don't know if I'll ever understand why teachers need to buy their own supplies. It seems crazy to me.

# ? Sep 7, 2016 19:57

Risky Bisquick: Jan 18, 2008; PLEASE LET ME WRITE YOUR VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENT SO I CAN FURTHER DEMONSTRATE THE CALAMITY THAT IS OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM.; Buglord

My spouse has 600 books for her classroom, a better selection than the actual school library that are age and subject appropriate. $_$

# ? Sep 7, 2016 20:00

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# ? May 16, 2024 06:48

the talent deficit: Dec 20, 2003; self-deprecation is a very british trait, and problems can arise when the british attempt to do so with a foreign culture

Burnaby or Surrey have got to be ahead of Kelowna, right?

# ? Sep 7, 2016 20:20

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