tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post2354476068523289627..comments2023-11-23T09:51:07.448-05:00Comments on A Literary Odyssey: Sunday Salon: March 28, 2010.Alliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18420476898132383974noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-15505779728360653402010-03-30T15:28:50.740-04:002010-03-30T15:28:50.740-04:00Wow!! I love the new blog theme! I've had mult...Wow!! I love the new blog theme! I've had multiple sinus infections this winter season--so I feel your pain. Here's to Spring and Summer!Amanda Makepeacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01521280678666827075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-20604561994895063432010-03-28T13:41:07.362-04:002010-03-28T13:41:07.362-04:00Well, about the bill...not a good thing at all. Th...Well, about the bill...not a good thing at all. Those of us that are not retiring will be expected to contribute 3% more in order to pay for all of the teachers that would take this retirement plan. With the knowledge that it will probably not be there for us in another 20+ years.MEA is recommending that we all work hard to get this voted down. Some of my friends have been teaching a long time but that doesn't mean that they can "afford" to retire. IMHO, teaching jobs will be scarce here in Michigan for a very long time. Our school has just pink slipped 6 teachers and the school year 2011 will be the worst yet to come..according to our superintendent. When the dust settles in two years, there will be very few school districts that will be left standing on their own two feet. Many will be taken over by the state.Contracts will be broken and starting wages will plummet. Scary time in education for sure! If you're interested in more information let me know and I'll forward emails to you from our MEA. <br /><br />Off the gloomy subject and on to better things...like reading!!<br />Your week was filled with some great books!! I hope this upcoming week brings you more...and like you I'm fighting some sinus infection thing and I'm praying that we'll get the 70 degree weather they claim is coming our way!!Stacihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07600979915661464945noreply@blogger.com