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Kidso, I hate to say it but this is only the beginning of the wolf encounters and the range will not be controlled......despite what the wolf people say. I really don't have a problem with the wolf idea as long as it becomes a part of the regular hunting draw along with all other big game animals.......

We have been AIMS testing this past couple of weeks, our schools get rated according to how our students perform. They are considering attaching teacher pay to test scores. Now due to Common Core that test is going to be changed beginning next year I believe. Part of the testing rules is no electronic devices as a students test may be "invalidated" if it is discovered that they have one, so as a safe procedure we just have students give us all personal devices before we start testing. So here is the test question for the CWT community to see if you are up to date on students, teachers and the economy. This is a multiple choice question, read the information below and then make your selection. There are 22 students in the classroom who come from all sorts of economic backgrounds and upbringing. Some of them come from broken homes, some of them have well to do parents and some of them live in poverty. Of the 22, 14 of them are involved in some sort of extra curricular activity, sports, drama, band. Cell phones are allowed on campus but are to be turned off at all times. Of the school population 45% have had their phones taken away at one point or the other during the school year because they were texting or talking on their cell phone during class time. Of the cell phones pictured below, which phone actually belongs to a teacher? This is not a timed test, if you cannot finish this test in the given time period you will be given additional time to finish the test but it must be finished by the end of the day. Be very specific with your answer or your attempt at this test will be invalidated The first person with the correct answer will win one of my elk antler ornaments.

I would say be ready to hit the ground when it lets up......good luck out there wish I was having the same problem.....

Reminds me of some of my Mom's old pictures with the bulb flash.....every once in a while she somehow would get a double picture, I think it was because she forgot to wind the film.......would love to see a good picture of whatever that is.....

You have spoilt that kid for sure......that is awesome.....

Those are some good ones Patrick......

So is the stand then of the Arizona Elk Society that the reintroduction and spread of the wolf is a good thing??? Are we just that misinformed as to what the wolf is eventually going to do to the elk herds?? I kinda thought we were past the starting point.......I am obviously pretty ignorant.....

You would think that a small questionnaire to the general hunting public would be a gesture towards hunters that they are at least being asked what they think about this program. Maybe there is support among the hunting ranks?? Seems like there is plenty of evidence in other states to the north of us that shows how out of control this can and will get........

Now that is funny............

Snap, From your post: “A state simply does not have the power to allow a ‘take’ on federal lands,” the governor wrote. To me this is exactly what this whole BLM land grab is about as well......Feds trying to put a squish on any use of federal land and tie the hands of the state as to what can and can't be done on federal land despite any previous agreements or laws. Pretty soon, we will not be allowed where the wolf roams in order to protect the wolf.....

Seems to be a growing trend..... http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/04/22/republicans-warn-blm-eyeing-land-grab-along-texas-oklahoma-border/

I can't believe you really want somebody that will actually work under those conditions :D ...I need work up here in Snowflake this summer so if you have any connections up here....I can comply with all of the above mentioned......good luck getting some help.

I think Hopper does a great job of explaining it...... http://www.tunesbaby.com/yt/?x=tlWZZSD4irM

Awesome trip for sure...congrats and thanks for the reminder

And good luck with all those holidays!!!! I started out at $19,000.00 in Ash Fork my wife was not all that excited but I really liked teaching there with unit 10 a Sunday drive.

Ah.....Tony I agree with you 110% the demise of our educational system is something I could spend hours on......I have to admit I have never used a slide rule to calculate anything. I remember when the first program came out on computers to help contractors bid houses...plug in the numbers and bingo.....bottom line bid. On my kitchen cabinet bids I still sit down and do a pencil sketch of every cabinet and calculate every single piece of wood, hardware etc. before I can come up with a bottom line. You have to remember memorizing your times tables.........you don't need to do that anymore.....and the current trend towards Common Core will just boggle your mind. My wife teaches 5th grade and the pace they have those kids going from week to week makes my head spin. Doesn't matter if Johnny learned how to divide we are going on to fractions.......course now you are really lost cause if you can't divide you can't do fractions.......math is one of the great equalizers, you miss a step and until you get that step down things only get harder. I remember one short stint I had teaching math......this was for the kids who struggled with math....I about got fired that year. The very first section in the book was teaching decimal placement and place value. 25.3478961.......what place value does the 1 represent.......these kids couldn't add double digit numbers and my boss wanted me to "stick to the book".....I refused....... Oh man I could go on and on.......our educational system is a direct reflection of what the morals of this great nation have become. We have been flooded with the social problems of our society and have set learning basic, fundamental RRR's aside to take care of many of the things mentioned above. IEP, 504......which I don't disagree with having programs like that but oh it is as mentioned soooooooooo misused. My kid can't pass math so I get him approved for an IEP so he can play sports when in reality the kid is bright.....just lazy and won't turn in his work. And I love sports and what it can teach kids but skating around an education to play sports I don't agree with. My point with the calculator was, we spend all year letting kids use the tools that modern day society has placed in the classroom because that is "the way our kids need to learn"........and then we put them in a room, no talking, #2 pencils, fill in a bubble which since they play play station their fine motor skills are under developed so they can't fill in the bubble. And we expect them to perform on a test that teachers cannot review, read or otherwise discuss because we signed a paper agreeing to said terms. I better jump down off my rant before I get fired.........I have taught wood shop now for 25 years and have enjoyed 98.7% of it.

All the years that I have administered that AIMS test I have always felt bad for the kids.........there are so many ways to learn and I am Pro vocational anyways which tends to be more of a hands on experience.... How many of us are really going to sit down and do an algebraic equation and not have a calculator???? Thanks everybody for helping me get through AIMS........

OK CWT class you did really good, I was surprised at the logic that was used in many cases. What got me started on all this was the recent news that our steps and columns are going to be froze this year.....bummer deal but hey I have a job that after 25 years I am still sitting at a measley $48,000.00 a year. That includes a 4 year degree plus a masters in vocational education, plus additional schooling every year which was needed to keep my teaching certificate. I have had a great career teaching, my wife teaches so double that amount for household income and we have been fine. Same days off, summer jobs to keep us going and always able to attend my kids functions. So I am sitting there during AIMS testing looking at all these phones that the students handed in before testing and I am thinking...........I was due for an upgrade on my verizon account and my options were to buy a 200 dollar keep up with technology swipe phone or they were giving away for free the outdated we want to get rid of flip phones. Yep.....that gray flip phone up in the top right hand corner.....Prowlerman wins it... and can let me know which one of these elk antler ornaments he wants. Snap, You were correct on the information provided which AIMS is really good at.......misdirection question that has absolutely nothing to do with the answer they are looking for....tricky buggers. Also, we as teachers have to read the instructions word for word every day every test, and it specifically says this is not a timed test.....but.....you gotta be done by the end of the day...go figure. CouesHunterAZ, You made me laugh.....you would have won the award if we were doing Common Core because even though you didn't get the correct answer.....you did the best job of walking us through why you chose what you chose. Big Orange, Statistics show that 60% of the multiple choice questions are correct with a C answer...........one other method is the second hand on the clock which has gone by the wayside with digital timing devices. So if you do not have a clue a C answer is your best bet. No Curve. Patrick hang in there.......AIMS is just one of those things you gotta get through.... The answer that got me off guard the most was by Avid Hunter....the one in your hand......I actually had to wait til day two to take the picture so I could take my sons ipod with me to work to take the picture.

Not sure if any of you caught this story but we always have people on here who have had guns stolen. This place had their own ring of thieves out working for them so heads up maybe your gun ended up at this place. http://ktar.com/22/1723511/Suburban-Phoenix-police-bust-shop-for-selling-stolen-goods MESA, Ariz. -- Sixteen people have been arrested and about 300 guns recovered along with thousands of stolen items in a police operation that targeted a Mesa pawn shop. Mesa police say the Eazy Pick N Pawn allegedly trafficked nearly exclusively in stolen property. Detectives began investigating the store in October 2013 after its owner was stopped for a traffic violation and a stolen handgun was found in his vehicle. Police say stolen property allegedly was being run through the pawn shop on a daily basis. Items included TVs, Blu-Ray players, cellphones, game systems, jewelry, laptop computers, iPads and tools. Police say three stolen vehicles and one stolen motorcycle have been recovered. They add that hundreds of thousands of dollars in property now is being gone through to determine the proper owner.

Cool offer......people like you are what makes this site great........

elpepe.....that is where I am at....don't really trust anybody either side......

Daryl.....that hurt bad right there...........the throw from pitcher to first yesterday pretty much summed it up.......horrible......0 for 6 on the homestand.....

Snap, We are in the middle of testing, I can't answer any of your questions until the mentioned testing time period is over. No talking or disrupting the class until all testing has been completed.

Great first half......that is money well earned and spent.....