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1 hour ago, Wabash82 said:
Did you give them a deadline?
I figured I’d let fate take care of that. And since my mom had breast cancer last year and my dad broke two bones, hopefully the deadline is near 🙂
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6 hours ago, TrojanDad said:
that had to be so uplifting to your parents....you are quite the guy.
If you have ever had to call law enforcement due to the actions of a parent, you can then judge me.
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Not gonna lie, I told my parents I was going to wait until they died before I had kids, and maybe I’m not alone?
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On 5/16/2019 at 5:37 AM, Coach_K said:
Unfortunately, a lot of young people feel like there is nothing to be optimistic about.
Ya think?
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On 5/16/2019 at 6:39 AM, Coach Dowell said:
Madison Football is a very unique situation. They are the smallest school in the HHC. The Cubs are a 4A School playing in a 5A and 6A conference. If Madison is in a league with schools of similar demographic makeup, then I thoroughly believe that they win more and very possibly finish the season with a winning record every now and then. All I can say from being the head coach for 4 seasons that the kids will give you everything they got. They will compete and they will play their hearts out every Friday night. Jut look at Sectional of 2018 Madison with one win travels to a 6-3 Edgewood Squad. Madison does lose but it is a ballgame the whole way through. A break hear and there and Madison comes home with a victory. (Edgewood won 28-19)
I came down in 2003 - 1st season 0-10 We had some injuries to some key players in weeks one and two. I started majority freshman and sophomores. As coaches know it is hard to win on Friday nights with your JV squad on the field. We were defeated in the sectional by a very good Pat Parks Shelbyville team.
2004 - 0-10 Again. However, we made strides we were up 14 at half in week one. They finally figured out where to run the ball at in the second half. We lost 21-20. Week 4 we are at Jeff. Thy got PJ Thomas - all state baseball player and punter at QB and Trey Burgess (future IU running back). It is 4th and 4 under 2 min Jeff has just used their last timeout. We are nursing a 16-14 lead. We stuff their ISO play for a 2 yard loss. Madison has never beaten Jeff.. We get called for a facemask. Kid did not mean to do it but it happened. Sectional we draw East Central. 21-17 East Central with 2 min to go we are driving. 25 going in on a 3rd down play my Q throws an interception they take it nearly all the way back and score late for the victory. Their principal comes in to our locker room to tell us how much respect he has for our program. How the fans at the beginning of the game were making plans for running clock and being able to get home early. We also did not have 2 of our best players for that game.
2005- We start out of the gate 3-0 and are the WLKY team of the week. Jeff week 4 Operation football and the whole 9 yards. We make a miscue hear and there and lose by 14 very competitive game bounce back with a win vs JC and sit 4-1. Get New Albany, East and BNL who are all ranked and they show us what we need to work on. Play JC in sectional and get our first playoff win in a number of years. Lose in the semi finals to a very good SD team who we had beaten in week two. Our offense was potent that year. Coach Ketchum went for it on 4th down every time to keep our kids off the filed. My Q set the record for completions in a game that night 37 What is most impressive is he did that on 44 attempts.
2006 - A season of high hopes. Make some mistakes week one lose 21-8. Week 3 we bounce back and beat a sound FC team. Play through some injuries and such come in at 2-7 on the year. Lose to JC in overtime on a 4th down QB Draw. We knew it was coming. Our kid just did not get low enough on the hit and their Q bulled into the endzone for the win. could we have won more that year maybe but we played hard every week and we never gave up.
7 and 34 is not going to win anyone any coach of the year awards. However if you consider who the Cubs have to play week in and week out I call it respectable. I have experienced great success in football as well as other sports prior to Madison. I have experienced great amounts of success in football and other sports post Madison. And while at Madison I experienced success. What means the most to me is all the great kids that I got to work with and be a part of their lives. A majority of my former players are doing great things in all parts of the world. A few of them I have stayed right at home. # 60 Patric Morrison would eventually become Madison's Head Football Coach. Former All-State Lineman Ryan Lamb would join Patric as an Asst. Coach for the Cubs. I got a big list of others that are near and dear to my heart. I will not bore everyone with an already lengthy post. Just know this. Before you bash a program or suggest a team fold tent and give up... please consider all the factors. Consider the kids that give their time and energy to 40 guaranteed Friday Nights. Consider all the work the coaches put in.. not to win but to just be competitive and not be embarrassed by a wide margin of defeat. And consider all the parents and community that desperately want a winner and who support their teams no matter what the outcome.
Thanks
Mike Dowell
Why has Madison remained in the HHC?
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On 5/15/2019 at 5:49 AM, SoIndRef said:
Order of Imortance:
1. Chrome
2. Firefox
3. Safari
4. Netscape (yes, that one)
134. Internet Explorer
I use Opera, of all things.
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2 hours ago, Coach Nowlin said:
Does any other State do this?
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43 minutes ago, psaboy said:
I guess another question I pose, is what is the Unions' position on this? Members pay over $700.00 a year to be represented, so what are they doing?
19 minutes ago, Robert said:I've dropped the union before and will watch this closely.
It still floors me, changing the topic a little, how people really think teachers do nothing but babysit. I'm reading and rereading this BS on facebook from people in business who act as if we teachers aren't good enough to do anything. When I chime in that I've worked on some darn fine teams and that many of the teachers I've worked with work elsewhere and are often asked to be management, they balk and/or say things about their wives being teachers... Those who can, teach!
Watch what happens when the union goes away. Arizona is largely deunionized...
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Is Kagan a thing in Indiana?
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8 hours ago, JQWL said:
Are people not reproducing as much?
The birth rate has declined, yes.
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6 hours ago, Coach Dowell said:
I totally agree with the Wedgebuster. It seems like districts are proud of the fact that they only pay a given number of years of experience these days. Once had an excellent school district with an excellent football program tell me the following. "We would love to hire you and bring you into our school and football program..... However, we can only pay up to 5 years experience." In my mind I had the conversation with my wife. "Honey I have a chance to move our family to an excellent district and have a chance at a ring each year.... It will only cost us 20 thousand dollars a year while we are there." Yes I got knocked up side the head in my mind as well. Schools today miss out on a lot of highly qualified and experienced educators due to the fact that they do not pay what people have rightfully earned. It will come back to bite the Hoosier State in the rear end sooner than later.
All the districts in Nevada pay for all years experience, and a good portion of the charters do also. My starting salary at The School That Tennis Built was $45k, and that was low for a non-PERS school.
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1 hour ago, Coach Dowell said:
That is a very good hire for Eastern Greene. Good Coach, Good Teacher and Great Person. Has high school experience in football and has HC experience in other sports. Kids will be tough and kids will play hard. Good Luck Coacher!
This person is...?
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1 hour ago, Muda69 said:
I also find it interesting that Dante seems to believe Mr. Beal taught government to Mr. Williamson, the author of the article I linked. Instead of objectively addressing any of the arguments and statements Mr. Williamson makes he instead attacks the career and character of a dead government school teacher. Again: troll.
I’m more concerned about the person who posted the article on this board. I’ve taught American Government and US History, and in both of my classes I’ve stressed how passing the 17th Amendment was done as an anti-corruption measure.
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1 hour ago, Muda69 said:
So what should the base salary and salary ceiling be for an government school teacher in the state of Indiana? Without a true free market in education to provide needed competition and information to management it sound like pretty much "raise the salaries until the teachers stop bitching".
https://files.texaspolicy.com/uploads/2018/08/16092838/Veritas-Issue2-ed-article.pdf
You get what you pay for.
CCSD is starting a pilot program to pay $15,000 bonuses for teaching at certain schools-
https://newsroom.ccsd.net/new-program-pilots-innovative-teacher-recruitment-and-retention/
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13 hours ago, Wabash82 said:
Re not getting special treatment at Easter (or at other Christian holidays): doesn't your school have a "Spring break" (and a "Christmas break")?
My Spring Break does not align with Easter.
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3 hours ago, Muda69 said:
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/05/federalism-limits-authoritarian-politics-washington/
Fantastic commentary by Mr. Williamson. The 17th Amendment has resulted in the corruption of American politics, and needs to be effectively repealed.
Mr Beal really sucked at his job.
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3 hours ago, Muda69 said:
Washington school district wants teachers to bless Muslim students in Arabic during Ramadan: https://www.foxnews.com/faith-values/washington-school-district-wants-teachers-to-bless-muslim-students-in-arabic-during-ramadan
I don’t get any special treatment at Easter.
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6 hours ago, btownqbcoach said:
Yeah that's already been mentioned and has nothing to do with what we're talking about.
@sr1 cannot ever be wrong.
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4 hours ago, swordfish said:
So this happened......
Words in the constitution:
Woman - Nope
Man - Nope
Fair / Fair Share - Nope
Abortion - Nope
Healthcare - Nope
Socialism - Nope
LGBTQ - Nope
Arms - Yes
“Indians not taxed” is also mentioned. As is “three fifths of all other persons”.
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On 4/22/2019 at 9:18 AM, TrojanDad said:
LOL....oh...only representatives now? Because senators and governors don't have significant influence?
Currently, 2/7 (29%) of Indiana's 9 districts are democrat.
check out this link.....certainly periods of time (early 1990's...mid 2007-11 etc.) where the Dems had the majority of US Rep positions from Indiana
Earn it back....
No point in campaigning on dead soil.
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On 4/26/2019 at 12:53 PM, Muda69 said:
For Five Bucks More Than a Nissan Leaf, You Can Get a Hellephant Instead: https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2019/04/for-five-bucks-more-than-a-nissan-leaf-you-can-get-a-hellephant-instead/
Probably work great in a Chevy Bolt.
Not pre-1976.
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10 hours ago, Muda69 said:
https://mises.org/wire/why-one-corporation-can-dictate-measles-policy-america
More crony capitalism. As one of the comments to Mr. McMaken's article states:
This isn’t crony capitalism, it's just capitalism. Fancy that vaccines aren’t profitable.
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23 hours ago, Wabash82 said:
Don't know for certain if there are such hospitals, but I suspect that many inner-city urban and some rural hospitals are pretty close to that, simply due to the nature of the populations they serve.
Tonopah NV has that issue. They have to have state funded medical care, because the nearest medical facility is 165 miles away in Pahrump.
U.S. Births Fell To A 32-Year Low In 2018; CDC Says Birthrate Is In Record Slump
in Out of Bound Forum
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Tbh, mail-order brides are still a thing.