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My wife was given a $20 gift card for Grubhub. Last night, I wanted to use it to order Chipotle. To use it, you have to go through the Grubhub website, and my first red flag was that everything on the menu was priced $3-4 higher than if I just simply ordered through Chipotle. Ok fine, our two burritos will cost $23 and I'll have to spend a couple of my own dollars, still a cheap meal. By the time I got to the place to checkout, the price jumped to $34 without a tip for the driver. There were over $9 in various service fees. Had I proceeded with the order, those two burritos would have pushed close to $40 after I tipped the driver, which would have been $20 out of pocket and that's more than the cost of just going to Chipotle and getting them.
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You can see remnants of this highway plan all over the area. One example is the highway spur that runs north of AmFam Field. I-794 is also part of it, as there was a freeway that was supposed to run along the lakeshore going north (which if you watch the Blues Brothers, the scene where they are fleeing the Nazis and the highway comes to an abrupt end due to construction is in Milwaukee and they were demolishing that part of the freeway). The old Park East freeway by the Bradley Center was a part of that as well. As someone who grew up in Port Washington, I always wondered why there was no northern bypass. I think they studied it many years ago and decided it wouldn't significantly reduce traffic through the Marquette Interchange. -
We will be on Boston on a weekend when the Yankees are visiting, so I'm very much inclined to go. Tickets are obviously insanely expensive, but bleacher seats are available for under $100/ticket. Anything in the boxes or grandstands are going for well over $100, and I'm not exactly sure I want to pay that much. Does anyone have any experience in the bleachers at Fenway? Or is this something that I should just splurge on and get into the grandstands/box seats? They do have SRO tickets for $50, but my wife doesn't really like that idea. Is there anything else I should know about going to a game at Fenway? We're saying in Quincy and our hotel is right on the T, so we are going to ride that to and from the game. We're probably going to the Sunday night game (an ESPN game, so it will last extra long).
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That's one of the benefits of being a public employee; they will furlough before they lay people off. My wife and I are going through our finances to see if it will work. It will take me a minimum of three/four years for me to get my salary back up to where it is, and the only way to do that is by applying for other jobs that are posted once I get experience under my belt.
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I am a teacher and this past year burned me out more than any year has. It was absolutely terrible, so I started applying for new jobs. After several interviews, I was offered a job as an academic advisor at UW. Three other former teachers from my school work there and all three said they absolutely love it and don't regret their decision. The problem I'm facing is that the starting salary they are offering me is SIGNIFICANTLY lower than what I will make next school year should I return. The new job would mean far less stress, a better work/life balance, and potential opportunities for advancement and career growth, but I am having a difficult time with the salary being so much lower.
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I may have voiced this problem in the past on here, but I have arrived at it again. There is a teaching job posted in a different school district than the one I currently am in. I am desperately looking to leave and the new job is exactly what I am wanting in a new job and it's in the district that I live in. The problem with applying for teaching jobs is that you need to submit letters of recommendation, and none of mine are anywhere near current. I don't want to let my admin know I'm looking elsewhere, so what on Earth do I do?
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There are several reasons why I want to leave, but money isn't even in my top 10. I teach four different courses each semester and that requires a lot of planning each day. Students are far more disengaged this year than ever (excluding last year, but that may be part of the problem), chronic cell phone use, the hallways and bathrooms smell like weed all the time, fighting, I could go on and on.
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I'm a teacher. The past few school years have absolutely drained me and I am suffering some pretty significant burnout, so I'm actually looking at a possible career change. I've been in education in some capacity for the past 16 years (13 at my current school) and I have no idea how to start looking for jobs. I have a solid education-field resume, but I have to figure out how to adapt it for non-education jobs if I choose to go that route. I keep hearing that companies love hiring teachers because they bring a lot of skills to the table, but I don't know how to reflect that on a resume.
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While it is good, I feel like it's really expensive for what you get. Last time I went there I spent nearly $30 for a family of four and I walked out still feeling hungry.
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It may be cliche, but I love Ian's in Madison. Also, Slavatore's Tomato Pies in Sun Prairie or East Side of Madison. They both are a bit far from where I live but it's well worth the drive when we do go. Also on my list is Mequon Pizza Company and Tomaso's in Cedarburg, and Happy Joe's in Green Bay (Dubuque also has one that we stop at when we head to Iowa to see family).
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This is my wife. She checks our kids' 529s weekly, and they are 6 and 3 years old! I check my quarterly statements when they come in the mail and both of us are in the WRS so we only get one annual statement and we have very little to do with how that money is invested, which is really nice. I'm looking at getting some non-retirement investments going at some point and have zeroed in on VTI or VOO on the ETF front. For some reason I'm sort of chicken when it comes to taking the plunge, but I think it's more due to the amount that we are discussing putting into an account and it's really hard to part with large sums of money sometimes. I do know that it's a best long-term strategy and we will see gains if we let it sit for a while before withdrawing is as income (assuming it earns money over the next several years!).
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I am entering my 9th year as a teacher, and I saw a job posting at the high school in the city I live in that I would like to apply to. The application requires me to submit three letters of recommendation from supervisors/administrators. How do I go about asking for these letters? I have only worked at one school, but I know a couple of administrators that moved to other districts. Do I ask them for letters? I don't have a lot of options available.
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My wife and I are both public employees in WI, so all of our investments are either in WRS or our Roth 403(b)s that we set up. I am somewhat interested in investing some money that we can liquidate fairly easily. I was looking into mutual funds, but the minimum amount to buy into a fund is more than I am willing to put in, but I came across ETFs. What are people's thoughts on ETFs? I found two that are indexed; one is indexed to the S&P the other a total stock index. They appear to be very similar to an index fund but without minimums other than the cost for a "share."
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I bought a cheap laptop a few years ago without thinking that some games I play may not be compatible (it has an integrated graphics card...won't make that mistake again). I'm considering buying something that can actually handle games other than Civ4, but price is somewhat hindering that.
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While the money in ND sounds great, they have an issue with housing shortages. A high demand for workers coupled with high wages means any housing that is available is really expensive. There are a lot of stories about workers living in campers because there aren't enough houses to hold all of the workers. Something else to consider... My dad's company sells valves and regulators to large industry, and they recently opened an office somewhere in ND. He has been told by customers that it makes sense to drill when oil is above $65/barrel. Apparently, yesterday, oil closed at $68/barrel. If low oil prices continue for any length of time, they may slow production up there, reducing the demand for jobs.
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Every year around this time, I check area schools to see if they have any jobs posted that I may be interested in. This past week, the high school in the town I live in posted a job that is very similar to the current job I have, and I am going to apply for it. However, the school district requires applicants to submit three letters of recommendation. My three letters are all five years old, so I should probably get new ones. The problem is I don't necessarily want people in my school to know I am actively looking for a new job. Any suggestions on what do to with the letters of recommendation?
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As a teacher, there are a few options I have to continue to advance my career. While I enjoy teaching high school, I wouldn't say I love it. I have been considering beginning a Master's program in ed administration (to become a principal). However, recently, my passion for one of my content areas has been fully rekindled, and would welcome an opportunity to further my education in that field, perhaps teaching it at a tech school level (like MATC or a UW-_______ County school). The problem is, obtaining a Master's in that field would be nearly impossible at the moment. There are few if any programs that would accommodate working adults. The programs I found would pretty much require me to quit working, which is not an option. I would consider a distance learning opportunity, but I'm not sure how many institutions offer Master's programs completely online (oh, and the content area would be Political Science). Does anyone have any advice?
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My wife has a job interview on Thursday, and she was sent an e-mail today for an interview on Wednesday. She is concerned about being gone 2 days now. She asked the question...does she tell her supervisor why she is taking time off?
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Unfortunately (well, fortunately in my mind) I live in the Madison area. There are 4 programs over here that I can attend. The biggest question mark for me is would I be happy leaving teaching...What if I become an administrator and hate it? Also, I have a very good relationship with most of my students, and that would be hard to give up as well. I guess I could go through the program and keep my options open.
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I've been a teacher for three years. Lately, for some reasons I still can't put into words, I have had this desire to continue my education to become an administrator. It almost makes my prior education seem like a waste. I worked very hard to get to where I am right now, now I'm thinking of moving on. I am totally happy with what I'm doing, so I don't know where this desire is coming from. In order to do this, I will have to return to school, again, to get my Master's and license. It's going to be difficult to afford to pay for my Master's, but I'd have 7 years to complete it (and the pay as an administrator would pay for the degree in no time). I guess I'm trying to figure out 1)whether I should do it or not and 2) when to start/how long to take. I think my wife is on board with whatever decision I make, now I just have to make one.
