[Poll] Eeeeeeekonomy.

[thefourthvine]

So, the other day I took the earthling to the mall for walking-around purposes, and every single store except the Cinnabon was having a sale. It was a little scary. And we're looking for a desk right now, and half the local furniture stores are having a sale. The other half are out of business. Friends of mine have been laid off. California's budget looks like it's been hit by asteroids.

I am alarmed. And so I'm wondering about y'all: how are you doing? Poll time!

And, by the way, if you're thinking now might be a good time to get your finances in order, I highly recommend the services of jarrow, who does custom budget spreadsheets for fellow fans (and, I assume, others). The spreadsheets are a) really, really pretty (they look like Monopoly!) b) easy to use and c) cheap. It does not get better than that, people. (Except it does: he also provides instruction and tech support. And emotional support, too, if you need it, like if you find budgeting just way too scary ever to face, or if you hyperventilate every time you think about your bills.) We had been trying to use Quicken for two years, and basically only achieving an ever-growing hatred of Quicken. John's spreadsheet, on the other hand, is totally working for us.

And now, let's talk about you.

[Poll #1425209]

Comments

[melannen.livejournal.com]

Yep, Miella knows: Basically, they do a lot of combining classes, so the missing teacher's class is in the same room as a teacher who is there - or getting other teachers to cover classes on their free periods and lunch breaks - or taking co-teachers and aides out of special-ed classrooms to cover other classes - or sending administrators in as subs. (This happens both in bad economic times - when they can't afford to pay subs - and in good economic times - when nobody's willing to sub for what they pay them.)

This sucks for everyone involved, from the students who have to put up with it, to the administrators who have to coordinate it! But that's our American school system, that is.