The NY Post made a front-page story out of the teacher's union dumping a lot of furniture and equipment in the course of moving to new headquarters. The union is a favorite Post target: they're a big Democratic constituency; they're a union; they're mostly female; etc. In short, they represent everything that's wrong with America, let alone education: if we could just get rid of these damn teachers, our kids would all be geniuses! Anyway, my point is that there's no story here. Wasteful as it may seem, this is how big organizations of all sorts handle things. I have just completed throwing away over $89,000.00 worth of books, not to mention all our furnishings and equipment. It just isn't worth the time, trouble, and red tape to find takers for the stuff. And who wants an eight-year-old computer anyway? Somebody, I suppose, but I imagine the garbage man dispersal method is just as equitable and efficient as anything the government could manage.
By the way, I'm available. Cheap.
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By the way, I'm available. Cheap.
- alex 7-15-2003 10:57 pm