"Most American opera singers aren’t really that fancy. Most grew up middle class. The biggest fakes in our industry are Joyce di Donato and Thomas Hampson. They grew up in the Midwest. They use fake accents and are horrible at trying to give masterclasses. It’s incredibly common in American voice from the collegiate level to the big leagues.
You’ll be talking to a professor with a chic British accent, then discover they were born and raised in Bayonne, New Jersey and have never gone to the UK."
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Kasey 9 month s ago
#5 i worked at a research lab back in the 80's on military contracts "star wars".
i worked with scientists and engineers.
no white lab coats, sneakers and jeans was what we wore, all the scientists were crazy................best job i ever had
i worked with scientists and engineers.
no white lab coats, sneakers and jeans was what we wore, all the scientists were crazy................best job i ever had
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Ivan 9 month s ago
#6 everybody thinks they are underpaid, for some reason teachers are the only profession where everyone takes that complaint seriously
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Leon 9 month s ago
Ivan,
it's the programming, teacher dont get paid like pro athletes!!! its unfair!! think of the children!! in my state they are extremely well paid. most can retire at 55, they are on the top 10% of income. they are contractually guaranteed raises from their union of 5% or more. Even during covid. i did taxes one year and a 2 teacher family set up IRAs for their kids. they'll never HAVE to work
it's the programming, teacher dont get paid like pro athletes!!! its unfair!! think of the children!! in my state they are extremely well paid. most can retire at 55, they are on the top 10% of income. they are contractually guaranteed raises from their union of 5% or more. Even during covid. i did taxes one year and a 2 teacher family set up IRAs for their kids. they'll never HAVE to work
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Pamela 9 month s ago
Leon,
you sir, are a liar. What state was this? Total BS. Raises are not guaranteed and are controlled by state legislatures and the local tax base, with most raises being 2% or less per year. The are definitely not in the top 10% of salaries. Most teachers start out now at 30K or less a year, with benefits being taken away yearly. My wife and sister are/were both teachers in different states and both are making less now than some starting wages for their kids coming out of college or tech school. Stop trying to push an agenda because you underachieved in life. Facts man... facts.
you sir, are a liar. What state was this? Total BS. Raises are not guaranteed and are controlled by state legislatures and the local tax base, with most raises being 2% or less per year. The are definitely not in the top 10% of salaries. Most teachers start out now at 30K or less a year, with benefits being taken away yearly. My wife and sister are/were both teachers in different states and both are making less now than some starting wages for their kids coming out of college or tech school. Stop trying to push an agenda because you underachieved in life. Facts man... facts.
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Virdie 9 month s ago
#4 I have never seen a bored Janitor, and even in media they're depicted as always working, which is why I respect them more than the suit wearing posers who are barely good at making decisions because they worry about wrinkling their constricting clothes.
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Virdie 9 month s ago
#13 I also work in retail, and I KNOW that all the stock needs to be on the floor as much as possible, but backstock means there is stuff that didn't fit, or is being rotated in. So IF you have a way to check that by a device then please do, but don't slam people for asking since they took the effort to find something they really wanted. And making them wait is disgusting behavior, because who likes waiting when they have a schedule with friends waiting?
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Virdie 9 month s ago
Not all business owners are lost in the rafters making money off the labor of their contractors. Most of my actually earned money from working the jobs goes into the business, so most of the time my contractors take home more money than I do.
i worked with scientists and engineers.
no white lab coats, sneakers and jeans was what we wore, all the scientists were crazy................best job i ever had
it's the programming, teacher dont get paid like pro athletes!!! its unfair!! think of the children!! in my state they are extremely well paid. most can retire at 55, they are on the top 10% of income. they are contractually guaranteed raises from their union of 5% or more. Even during covid. i did taxes one year and a 2 teacher family set up IRAs for their kids. they'll never HAVE to work
you sir, are a liar. What state was this? Total BS. Raises are not guaranteed and are controlled by state legislatures and the local tax base, with most raises being 2% or less per year. The are definitely not in the top 10% of salaries. Most teachers start out now at 30K or less a year, with benefits being taken away yearly. My wife and sister are/were both teachers in different states and both are making less now than some starting wages for their kids coming out of college or tech school. Stop trying to push an agenda because you underachieved in life. Facts man... facts.