I don't think incentives would make much (if any) difference in the performance or recruitment of educators. Despite all the bashing done to educators, I've still not seen any evidence to suggest that they are proportionally worse than employees of other professions. Teaching is a very public activity with a high level of accountability. Between parents, administrators, fellow teachers, students, public performance, testing and grading, there is plenty of incentive not to suck.

If you were going to offer some kind of monetary incentive, why not give the teacher extra funds for his or her class? Money for extra books, desks, repairs, music, instruments, art supplies, sports equipment and other educational materials etc. That would mean a lot to a teacher in these days of ever shrinking education budgets. Or you could send the teachers off to one of the many teaching conferences that are hosted each year. A weekend at a teaching convention in Washington DC on New Orleans would not only be fun for the teacher, but productive for the school and students as well. The flip side of this argument is that the teachers with tougher assignments might be better served with extra funds and professional training.

Here are the 3 best things we could do to fix education:

1) Fix our economy/Fix our democracy: No small task, but it would be a miracle elixir of sorts. It would curb our war machine, help create new jobs, and in the process, provide food, shelter, less stressed out parents and stability for American kids.

2) Limit corporate influence over our political process: Corporations want public education to fail so that they can privatize and profit. As long as big money runs the government, it's going to be difficult to get the votes for a decent education policy.

3) Create a decent education policy: Find an intelligent alternative to NCLB (or whatever Obama is calling his redux) that students can connect with. Perhaps you could analyze the most successful education models out there and make a hybrid of characteristics that would best fit the particulars of our culture.

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^ they go through an engineering report on the device. key points being the "control" motor would have to be as powerful as the "drive" motor (in terms of torque), and control motor would also need it's own CVT, which introduces a friction component into the system.

Strongbad redux:

Welcome back, MG! Siftquisitions are gone, but they were just voted back, which means the Choggie siftquisition is pretty much inevitable. So status quo shall be restored.

Oh, and *quality!

The rage will build with or without the siftquisition option. It can be terribly annoying when it's all the rage to siftquisition left and right, but as long as people don't abuse the system, we shouldn't be seeing it very often. Hopefully. >> ^Hybrid:
I hear ya. Bit worried I might find myself doing the same if I start to feel the rage growing in the community. >> ^notarobot:
My $0.02: I may not be the most active member on here but the last time there was a round of siftquisitions, I almost quit the sift altogether. Just sayin.

Them's fighting words... Siftquisition!!
>> ^Sarzy:
Woo! Can't wait to see who gets hurt first.

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Thanks Siftbot. The status quo stands for now. We may consider putting something in as part of a bigger update to VideoSift.>> ^siftbot:
Voting for this poll ended with the majority of users voting Yes..

I hear ya. Bit worried I might find myself doing the same if I start to feel the rage growing in the community. >> ^notarobot:
My $0.02: I may not be the most active member on here but the last time there was a round of siftquisitions, I almost quit the sift altogether. Just sayin.

>> ^choggie:
^some can't live without it...others, can stand no confrontation whatsoever- still others, would like to see unicorns and rainbows fly out of their asses instead of the pooh gas-....When I was in Burma, there was a man stealing rubies.....


unicorns flying out of someone's ass would probably be pretty painful, given those horns... ;

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No- even public defecation can't derail this movement. Nice try.>> ^deputydog:
Aww fuck, sorry Dag. I just did a poo instead of a wee. Will this mess affect the vote?

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What is this? Some kind of procedural misdirection? You probably think we should start over from the beginning.

We have the votes. The Siftopian people are speaking- and what they want is Siftquisition reform.


>> ^peggedbea:
soooo assuming @Sarzy and @choggie really did vote 'yes' when they actually meant to vote 'no' (and gee, that could never happen on an actual siftquisition could it?), this makes it a tie vote. 19 to 19 right now.

I DECLARE A MISTRIAL.

Excellent point. The potential punishment should be displayed alongside the vote.

However, if you do that and the punishment was very mild... well... would you be more inclined to vote 'punish'?

Anyway, given how 50/50 people seem to be on the issue and the fact that the voting is so close it sounds like it's always going to be a shambles. You're always going to get an equal share of for and against responses in every siftquisition... and like @Sarzy said, this place has been very drama-free for a few months now. Do we really want to bring back controversy and arguments?>> ^rottenseed:
Without knowing the punishments, I have a hard time deciding if I will vote on their guilt. It sounds stupid, but I'd hate to vote "yes" thinking they broke a minor infraction according to the rules, then have the admins ban that person. There should be guidelines. What punishments fit what crime...and you should display the potential outcome of the sifter should he or she be voted guilty.