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A Shift Will Happen in the Future

Supporting Education for the Rehired Annuitant

Federal Employee
DoD, DSCP
Tue Apr 8, 2008 9:34 AM

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I am a rehired annuitant taking online Master's classes in Education which is what I was rehired to do. Teach. I was getting reimbursed for these classes, but was recently told that my classes should not be paid for if I am temporary. If I want these classes paid I would have to come back permanently. Can you look into this situation? My education would only help me develop and teach classes for the government and possibly be useful as others retire and do not return.

The Wages of Sin

Reformed Conservative
DFAS
Tue Apr 8, 2008 9:47 AM

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Well, who'd have thought? You kill a million babies a year, give or take, since 1972, and you end up with a shortage of adults in 2008.

No one could ever have predicted this.

Re: The Wages of Sin

Management Analyst
DOE
Tue Apr 8, 2008 4:07 PM
Sir, you have the right to whatever opinion/s you have ricoheting in the "forum" that exist between your ears where, I'm sure, most everything's appropriate in you view. However, this is not an appropriate forum for such a tasteless remark.

Re: The Wages of Sin

Former Injury Comp Clerk
DoD
Tue Apr 8, 2008 5:49 PM
Typical liberal. Tolerant until one of your sacred cows is being gored.

Then, heresy will not be tolerated. Let the ad hominems fly.

Re: The Wages of Sin

Reformed Conservative
DFAS
Wed Apr 9, 2008 10:43 AM
Management analyst: do you have any math to back up what you're saying? I'm using the same math used in "Freakonomics" as a possible cause for lowered crime rates.

shift happens

IT Specialist
USDA
Tue Apr 8, 2008 10:18 AM

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hmm, one day the news tells us up to 1/2 the students in some high schools are not graduating. The next day we hear there is a major shortage of high tech workers. What a surprise. Could someone put this together, please. A trillion dollars spent here could send all of those kids to school. Bring our money home!!

Re: shift happens

Analyst
DOD
Wed May 7, 2008 10:57 AM
Money does not make a child stay in school.

I agree

Retured
DoD
Tue Apr 8, 2008 10:18 AM

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Shift Happens

retirement

engineering tech
dod
Tue Apr 8, 2008 1:50 PM

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just curious my department offered a VISP/VERA I am covered under it


however I only have 6 years in. if I wanted to leave would it be worth my while to go contractor to make more pay. I am 39 years old.

Right Hand Shoots Left Foot

Eng. Tech
DOD
Tue Apr 8, 2008 3:21 PM

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Right Hand Shoots Left Foot-(My Title)

In two emails today from SAME person at HQ.
1st. email:
-Panic !!, everone is retiring, spend lots $ on perks like
hiring bonuses, relocation perks, raises, tuition reimbusments , etc. etc. etc. or we will loose our
in-house technical capability !!

2nd email:
"We will continue as planned with contracting
out of design work to various sized private firms...."

Re: Right Hand Shoots Left Foot

Not Surprised
IRS
Tue Apr 8, 2008 4:30 PM
I usually refer to that type of mixed message as: "Never mind the right hand and the left hand, at this point, the thumbs have no F#%$^* idea what the fingers are up to."

the future will be to late.............

Supply Tech
USAF
Tue Apr 8, 2008 7:55 PM

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Some local politician recently called Oklahoma high schools "Drop out factories". If parents, teachers & school board members would stop shifting the blame on the recent failures of our public school system and get back to the core values of teaching & leading, maybe some of these kids would have a brighter future, and maybe that would fill some of these positions.

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