The city Department of Transportation is starting a new youth snow program that will have young people clearing public sidewalks for older residents and those with disabilities. It will hire 200 to 400 youths between the ages of 14 and 21.
Young people participating will have the choice of receiving a stipend of at least $500 — depending on how much it snows — or credit hours that can be applied toward high school graduation. They will be assigned specific locations to shovel during snow emergencies, said said Richard Hooper, operations bureau chief for the department of transportation.
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great idea.
"Baltimore will pay" - with what? Where does "Baltimore"'s money come from?
Credit hours towards graduation? WTF? $500? WTF? My guess is nobody shovels anything.
".. credit hours toward high school graduation.. "
Now there's a progressive approach to education.
At least they will have done SOMETHING to earn their diploma.
Just have it count as a credit for future community service hours.
Higher education at it's best. In other words they don't have to know how to read or write or count change as long as they shovel snow. This is very sad.
Federal money that we pay taxes on will fund this. So if a kid is failing and more than likely will drop out, if he/she "shovels snow" they can get either $500.00 or credits toward graduating. I don't see how GIVING school credits will be enough to keep a failing kid from dropping out or being able to learn all the lessons they didn't participate in learning in the first place.
This is a lame attempt on the mayor's part to show she is doing something, however once again, not well thought out. I think she is running scared as well she should.
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I believe to graduate now day they have to have so many hours of volunteer work. It can be anything from babysitting to helping out at a church or other volunteer work. I think that is the credit hours they may be talking about. It's Baltimore so who knows!
On the other hand, it introduces them to the concept of "work".
I suspect it will be an expensive winter, by the time they pay someone to make sure they actually do the work, then investigate to find out why that employee never even checked.
I hope the program is a success. But sooner or later they'll be whining that making them do work in order to receive money, is "slavery".
That's when it's time to start offering one way trips to emigrate back to Africa, or whatever country will have them.
Now they have a class on snow shoveling? Well I guess that will suit the students they teach . Next year they will get a course on nose picking or ass kicking. 15 dollars an hour to start with raises for COL.
This had to come from that ignorant stand down mayor.
Here's a shovel , what happened to your shovel? I don't know , someone stole it.
Now you know about Obama and his culture and primitive decisions.
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