04 Jun 08
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Originally posted by AThousandYoungBecause he was breaking many of the good practice guidelines that the English industry bodies had suggested. As the government has no such laws regulating the business, no-one could step in when he was running the business into the ground, losing hundreds of millions of customer's hard earned yen.
How come the guy was able to do this?
From reading the auditors responsible for the bankruptcy proceedings, it seems Sahashi was siphoning the money off into a host of bogus companies of his own invention. Shortly before the bankruptcy he sold the vast majority of his shares without going through proper disclosure. He had taken his money (our money) and was preparing to run.
04 Jun 08
Originally posted by scottishinnzI am just a naturally curious person I guess. So the guy got away with it, just skirting the law? So he is basking on a beach in Tahiti with the company money?
You're 66?!!! I always thought you too bu much younger. You have a very young persona! 😉
No, the never caught my former boss, Mr Saruhashi (Monkey-bridge, in Japanese). He really had a lot of gaul before the company went down, blaming the instructors for its demise, whilst drawing a 300 million yen per year (about $3M US) salary, and billing the ...[text shortened]... ing everyone else for it. Hopefully, at least you still have your house, which is something.
05 Jun 08
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Originally posted by scottishinnzSiphoning money is theft, which in an ideal society is illegal, even to a Libertarian like me. If this was not punished then the government needs to get it's act together.
Because he was breaking many of the good practice guidelines that the English industry bodies had suggested. As the government has no such laws regulating the business, no-one could step in when he was running the business into the ground, losing hundreds of millions of customer's hard earned yen.
From reading the auditors responsible for the bankru ...[text shortened]... going through proper disclosure. He had taken his money (our money) and was preparing to run.
05 Jun 08
Originally posted by sonhouseI don't think anyone acually knows where Sahashi actually is, though I suspect the Cayman Islands. There are certainly criminal charges to follow, but they'll only apply if he ever comes back to Japan.
I am just a naturally curious person I guess. So the guy got away with it, just skirting the law? So he is basking on a beach in Tahiti with the company money?
05 Jun 08
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Originally posted by AThousandYoung?? I wasn't aware school districts had different payscales for middle and high school level teachers according to the subjects they taught.
Man, there is like no competition out there for my job. I'm going to be a science teacher in the fall. I'll be able to write my own paycheck.
The science teacher I'm working under is an Econ major with a Bio minor. She keeps telling the students "now, evolution is just what the scientists think happened, you can believe what you want, even I have my doubts."
06 Jun 08
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Originally posted by Sam The ShamThat might be true sometimes, but we are allowed to boot students out the door almost at will, which regular schools cannot do. They are schools that are freed from traditional rules and regulations and so can do things the way the Principal thinks best. Take a look at these links. The first is a New York school, the second is in my area in Southern CA. Both promise higher pay than what teachers typically get.
I thought charter schools were for students that have been kicked out of main stream public schools. That's what they are in Arizona, at least.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/07/nyregion/07charter.html?ex=1362632400&en=c61f5ddd3e93fa42&ei=5124&partner=digg&exprod=digg
http://www.greendotpublicschools.org/node/7/
06 Jun 08
Originally posted by AThousandYoungHere in upstate s. caroilina, there are 2 groups trying to start charter schools so that they don't have to abide by all the gov't mandated rigomarol the public schools suffer. But it's confusing--the headline TODAY was that the Public School District had denied the Charter schools "plan" as having "failed to meet 4 of 7 goals". Why would the District get a say in what private citizens want to do about starting their own school? Why did the charter group even ASK the District for any sort of approval? Seems it would be a foregone conclusion that the Public School system would NOT want to approve of any charter school.
That might be true sometimes, but we are allowed to boot students out the door almost at will, which regular schools cannot do. They are schools that are freed from traditional rules and regulations and so can do things the way the Principal thinks best. Take a look at these links. The first is a New York school, the second is in my area in Souther ...[text shortened]... 61f5ddd3e93fa42&ei=5124&partner=digg&exprod=digg
http://www.greendotpublicschools.org/node/7/
06 Jun 08
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Originally posted by AThousandYoungIf charter schools offer higher pay, you'll be earning it. As far as booting students out the door, they're very unlikely to do that since each student represents income. The charter schools I've seen have almost no classroom control and are filled with students that do nothing but talk and who are openly contemptuous of the staff and teachers. They don't even try to teach anything, just hand out worksheets that the students don't do. Good luck.
That might be true sometimes, but we are allowed to boot students out the door almost at will, which regular schools cannot do. They are schools that are freed from traditional rules and regulations and so can do things the way the Principal thinks best. Take a look at these links. The first is a New York school, the second is in my area in Souther ...[text shortened]... 61f5ddd3e93fa42&ei=5124&partner=digg&exprod=digg
http://www.greendotpublicschools.org/node/7/
06 Jun 08
Originally posted by PinkFloydThe district has a say in charter schools because they get funding from the state/federal government. Who do you think pays for charter schools? Certainly not the parents.
Here in upstate s. caroilina, there are 2 groups trying to start charter schools so that they don't have to abide by all the gov't mandated rigomarol the public schools suffer. But it's confusing--the headline TODAY was that the Public School District had denied the Charter schools "plan" as having "failed to meet 4 of 7 goals". Why would the District ge ...[text shortened]... conclusion that the Public School system would NOT want to approve of any charter school.
06 Jun 08
Originally posted by Sam The ShamI read that the parents are forkin' over 600 bucks a pop to enroll their kids in the yet-to-be-completed charter school.
The district has a say in charter schools because they get funding from the state/federal government. Who do you think pays for charter schools? Certainly not the parents.
06 Jun 08
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Originally posted by AThousandYoungOh...My....God.....you're going to teach at an animo green dot school for high risk students in low income ,high crime, urban areas? And this idea pleases you? Let us know how that turns out.
That might be true sometimes, but we are allowed to boot students out the door almost at will, which regular schools cannot do. They are schools that are freed from traditional rules and regulations and so can do things the way the Principal thinks best. Take a look at these links. The first is a New York school, the second is in my area in Souther ...[text shortened]... 61f5ddd3e93fa42&ei=5124&partner=digg&exprod=digg
http://www.greendotpublicschools.org/node/7/
Before anyone freaks and starts name calling, "animo" is what the green dot school system calls each of their schools. I'm interested in the school in my hometown, Animo Inglewood.