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To: LindyBill who wrote (145649)	11/4/2005 3:13:38 AM
From: KLP	Respond to of 793903

If any of my children were treated the way that teacher treated the child with a costume on, I'd be front and center and the loudest person they had EVER run up against! Would even try to get National attention....That's precisely the kind of thing that is harmful to young children.... One of our kids was forced by her kindergarten teacher to sit outside in the hall for two hours on a chair by the door because she was talking in class....We didn't know about it until a couple of years later....The teacher had already been terminated by that time for other issues....but our child still remembers the embarrassment, and fear of being alone in the hall, and hurt feelings that only a young child would remember....Our child is now a parent of teenagers now, and still remembers that. Wish I had known about it then....

To: LindyBill who wrote (145649)	11/4/2005 3:35:33 AM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793903

I was talking with a friend recently who owns a small shop in Italy and came to the conclusion one reason for the high youth unemployment in Italy is because of the free health care. Here is the way it was described to me. For each worker a business hires, they have to pay about 1K to the government for health care per month, on top of their salary. So naturally, you don't see as many temporary workers, which is something young people typical apply for. So, the service industry is either closed or filled with full time workers. Not sure what the laws are in Germany, but I was interested to learn the other day all the shop owners belong to a union in the towns around Garmish, and set prices on Steiner Mugs based on joint agreement. So much for flee markets and Made in China copies being sold here!