Receptiveness of teachers at school.

[david at piano.plus.com]

I don't tout for schools  work, but I do one school regularly, and have
occasional calls to do stuff in other schools.

I must say I  do find  that it can be a struggle to get much in the way of
 civil conversation out of secondary (high school) teachers.  When I
address a remark to them,I've felt sometimes that it's as if the geranium
spoke.

This amuses me a bit,for I am a teacher too, registered with the same
regulatory  bodies. But because I work in the tertiary (Community College)
sector, I get paid around $3000 per annum more than the high school
teachers!

Best regards,

David.

>>Apparently all school districts are not like this.

No they aren't. The more urban the school, the more inane the hoops you have
to jump through. Personally, I don't need the work. I tune for a handful of
rural schools that haven't gone crazy yet and still treat me like a
professional. As long as there are tuners out there willing to jump through
the hoops of insanity they'll keep upping the ante. Me, I don't need it.

Dean

Dean May             cell 812.239.3359

PianoRebuilders.com   812.235.5272

Terre Haute IN  47802



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From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behal

List:

At the school district where I tune, by the time I arrive there the
pianos are in such bad shape that the teachers make all the students
leave me alone so I can work in order that they can have a tuned and
working piano. In other words, they, so far, have treated me like royalty
and they respect me enough to make sure I can provide them with a good
instrument. I feel like they are giving me the red carpet treatment when
I go there. Apparently all school districts are not like this.

Martin Wisenbaker, RPT
Houston, Texas