Compromise schrompromise!

It's nice to have an iPhone. It's an unnecessary luxury in my life! Today while I showed my daughter, niece and MIL around Manhattan I was able to keep in touch with the real world.

It was a wonderful day! We started at Jekyll and Hydes, took some pictures with half-naked models at Abercrombie & Fitch, took the subway to Chinatown - after a quick stop to watch the street gymnasts in the southern part of Central Park - from Chinatown we walked through Soho to the Village. We took the subway again from 14th street (after lots of window and a little real shopping, a cafe stop and more street theater at NYU) up to Times Square, then walked to the car at 49th St and 10th Ave. It was a great day!!!

Somewhere near Canal Street and Broadway I checked my phone and found this in my in-box about the BREA-BOE compromise. Once I got home I also read this.

Miriam Webster defines a compromise as:

Main Entry: ¹com·pro·mise

Pronunciation: \ˈkäm-prə-ˌmīz\

Function: noun

Etymology: Middle English, mutual promise to abide by an arbiter's decision, from Anglo-French compromisse, from Latin compromissum, from neuter of compromissus, past participle of compromittere to promise mutually, from com- + promittere to promise — more at promise

Date: 15th century

1 a : settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions b : something intermediate between or blending qualities of two different things
2 : a concession to something derogatory or prejudicial

I think "mutual concessions" is a bit of a stretch. Was it enough to get the budget passed? Time will tell - and I kinda doubt it, but it's a start. The "burden" question as quoted in the C-N blog is very subjective and I'm don't understand how the math all works out. This time next year they will be hashing out the new teachers' contract. Hopefully everyone is learning from this!

Regardless of the budget, it was a great day for walking around New York. I look forward to another trip soon.

(PS the picture is from my previous NYC jaunt - that time it was a mother-son affair, this time it was a hen day).