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Thursday, January 27, 2011

Seniority is for people; “LIFO” is for inventory. Get it straight. « JD2718

Seniority is for people; “LIFO” is for inventory. Get it straight. « JD2718

Seniority is for people; “LIFO” is for inventory. Get it straight.

JANUARY 27, 2011 PM31 1:31 PM

Let’s do something small, but immediate.

We are defending seniority. We are teachers, and are people.

Using the phrase “Last in – First out” is wrong in two ways.

  1. It is a phrase from accounting, and it applies to inventory, not people. It is demeaning to use in this context. We are people, not an order of spark plugs from 3 months ago.
  2. It is pronounced LIFO (life-oh), intentionally promoting the lie that tenure,