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Publix Chicken Tender Subs Are On Sale!

Chicken Tender Sub

After seeing my cable bill go up exponentially I needed some good news. This on the heels of insurance going up. I needed this -  Publix Chicken Tender Subs are on sale! I get mine shaken, buffalo style. Absolutely delicious, but there's a downside, too.

That's right, the sale price is almost as much as the regular price just one year ago. I save these things, just for this reason. Here's Chicken Tender sale post from last year:

That's a 21% increase over the past year. Yow. I mean, I'm still excited to get that Pub Sub, but maybe not quite as much. Fortunately someone gave me a 2 dollar Florida Lottery scratch off for Christmas and I won 50 bucks.

Tonight it's Publix Chicken Tender subs and sweet tea.

Maybe grab a Mega Millions ticket or two. Tonight's jackpot is 785 million. If I win, I'll buy the whole town Pub Subs.

Happy New Year everyone.

Florida Is One Of The Best States For A Teacher

A study from Wallethub shows that Florida is one of the top spots to be if you're a teacher. The last place you'd want to go to teach? Hawaii? According to the study the best place to be a teacher is in the state of New York. Maybe since so many people are leaving New York the class sizes are smaller? I kid. New York isn't even in the top 5 of pupil/student ratio.

Here's how Wallethub determined the rankings. "Teachers are more fairly compensated and better protected in some states than in others, though. The best states are less likely to face a revolving door of teacher turnover. To help America’s educators find the best opportunities and teaching environments, WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia based on 24 key indicators of teacher-friendliness. Our data set ranges from teachers’ income growth potential to the pupil-teacher ratio to whether the state has a digital learning plan."

They even made this fun map:

Source: WalletHub

So how do all of the states rank up against each other? Here's the breakdown including the composite score as determined by the research. The "Best States For Teachers 2022". Being a Florida teacher is one of the best places to be.

1 New York 59.33

2 Utah 57.38

3 Virginia 56.13

4 Florida 55.92

5 Washington 55.71

6 New Jersey 54.07

7 Pennsylvania 53.80

8 Massachusetts 53.21

9 Maryland 52.43

10 Connecticut 52.03

11 North Dakota 50.97

12 Delaware 50.42

13 Minnesota 49.99

14 Georgia 49.73

15 California 49.53

16 Illinois 49.28

17 Indiana 48.64

18 Alabama 48.28

19 Mississippi 47.40

20 Idaho 46.32

21 Kentucky 45.96

22 Wyoming 45.76

23 Texas 45.66

24 Iowa 45.11

25 Kansas 44.88

26 Ohio 44.67

27 Vermont 44.15

28 North Carolina 44.10

29 West Virginia 43.81

30 Oregon 43.76

31 Rhode Island 43.32

32 Nebraska 42.86

33 Wisconsin 42.76

34 Oklahoma 42.70

35 Arkansas 41.76

36 Colorado 41.64

37 Alaska 41.63

38 South Carolina 41.57

39 South Dakota 41.51

40 Michigan 41.25

41 Tennessee 41.15

42 Nevada 39.92

43 Montana 39.56

44 Maine 39.47

45 Louisiana 39.02

46 Missouri 37.59

47 New Mexico 37.41

48 Arizona 36.17

49 District of Columbia 35.94

50 New Hampshire 34.39

51 Hawaii 33.36

Annual Salaries (Adjusted for Cost of Living)

Highest
  • 1. New York
  • 2. Illinois
  • 3. Michigan
  • 4. Pennsylvania
  • 5. Washington
Annual Salaries (Adjusted for Cost of Living)
Lowest
  • 47. District of Columbia
  • 48. Florida
  • 49. South Dakota
  • 50. Maine
  • 51. Hawaii

Projected Teachers Turnover

Lowest
  • 1. Kentucky
  • 2. Montana
  • 3. Missouri
  • 4. New York
  • 5. Alabama
Projected Teachers Turnover
Highest
  • 44. Indiana
  • 45. Virginia
  • 46. Arizona
  • 47. Vermont
  • 48. District of Columbia

Projected Competition (i.e. Fewest & Most Teachers per Student in Year 2028)

Lowest
  • 1. Nevada
  • 2. Arizona
  • 3. Alaska
  • 4. North Carolina
  • 5. Oregon
Projected Competition (i.e. Fewest & Most Teachers per Student in Year 2028)
Highest
  • 47. Wyoming
  • 48. Nebraska
  • T-49. North Dakota
  • T-49. Iowa
  • T-49. District of Columbia

Pupil-Teacher Ratio

Lowest
  • 1. Vermont
  • 2. Maine
  • 3. New Hampshire
  • 4. New Jersey
  • 5. Connecticut
Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Highest
  • 47. Oregon
  • 48. Nevada
  • 49. Arizona
  • 50. California
  • 51. Utah

Public-School Spending per Student

Highest
  • 1. New York
  • 2. District of Columbia
  • 3. Vermont
  • 4. New Jersey
  • 5. Massachusetts
Public-School Spending per Student
Lowest
  • 47. Arizona
  • 48. Missouri
  • 49. Mississippi
  • 50. Utah
  • 51. Idaho

School Systems

Best
  • 1. Massachusetts
  • 2. Connecticut
  • 3. New Jersey
  • 4. Virginia
  • 5. Maryland
Worst
  • 47. West Virginia
  • 48. Arizona
  • 49. Louisiana
  • 50. Alaska
  • 51. New Mexico
Joe Winner spends his days combing through memes and off beat stories to bring you the side of Florida not always seen.