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Originally Posted by Metlakatla
I believe it is against Alaska State law to ride ATVs on public roadways; at least that what it states on the Alaska State Troopers website.
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True, but it only applies to roads owned and maintained by the State.
And of course in Barrow there are no State roads...
That is true in most cities, and even in the larger cities only the parts of the highways that are State owned come under State jurisdiction. However, most larger cities enact verbatim the uniform traffic codes, and in the process ban exactly the same vehicles the State does.
Most villages do not adopt it, and in towns like Nome, Kotzebue, Bethel and Barrow it is a mix and match, so some have it and others don't. For example, it was a year or so ago that I saw an article about Bethel banning snowmachines and 4-wheelers from the city streets. How disgusting! (You have to understand my point of view on that. I am personally one of the two fellows who were targetted, decades ago, when Bethel enacted, heaven forbid, a speed limit for snowmachines! The gall...)
Whatever, Barrow allows not only ATV's on the streets, we don't even care if the driver is old enough for a driver's license. Same with snowmachines. And basically they are not held to normal traffic laws as long as they aren't goofing off.
Another odd one here is that the State, by Statute, lists places where license plates and vehicle registration are not required. Some years ago they had the audacity to remove Barrow from the list. However, the city has never enacted any such requirement, the State as no jurisdiction, and therefore... almost nobody here bothers with license plates and registration or titles either for that matter.
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Originally Posted by Metlakatla
What you are wanting to do certainly isn't impossible, but it won't be a matter of simply calling the school district in Barrow and getting hired on the spot. I gotta wonder about any -48 college that is telling their students something like that. Still, she should be able to find a teaching job here after she gets her certification; just might not be in Barrow right at first.
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Well, he's probably describing fairly accurately how the school promotes it. My daughter has a teaching certificate. She originally started at UAF. This was many years ago of course, but they were also telling students that sort of thing. The actual facts at the time however were that the Liberal Arts school at UAF was in a shambles, and an Education degree from UAF was almost worthless. Only the top 2 or 3 students could even get a job in Alaska! A few years later it got even worse, and they lost accredation for awhile. (My daughter transfered to UAS in Juneau.)
But as far as I know, getting a certificate in Alaska is not difficult, and yes , for inexperienced teachers, they do look at the reputation of the school. But that means being one step above the absolute bottom of the ladder, rather than at rock bottom.
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