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    Quote Originally Posted by Averageman View Post
    https://www.westernjournal.com/teach...hiding/http://
    We know at least one teacher is bothered by virtual learning, as classroom activities conducted online now can bring unexpected or unwanted audience members, some of whom are parents.
    In one volley of Twitter posts, Matthew R. Kay, a teacher at the Science Leadership Academy, a magnet public high school in Philadelphia, demonstrated why so many parents have reservations about sending their children to schools.
    “So, this fall, virtual class discussions will have many potential spectators – parents, siblings, etc. – in the same room. We’ll never be quite sure who is overhearing the discourse. What does this do for our equity/inclusion work?” Kay wrote on Twitter.
    “How much have students depended on the (somewhat) secure barriers of our physical classrooms to encourage vulnerability? How many of us have installed some version of “what happens here stays here” to help this?” he continued.
    “While conversations about race are in my wheelhouse, and remain a concern in this no-walls environment – I am most intrigued by the damage that ‘helicopter/snowplow’ parents can do in honest conversations about gender/sexuality…”
    “And while ‘conservative’ parents are my chief concern – I know that the damage can come from the left too. If we are engaged in the messy work of destabilizing a kids racism or homophobia or transphobia – how much do we want their classmates’ parents piling on?” he concluded.
    A biography for Kay describes him as a “proud product of Philadelphia’s public schools and a founding teacher at Science Leadership Academy.” Kay also speaks to middle and high school students and “deeply believes in the importance of earnest and mindful classroom conversations about race.”
    Reading an article like this, even though it says “we know of at least one teacher...” I can understand why people get the impression that 90% of teachers are left wing nut jobs.

    I can give you an example of at least one colleague who swings left who things the whole gender fluidity issue is bunk. Is that enough to counteract this example and restore your faith in our public school teachers. Probably not. The MSM carries so much weight, even though we’re seeing such a small sample size.

    I don’t necessarily want to downplay any of you personal experiences but I’m not seeing any legitimate data being posted by those skeptical of public school teachers to warrant their feelings of mistrust. Sample sizes of one like in this case don’t warrant throwing the baby out with the bath water.

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    Well I offered a couple of personal experiences my Son and I had at our local High School and this is considered a very conservative area.
    So, I'm a bit perplexed as to how you've missed out on Teachers saying they aren't going back to teach until after Covid-19 or now the "Liberal Bias" that a lot of Teachers bring to the Classroom.
    I'm watching the News as I write and I'm seeing a Georgia High School that's now worried about Covid-19 after reopening. The Picture shown with the story shows a crowded hallway, students elbow to elbow and not a mask in sight. Wonder why this happens? Do you think because the Teachers and the Union don't hate Trump and don"t want to reopen, maybe they just stir the petrie plate and they will be home until Christmas and be headed home until then by Friday?
    We were a much better Country when we kept the sex ed, racial harmony and sexual orientation out of the classroom and taught STEM, that's what got us to the Moon after all

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    The objective?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cold/Bore View Post
    I’m a public school teacher. I’ve not heard of anyone wanting to go on strike at least in my area. I find it odd that I have not heard of any of this at all until I read it on M4C.net. No sources cited. Is this for real?
    Short of you not watching the news or viewing any news online for the past couple of months I find it very hard to believe this is the first you have heard of it.

    All from July, first stories that come up if you google teachers threaten to strike.

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/tommybe.../#40f186754bd5

    https://www.politico.com/news/2020/0...opening-384133

    https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/...at-coronavirus

    https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/29/u...ronavirus.html

    https://www.reformaustin.org/coronav...9-precautions/

    https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020...-protests.html
    Whiskey

    May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one

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    Quote Originally Posted by Whiskey_Bravo View Post
    Short of you not watching the news or viewing any news online for the past couple of months I find it very hard to believe this is the first you have heard of it.

    All from July, first stories that come up if you google teachers threaten to strike.

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/tommybe.../#40f186754bd5

    https://www.politico.com/news/2020/0...opening-384133

    https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/...at-coronavirus

    https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/29/u...ronavirus.html

    https://www.reformaustin.org/coronav...9-precautions/

    https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020...-protests.html
    This is exactly the case. I don’t watch TV. But being that I work in education this leads me to believe that the news you’re watching is distorted. They’re cherry picking the sources for the most dramatic stories. They have to sell you a story. The more outrageous, the better.

    It’s all about making money and selling advertising space.

    There is a saying: “There there’s no truth in news and no news in truth.”

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cold/Bore View Post
    This is exactly the case. I don’t watch TV. But being that I work in education this leads me to believe that the news you’re watching is distorted. They’re cherry picking the sources for the most dramatic stories. They have to sell you a story. The more outrageous, the better.

    It’s all about making money and selling advertising space.

    There is a saying: “There there’s no truth in news and no news in truth.”
    I'm hoping you stay informed somehow, that's kind of important, otherwise you get a distorted blinders on kind of world view. Denying what all of us are seeing and coming in to this thread blind doesn't look real good for you.
    That's like saying I don't read, but I'm pretty sure Shakespeare was a talent less hack and really only in it for the money isn't it?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cold/Bore View Post
    This is exactly the case. I don’t watch TV. But being that I work in education this leads me to believe that the news you’re watching is distorted. They’re cherry picking the sources for the most dramatic stories. They have to sell you a story. The more outrageous, the better.

    It’s all about making money and selling advertising space.

    There is a saying: “There there’s no truth in news and no news in truth.”

    So you don't keep up with any current events because everything is distorted so you don't believe it? I listed sources from everything from Fox to New York publications to Forbes. You asked for sources and I provided multiple from different major news organizations and then you say sources don't count. Ok.
    Whiskey

    May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one

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    Simple- no workee no payee.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Whiskey_Bravo View Post
    So you don't keep up with any current events because everything is distorted so you don't believe it? I listed sources from everything from Fox to New York publications to Forbes. You asked for sources and I provided multiple from different major news organizations and then you say sources don't count. Ok.
    Please don’t treat me like a straw man. I said I don’t watch TV. I never said I don’t keep up with current events.

    I did not ask for sources, I asked for data. For example, could you cite some polls or studies that show that “x% of the nation’s public teacher say that they want to strike because of Covid 19.”

    My bottom line is, in my opinion, reality does not align with what is being portrayed in the news.

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    And your sources are?

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