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riderinthestorm

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41. The Chicago Tribune is about as far right wing as you can get. They are virulently anti-teacher

Tue Jan 10, 2012, 11:49 PM

Jan 2012

More facts: the allegations are just that, allegations without any determination of fact (at this point, that will never be determined for this teacher). Thorson disputed those allegations.

98% of the student population is really poor. This is an extremely challenged school district where the teachers need HELP not back seat drivers. Thorson had already spent time in the CPU system and embraced trying to help these kids at the lowest rungs. Yet these types of situations are the ones most fraught with stress and real peril for teachers under NCLB and RTT as implemented under Arne Duncan. Her fellow teachers supported her accusations about the school board and teaching conditions 100%.

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Illinois teacher commits suicide citing working conditions [View all] proud2BlibKansan Jan 2012 OP

tragic n/t limpyhobbler Jan 2012 #1

Du rec. Nt xchrom Jan 2012 #2

. Starry Messenger Jan 2012 #3

the teachers are under constant attack here in illinois. madrchsod Jan 2012 #4

Sadly, that's true in many other states as well proud2BlibKansan Jan 2012 #5

No, not always. It used to be good. It used to be better than good. Tansy_Gold Jan 2012 #9

i remember those days in the 50`s madrchsod Jan 2012 #21

I had one "mean" teacher Tansy_Gold Jan 2012 #22

hmm... chervilant Jan 2012 #26

I am 61 years old. When I was in school, teachers had authority in the classroom. tblue37 Jan 2012 #37

Wow... chervilant Jan 2012 #46

The work of teaching can be so absorbing. I imagine even more so amongst the truly poor. patrice Jan 2012 #6

I now declare that IT IS MORALLY WRONG to allow schools to have different Remember Me Jan 2012 #7

No, not equally funded, MadHound Jan 2012 #10

Alright, let's try this -- Remember Me Jan 2012 #15

Oh, I fully support that n/t MadHound Jan 2012 #18

The problem in Illinois is more complex frazzled Jan 2012 #13

I wish she should could have found the help she needed instead madville Jan 2012 #8

None. MadHound Jan 2012 #11

Geez, that really hits me in the gut. Lifelong Protester Jan 2012 #12

Here: proud2BlibKansan Jan 2012 #16

Oh no, that's terrible. Withywindle Jan 2012 #14

That's sad. Trillo Jan 2012 #17

The cussing suspension was after a suspension for hitting a student... msanthrope Jan 2012 #38

Stress-related pathologies are off the charts for teachers I work with. Smarmie Doofus Jan 2012 #19

And she was a vet! 8 years of service so she was used to stress! riderinthestorm Jan 2012 #34

It's too bad she didn't get help maximusveritas Jan 2012 #20

Well said. aptal Jan 2012 #25

Quite often, mental health is the motivating factor in suicides LanternWaste Jan 2012 #45

It is too bad that she thought that she had no options beyond working at that school Nikia Jan 2012 #23

Ford Heights Is A Desparate Place... KharmaTrain Jan 2012 #24

Heartbreaking. girl gone mad Jan 2012 #27

This school is located across the street from the auto plant I retired from NNN0LHI Jan 2012 #28

I had a principal one time who Scottybeamer70 Jan 2012 #29

It astounds me how little respect teachers in America get Canuckistanian Jan 2012 #30

"no prior mental health issues" really doesn't mean much Major Nikon Jan 2012 #31

very sad..very powerful...nt Stuart G Jan 2012 #32

How sad malaise Jan 2012 #33

Very sad. bigwillq Jan 2012 #35

Interesting that your source doesn't mention her hitting a student. Why is that?? msanthrope Jan 2012 #36

teacher commits suicide b/c of horrible working conditions, but all you see is an "anti-Obama" rant nashville_brook Jan 2012 #39

Allegedly hit a student, allegedly cussed at a student. knitter4democracy Jan 2012 #40

She admitted touching the student. msanthrope Jan 2012 #43

She was a gym teacher and admitted to a playful tap. knitter4democracy Jan 2012 #44

The Chicago Tribune is about as far right wing as you can get. They are virulently anti-teacher riderinthestorm Jan 2012 #41

So you dispute it with a far right source? LOL proud2BlibKansan Jan 2012 #42

Documentary about Mary Thorson TeachersForMary Apr 2012 #47

Thank you proud2BlibKansan Apr 2012 #48