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SheilaT

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40. I am so sorry that no one in the classroom

Sun Mar 2, 2014, 11:38 PM

Mar 2014

refused to participate in this bullshit.

More and more I'm understanding that the way to get change is to stand up and say: No. I won't tolerate this crap.

Everyone needs to be willing to do that. It's hard, because jobs may be on the line.

While it's not quite the same thing, one interesting fallout of having attended college on and off my adult life is this: By the time I was about thirty I simply would not put up with the stuff teachers dealt out to the students. By age 30 I was as old, or nearly as old as many of the professors. I tried not to be too obnoxious, but I also made it very clear I wouldn't tolerate certain crap. Oh, I did the work. I came to every class, I always did my homework, but I wouldn't do time-wasting stuff.

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Video of Chicago teachers being treated like children in meeting. It's humiliating. [View all] madfloridian Mar 2014 OP

Wow. Bonobo Mar 2014 #1

"video is a testament really to a sort of death of education" madfloridian Mar 2014 #2

+1000 Useless in FL Mar 2014 #3

We need a version of the song "Another Brick in the Wall" - to defend the teachers! reformist2 Mar 2014 #16

Just another brick in the wall... zeemike Mar 2014 #21

Good. Now we need a video, complete with teachers being shoved into a cartoon meat grinder. reformist2 Mar 2014 #22

Can't do that for you zeemike Mar 2014 #33

another example of private contractors/consultants sucking $$ out of the kids' pockets nt msongs Mar 2014 #4

So true. madfloridian Mar 2014 #54

Horrifying. This is how to keep anyone with any brains, imagination, love of learning, enough Mar 2014 #5

Administrators jump on these idiotic pundit bandwagons. charmay Mar 2014 #6

Not me, but thanks for lumping Lifelong Protester Mar 2014 #14

I had to turn it off--been through too many PDs like that. knitter4democracy Mar 2014 #7

Somebody got paid to do that? nt msanthrope Mar 2014 #8

What would happen if a teacher just called in sick for one of these stupid days? bluestateguy Mar 2014 #9

Can't. Not anymore. Not in a big city system like Chi. or NYC. Smarmie Doofus Mar 2014 #52

The urge to feed their families is strong. jsr Mar 2014 #56

More like In Disservice kairos12 Mar 2014 #10

Ugh. These teachers are professionals! What a load of crap they're enduring. riderinthestorm Mar 2014 #11

Our class days started at 8:30. We had to be in the building at 7:55. Hoppy Mar 2014 #12

I wouldn't talk to that to Lifelong Protester Mar 2014 #13

Bureaucratic gobbeldygook run amok! reformist2 Mar 2014 #15

They get fed a cookie after each correct response. Downwinder Mar 2014 #17

...... madfloridian Mar 2014 #19

Pavlov's Psychological Conditioning. DhhD Mar 2014 #27

This is the kind of professional development I called in sick for kmlisle Mar 2014 #18

Sounds like a Scientology session. lumpy Mar 2014 #20

Authoritarian GARBAGE. woo me with science Mar 2014 #23

Yes, that is chilling. Much like KIPP schools and their SLANT use. madfloridian Mar 2014 #32

That "teacher" wouldn't want me in that room... Junkdrawer Mar 2014 #24

It is sickening. cate94 Mar 2014 #25

The right wing attempts to corporatize schools have turned schools to shit. nt Sarah Ibarruri Mar 2014 #26

Including the right wing within the Democratic Party. nt woo me with science Mar 2014 #67

They've been led right along with that mouth-taping former teacher, GOP Michelle Rhee Sarah Ibarruri Mar 2014 #69

Who is in charge of Chicago again? vi5 Mar 2014 #76

Who in the country is running the propaganda against schools again? Tell me. nt Sarah Ibarruri Mar 2014 #79

Arne Duncan for one. vi5 Mar 2014 #80

stunning.. what a colossal waste of time and money. mountain grammy Mar 2014 #28

Obama's BFF, Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel's Minority-Bashing School Closings to save $$$ Divernan Mar 2014 #29

Rahm also like Nickelback, and instagrams crappy bathroom mirror selfies and pics of his food daily. Erose999 Mar 2014 #72

WTF is this shit? blackspade Mar 2014 #30

Rahm's education policies make things worse in public schools; but not for HIS kids. Divernan Mar 2014 #31

Now they know how the children feel in institutionalized education. joshcryer Mar 2014 #34

Most teachers don't want "institutionalized education." madfloridian Mar 2014 #64

My daughter is treated to similar humiliation in Arizona. Cheese4TheRat Mar 2014 #35

How sad. Enthusiast Mar 2014 #36

Maybe this ISAT prep session is why teachers there refuse to give ISAT?? madfloridian Mar 2014 #37

Anyone else catch the Ultimate Irony? Junkdrawer Mar 2014 #38

K&R DeSwiss Mar 2014 #39

+1 lunasun Mar 2014 #81

I am so sorry that no one in the classroom SheilaT Mar 2014 #40

They already did. Remember the Chicago teachers' strike...I think last year? madfloridian Mar 2014 #47

Except, it doesn't look as if the teachers in the video SheilaT Mar 2014 #49

Sometimes silence simply means they are desperate to keep their jobs. madfloridian Mar 2014 #53

It's a huge dilemma, and far too many workers SheilaT Mar 2014 #58

the isat thing is a quirk. mopinko Mar 2014 #78

Seems like REPUBLCIANS yuiyoshida Mar 2014 #41

Actually the upcoming Common Core testing is supported by Democratic leaders. madfloridian Mar 2014 #42

I would not be surprised to see future yuiyoshida Mar 2014 #43

Agree we do need a Democratic government. madfloridian Mar 2014 #46

Republicans? This video shows what's going on in an urban ps system run by a DEMOCRATIC mayor... Smarmie Doofus Mar 2014 #51

And a Democratic mayor, Rahm. madfloridian Mar 2014 #57

so um.... yuiyoshida Mar 2014 #73

Of course. n/t Smarmie Doofus Mar 2014 #74

What party is in charge of Chicago again? vi5 Mar 2014 #77

You are asking a resident of San Francisco yuiyoshida Mar 2014 #82

Here's a hint: vi5 Mar 2014 #83

Unbelievable. jsr Mar 2014 #44

Oh my God, that is painful. progressoid Mar 2014 #45

I still can't pick my jaw up off the floor TorchTheWitch Mar 2014 #48

That was a terrible, dumbing-down presentation. pacalo Mar 2014 #50

The worst part is that the instructor goes on forever with this poorly thought out pledge! reformist2 Mar 2014 #55

I don't think much of the teachers who allowed this to happen. They must really be demoralized. nt kelliekat44 Mar 2014 #59

I am sorry that 2 on this thread blame the teachers. madfloridian Mar 2014 #63

Damned if they do, damned if they don't. One thing for sure.... Smarmie Doofus Mar 2014 #75

Dreadful...thanks for posting this MF... KoKo Mar 2014 #60

I'm looking at the soda can on Le Taz Hot Mar 2014 #61

Probably makes at least twice as much as any teacher sitting in the room too. Starry Messenger Mar 2014 #62

.... madfloridian Mar 2014 #65

Our curriculum director is a former kindergarten teacher... Jokerman Mar 2014 #66

The last principal I had talked to all of us that way. madfloridian Mar 2014 #68

I'd have put the woman on Attu. raven mad Mar 2014 #70

Duncan and the man who hired him - TBF Mar 2014 #71