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CHICAGO (AP) -- The Chicago Teachers Union issued a 10-day strike notice Wednesday, saying teachers in the nation's third-largest school district are ready to walk off the job for the first time in 25 years.
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don't mess with rahm the ram, the 9 1/2 fingered bossman has the soul of an assassin
the teachers want more, teachers always want more, we work 181 days per year, 5 hours per day, very few of us commute...
in my district we teach block schedules---that means every teacher in my district either starts work at 9:45, ends his or her teaching day at 1:25, or enjoys a two hour and ten minute break in the middle of the day
ONE HUNDRED MINUTES OF PREP TIME PER DAY---that's my northern california school district
and it's been that way since we went to block schedules a little over ten years ago
kids, by the way, generally hate blocks---how'd you like to be responsible for assimilating mrs danilov's lessons when your russian trained math teacher drones on about trig identities for one hundred minutes at a time
it's excruciating
it's no picnic teaching that way either, i'd add
i encourage the kids to goof off every 20 minutes or so, then back to it
if they mess with me, i assign them 100 minutes of seat work
i try very hard to be funny
when my district went thru the pink slip nitemare three years ago i very gently spoke up in our after-staff-meeting union debrief, knowing the reception i'd get---shouldn't we consider going to 50 minutes of prep (ie, prep every other day) instead of laying off ms renfro, et al, the fired up young english teacher next door who had become a good friend
very few of my colleagues know my politics
don't mess with the ram
Rahm-Emanuel-sends-layoff-notices-to-city-workers - Chicago Sun-Times
in july of 2011 the hitman unilaterally ordered changes in his transportation dept---when the union balked at the new rules the ram canned 625 workers faster than the gipper cleaned up the atc (air traffic controllers)
the ram is scott walker on steroids
his compassion for the union workers he pretends to champion is as deep and heartfelt as uncle joe stalin's treatment of the proletariat
in chicago, the teachers are demanding 2%, they also object to the district's reform of the pay scale---no more automatic steps and columns that allow old fogies like me to make DOUBLE what that pistol ms renfroe made, before we pink slipped her into running a private child care service
it is what it is
the ram unilaterally increased the school day to 7 hours---he's trying to keep the kids in school and off the street
when you're sleeping thru mrs danilov's cosecants it's very hard to shoot to death the kid from the rival turf who is also snoring as the russian nazi continues to lecture to no one
last year the ram unilaterally rescinded his teachers' 4%
so we'll strike---it's all about the kids
obama is stumping this week on education---the issue backfires on him
republicans in tampa are spending a great deal of time talking REAL education reform---jeb is next
oblivious obama concentrates his convention on extremely divisive social issues arising from some stupid comment made by a republican senate candidate in missouri---and the president's own extremist positions on life are thrust to the forefront
when your record is 100% upside down it's impossible to distract to a favorable topic
meanwhile, all most americans really care about is the economy---and dc has become under this agenda-mad administration one much bigger and more sprawling sacramento
party on, progressives
enjoy your abortion palooza in charlotte
say hi to caroline kennedy---from the kids
zzzzzzz
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