Any chance DCPS reopens in person for Term 2 or Term 3?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What would happen if we all stopped replying to the WTU-hater trolls? Can we try for a few days and see it they will persist?

We don’t need to ignore them. Just report and Jeff will delete.

People who happen to disagree with you are not trolls. They just have different opinions. This business of labeling people whose opinions you don’t like, and running to Jeff to censor their views, is pathetic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What would happen if we all stopped replying to the WTU-hater trolls? Can we try for a few days and see it they will persist?

We don’t need to ignore them. Just report and Jeff will delete.

People who happen to disagree with you are not trolls. They just have different opinions. This business of labeling people whose opinions you don’t like, and running to Jeff to censor their views, is pathetic.

Not if their views are hateful and untrue. The stupidity of the idea of the WTU shutting down schools is just so illogical. There are tons of post asking people to clarify why they think this by answering:

Why are many private schools and charters closed then? (No union)
If the union has the power to shutdown schools why aren’t teachers paid even more?
Why do they still pay for supplies?
Why is ‘fully fund our schools’ literally their slogan?
And why would the WTU suddenly have power when the mayor was not even consulting them, until they begged to be added to the team and still aren’t consulted very often?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What would happen if we all stopped replying to the WTU-hater trolls? Can we try for a few days and see it they will persist?

We don’t need to ignore them. Just report and Jeff will delete.

People who happen to disagree with you are not trolls. They just have different opinions. This business of labeling people whose opinions you don’t like, and running to Jeff to censor their views, is pathetic.

Not if their views are hateful and untrue. The stupidity of the idea of the WTU shutting down schools is just so illogical. There are tons of post asking people to clarify why they think this by answering:

Why are many private schools and charters closed then? (No union)
If the union has the power to shutdown schools why aren’t teachers paid even more?
Why do they still pay for supplies?
Why is ‘fully fund our schools’ literally their slogan?
And why would the WTU suddenly have power when the mayor was not even consulting them, until they begged to be added to the team and still aren’t consulted very often?

Bowser herself said she couldn’t open schools because teachers were refusing to work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What would happen if we all stopped replying to the WTU-hater trolls? Can we try for a few days and see it they will persist?

We don’t need to ignore them. Just report and Jeff will delete.

People who happen to disagree with you are not trolls. They just have different opinions. This business of labeling people whose opinions you don’t like, and running to Jeff to censor their views, is pathetic.

Not if their views are hateful and untrue. The stupidity of the idea of the WTU shutting down schools is just so illogical. There are tons of post asking people to clarify why they think this by answering:

Why are many private schools and charters closed then? (No union)
If the union has the power to shutdown schools why aren’t teachers paid even more?
Why do they still pay for supplies?
Why is ‘fully fund our schools’ literally their slogan?
And why would the WTU suddenly have power when the mayor was not even consulting them, until they begged to be added to the team and still aren’t consulted very often?

Teachers on other threads are thanking the WTU for closing schools. Y’all need to get your story straight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What would happen if we all stopped replying to the WTU-hater trolls? Can we try for a few days and see it they will persist?

We don’t need to ignore them. Just report and Jeff will delete.

People who happen to disagree with you are not trolls. They just have different opinions. This business of labeling people whose opinions you don’t like, and running to Jeff to censor their views, is pathetic.

Not if their views are hateful and untrue. The stupidity of the idea of the WTU shutting down schools is just so illogical. There are tons of post asking people to clarify why they think this by answering:

Why are many private schools and charters closed then? (No union)
If the union has the power to shutdown schools why aren’t teachers paid even more?
Why do they still pay for supplies?
Why is ‘fully fund our schools’ literally their slogan?
And why would the WTU suddenly have power when the mayor was not even consulting them, until they begged to be added to the team and still aren’t consulted very often?

It’s perfectly appropriate to flag for deletion comments that are substanceless insults like “teachers are lazy.” But it is absolutely not trolling to discuss the role of the union. Sorry.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What would happen if we all stopped replying to the WTU-hater trolls? Can we try for a few days and see it they will persist?

We don’t need to ignore them. Just report and Jeff will delete.

People who happen to disagree with you are not trolls. They just have different opinions. This business of labeling people whose opinions you don’t like, and running to Jeff to censor their views, is pathetic.

Not if their views are hateful and untrue. The stupidity of the idea of the WTU shutting down schools is just so illogical. There are tons of post asking people to clarify why they think this by answering:

Why are many private schools and charters closed then? (No union)
If the union has the power to shutdown schools why aren’t teachers paid even more?
Why do they still pay for supplies?
Why is ‘fully fund our schools’ literally their slogan?
And why would the WTU suddenly have power when the mayor was not even consulting them, until they begged to be added to the team and still aren’t consulted very often?

Bowser herself said she couldn’t open schools because teachers were refusing to work.

+1 I'm a bit confused about why you think this random list of questions is relevant. The WTU absolutely told their members not to cooperate with any planning measures, including telling DCPS if they had pre-existing health conditions, etc. They did that to force the issue, so it would be too late to do anything but capitulate. It worked. Is this also the Mayor's fault? The Administration's fault? Yes, absolutely, plenty of blame to go around... But given virus conditions here at the moment, kids could absolutely be back in schools. I am hopeful that when NYC opens and lots of privates start to go back, the momentum will change and it will start to force the WTU's hands. But is this *partially* because of the WTU's tactics? Yes. To say otherwise is just ignoring reality.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What would happen if we all stopped replying to the WTU-hater trolls? Can we try for a few days and see it they will persist?

sure, as long as people stop trolling parents who want kids in school by calling then “WTU-hater trolls.”

It ok if you want to be irrationally mad at teachers but that means I get to be annoyed by parents like you. Like I really wanted to try and get all my kindergarteners to enjoy online lessons, like I feel joy from not giving them hugs, or playing with them on the playground. You’re attitude disgusts me, there are no teachers who got into this profession in hopes of a pandemic so they could teach online. There aren’t teachers who got into this profession to be lazy or be judged by a bunch of horrible people who think we are happy. Who also think we don’t love our students or are lazy pieces of trash.

It’s hurtful, even if it’s online and it shouldn’t matter. And I despise people like you. I love my career, how dare you say otherwise when I had no choice.

Hey remember when you sent body bags to DC government officials if they dared open schools?

If you loved your career, you’d demand schools reopen.

THE UNION DID NOT DO THIS. IN FACT, THEY TOLD THE 10 TEACHERS NOT TO DO THIS. 10 teachers out of 5,000 did this. .25% of teachers participated in this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What would happen if we all stopped replying to the WTU-hater trolls? Can we try for a few days and see it they will persist?

We don’t need to ignore them. Just report and Jeff will delete.

People who happen to disagree with you are not trolls. They just have different opinions. This business of labeling people whose opinions you don’t like, and running to Jeff to censor their views, is pathetic.

Not if their views are hateful and untrue. The stupidity of the idea of the WTU shutting down schools is just so illogical. There are tons of post asking people to clarify why they think this by answering:

Why are many private schools and charters closed then? (No union)
If the union has the power to shutdown schools why aren’t teachers paid even more?
Why do they still pay for supplies?
Why is ‘fully fund our schools’ literally their slogan?
And why would the WTU suddenly have power when the mayor was not even consulting them, until they begged to be added to the team and still aren’t consulted very often?

It’s perfectly appropriate to flag for deletion comments that are substanceless insults like “teachers are lazy.” But it is absolutely not trolling to discuss the role of the union. Sorry.

Don’t get it twisted: you’re just an intolerant person.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What would happen if we all stopped replying to the WTU-hater trolls? Can we try for a few days and see it they will persist?

We don’t need to ignore them. Just report and Jeff will delete.

People who happen to disagree with you are not trolls. They just have different opinions. This business of labeling people whose opinions you don’t like, and running to Jeff to censor their views, is pathetic.

Not if their views are hateful and untrue. The stupidity of the idea of the WTU shutting down schools is just so illogical. There are tons of post asking people to clarify why they think this by answering:

Why are many private schools and charters closed then? (No union)
If the union has the power to shutdown schools why aren’t teachers paid even more?
Why do they still pay for supplies?
Why is ‘fully fund our schools’ literally their slogan?
And why would the WTU suddenly have power when the mayor was not even consulting them, until they begged to be added to the team and still aren’t consulted very often?

Bowser herself said she couldn’t open schools because teachers were refusing to work.

+1 I'm a bit confused about why you think this random list of questions is relevant. The WTU absolutely told their members not to cooperate with any planning measures, including telling DCPS if they had pre-existing health conditions, etc. They did that to force the issue, so it would be too late to do anything but capitulate. It worked. Is this also the Mayor's fault? The Administration's fault? Yes, absolutely, plenty of blame to go around... But given virus conditions here at the moment, kids could absolutely be back in schools. I am hopeful that when NYC opens and lots of privates start to go back, the momentum will change and it will start to force the WTU's hands. But is this *partially* because of the WTU's tactics? Yes. To say otherwise is just ignoring reality.

Teachers used sleazy political tactics to force schools to close. Now that they realize how unpopular they are, they’re pretending they had nothing to do with them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What would happen if we all stopped replying to the WTU-hater trolls? Can we try for a few days and see it they will persist?

We don’t need to ignore them. Just report and Jeff will delete.

People who happen to disagree with you are not trolls. They just have different opinions. This business of labeling people whose opinions you don’t like, and running to Jeff to censor their views, is pathetic.

Not if their views are hateful and untrue. The stupidity of the idea of the WTU shutting down schools is just so illogical. There are tons of post asking people to clarify why they think this by answering:

Why are many private schools and charters closed then? (No union)
If the union has the power to shutdown schools why aren’t teachers paid even more?
Why do they still pay for supplies?
Why is ‘fully fund our schools’ literally their slogan?
And why would the WTU suddenly have power when the mayor was not even consulting them, until they begged to be added to the team and still aren’t consulted very often?

It’s perfectly appropriate to flag for deletion comments that are substanceless insults like “teachers are lazy.” But it is absolutely not trolling to discuss the role of the union. Sorry.

Don’t get it twisted: you’re just an intolerant person.

Ah, the "you're the real racist" move! Page 2 in the troll playbook.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What would happen if we all stopped replying to the WTU-hater trolls? Can we try for a few days and see it they will persist?

We don’t need to ignore them. Just report and Jeff will delete.

People who happen to disagree with you are not trolls. They just have different opinions. This business of labeling people whose opinions you don’t like, and running to Jeff to censor their views, is pathetic.

Not if their views are hateful and untrue. The stupidity of the idea of the WTU shutting down schools is just so illogical. There are tons of post asking people to clarify why they think this by answering:

Why are many private schools and charters closed then? (No union)
If the union has the power to shutdown schools why aren’t teachers paid even more?
Why do they still pay for supplies?
Why is ‘fully fund our schools’ literally their slogan?
And why would the WTU suddenly have power when the mayor was not even consulting them, until they begged to be added to the team and still aren’t consulted very often?

Teachers on other threads are thanking the WTU for closing schools. Y’all need to get your story straight.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What would happen if we all stopped replying to the WTU-hater trolls? Can we try for a few days and see it they will persist?

We don’t need to ignore them. Just report and Jeff will delete.

People who happen to disagree with you are not trolls. They just have different opinions. This business of labeling people whose opinions you don’t like, and running to Jeff to censor their views, is pathetic.

Not if their views are hateful and untrue. The stupidity of the idea of the WTU shutting down schools is just so illogical. There are tons of post asking people to clarify why they think this by answering:

Why are many private schools and charters closed then? (No union)
If the union has the power to shutdown schools why aren’t teachers paid even more?
Why do they still pay for supplies?
Why is ‘fully fund our schools’ literally their slogan?
And why would the WTU suddenly have power when the mayor was not even consulting them, until they begged to be added to the team and still aren’t consulted very often?

It’s perfectly appropriate to flag for deletion comments that are substanceless insults like “teachers are lazy.” But it is absolutely not trolling to discuss the role of the union. Sorry.

Don’t get it twisted: you’re just an intolerant person.

I look forward to seeing your trolling deleted. carry on!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What would happen if we all stopped replying to the WTU-hater trolls? Can we try for a few days and see it they will persist?

We don’t need to ignore them. Just report and Jeff will delete.

People who happen to disagree with you are not trolls. They just have different opinions. This business of labeling people whose opinions you don’t like, and running to Jeff to censor their views, is pathetic.

We live in an age of intolerance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The teacher v. parents fights are so depressing. The teachers are not the real problem. The real problem is systematic underinvestment in the public sphere since Reagan was elected. Part of that underinvestment feeds a culture of anti-intellectualism that lands us in a place where we don’t trust scientific experts (climate, public health) or the government. We starved governmental functions and then claimed government doesn’t work. Or worse, the government is taking things for you.

When you add incompetence in the oval to roll a national pandemic strategy, you get what we have now. Only an effective vaccine will truly get us out of this mess in the US on a mass scale.

Attack the real problem and not each other.

It’s not teachers v parents — it’s parents asking why DCPS is behind NYC and some DC charters.

Schools have reopened in person across much of the country.

[Anonymous]

Ah, I see I shouldn’t try to reason with hateful people. If you think the WTU is evil I no longer care. Honestly it doesn’t change my job or have any real meaningful impact on my life.

I guess it just is hurtful seeing parents get so angry at teachers for asking for safety measures. As a self-contained teacher 90% of my students will NOT wear masks, so yes I do expect the other safety methods to be implemented.

Call me lazy or whatever, DL is so much harder than in person and more annoying to plan. I hate it and would rather start in person now, honestly winter hybrid scares me more. I’m not sure why people don’t understand that most humans fear death, the media has perpetuated this and the US has the highest Covid-19 related deaths.

I know who I am and if the district says return in person I will do so. Continue this conversation about evil teachers, in 1-2 years time this will just be a memory.