APS teachers - be careful about what you send to parents

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Teacher was totally out of line. In the letter he said he may not teach new material. This is essentially a passive aggressive way to threaten kids and parents who want an in person education. This teacher should just quit. I wish him good luck finding a job with zero Covid risk.

Agreed.

He obviously hates his job and does not want to go to work. Every single day this week he starts a post on FB begging people with glee to “guess when they will decide schools are closed for 2 days from now” so he won’t have to work. I don’t h see stand why he doesn’t quit if he hates it so much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Teacher was totally out of line. In the letter he said he may not teach new material. This is essentially a passive aggressive way to threaten kids and parents who want an in person education. This teacher should just quit. I wish him good luck finding a job with zero Covid risk.

Agreed.

He obviously hates his job and does not want to go to work. Every single day this week he starts a post on FB begging people with glee to “guess when they will decide schools are closed for 2 days from now” so he won’t have to work. I don’t h see stand why he doesn’t quit if he hates it so much.

I actually think it’s the opposite, obsession with work and validation/attention from peers.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Teacher was totally out of line. In the letter he said he may not teach new material. This is essentially a passive aggressive way to threaten kids and parents who want an in person education. This teacher should just quit. I wish him good luck finding a job with zero Covid risk.

Agreed.

He obviously hates his job and does not want to go to work. Every single day this week he starts a post on FB begging people with glee to “guess when they will decide schools are closed for 2 days from now” so he won’t have to work. I don’t h see stand why he doesn’t quit if he hates it so much.

I actually think it’s the opposite, obsession with work and validation/attention from peers.

He's obviously gunning to head the union/association when Ingrid steps down. I can't imagine people see this guy and think "I want him as my union head." I wouldn't want him to head a subcommittee of my civic association.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Teacher was totally out of line. In the letter he said he may not teach new material. This is essentially a passive aggressive way to threaten kids and parents who want an in person education. This teacher should just quit. I wish him good luck finding a job with zero Covid risk.

Agreed.

He obviously hates his job and does not want to go to work. Every single day this week he starts a post on FB begging people with glee to “guess when they will decide schools are closed for 2 days from now” so he won’t have to work. I don’t h see stand why he doesn’t quit if he hates it so much.

I actually think it’s the opposite, obsession with work and validation/attention from peers.

He's obviously gunning to head the union/association when Ingrid steps down. I can't imagine people see this guy and think "I want him as my union head." I wouldn't want him to head a subcommittee of my civic association.

I think that is what he is going for as well.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Teacher was totally out of line. In the letter he said he may not teach new material. This is essentially a passive aggressive way to threaten kids and parents who want an in person education. This teacher should just quit. I wish him good luck finding a job with zero Covid risk.

Agreed.

He obviously hates his job and does not want to go to work. Every single day this week he starts a post on FB begging people with glee to “guess when they will decide schools are closed for 2 days from now” so he won’t have to work. I don’t h see stand why he doesn’t quit if he hates it so much.

I actually think it’s the opposite, obsession with work and validation/attention from peers.

He's obviously gunning to head the union/association when Ingrid steps down. I can't imagine people see this guy and think "I want him as my union head." I wouldn't want him to head a subcommittee of my civic association.

I think he was head of AEA about 4 or 5 years ago.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Teacher was totally out of line. In the letter he said he may not teach new material. This is essentially a passive aggressive way to threaten kids and parents who want an in person education. This teacher should just quit. I wish him good luck finding a job with zero Covid risk.

Agreed.

He obviously hates his job and does not want to go to work. Every single day this week he starts a post on FB begging people with glee to “guess when they will decide schools are closed for 2 days from now” so he won’t have to work. I don’t h see stand why he doesn’t quit if he hates it so much.

I'm not his fan, but those posts are a tradition on AEM for several years now. The people upset about them seem to be newbies that only cared to chime in on issues once COVID happened.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Teacher was totally out of line. In the letter he said he may not teach new material. This is essentially a passive aggressive way to threaten kids and parents who want an in person education. This teacher should just quit. I wish him good luck finding a job with zero Covid risk.

Agreed.

He obviously hates his job and does not want to go to work. Every single day this week he starts a post on FB begging people with glee to “guess when they will decide schools are closed for 2 days from now” so he won’t have to work. I don’t h see stand why he doesn’t quit if he hates it so much.

I'm not his fan, but those posts are a tradition on AEM for several years now. The people upset about them seem to be newbies that only cared to chime in on issues once COVID happened.

Yeah but he starts one every single day and really as a teacher, that's not a good look. Let some one else start it.

And to the PP regarding him heading the union or whatever it is , for the sake of the teachers who are part of that group, pick someone else when the time comes. I have read enough of his posts on AEM to know that he just not the right person for that kind of roll. He has no negotiation skills or diplomacy skills whatsoever.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Teacher was totally out of line. In the letter he said he may not teach new material. This is essentially a passive aggressive way to threaten kids and parents who want an in person education. This teacher should just quit. I wish him good luck finding a job with zero Covid risk.

Agreed.

He obviously hates his job and does not want to go to work. Every single day this week he starts a post on FB begging people with glee to “guess when they will decide schools are closed for 2 days from now” so he won’t have to work. I don’t h see stand why he doesn’t quit if he hates it so much.

I'm not his fan, but those posts are a tradition on AEM for several years now. The people upset about them seem to be newbies that only cared to chime in on issues once COVID happened.

The circumstances have changed and covid changed the mood. I think he should be a little bit more thoughtful and mature. I understand that both snow and covid is going to being disruptive, but the timing is just terrible. The snow came right at the end of a long break for kids that was not a break for many working parents. Like always, my husband and I juggled work and caretaking. And we might still be facing covid closures in the coming weeks. My kids are young and need supervision, even though I have hardly any leave left and my team at work relies on me to meet deadlines. So, I'm just constantly letting people down even though I'm trying my best.

So it's just irritating when he acts like a gleeful child. I'm not blaming anyone because it's a terrible situation, but publicly hoping for more closures isn't productive.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Teacher was totally out of line. In the letter he said he may not teach new material. This is essentially a passive aggressive way to threaten kids and parents who want an in person education. This teacher should just quit. I wish him good luck finding a job with zero Covid risk.

Agreed.

He obviously hates his job and does not want to go to work. Every single day this week he starts a post on FB begging people with glee to “guess when they will decide schools are closed for 2 days from now” so he won’t have to work. I don’t h see stand why he doesn’t quit if he hates it so much.

I'm not his fan, but those posts are a tradition on AEM for several years now. The people upset about them seem to be newbies that only cared to chime in on issues once COVID happened.

Yeah but he starts one every single day and really as a teacher, that's not a good look. Let some one else start it.

And to the PP regarding him heading the union or whatever it is , for the sake of the teachers who are part of that group, pick someone else when the time comes. I have read enough of his posts on AEM to know that he just not the right person for that kind of roll. He has no negotiation skills or diplomacy skills whatsoever.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:APS teacher here. I’m a member of Arlington Parents for Education and support most of their advocacy. I’m disappointed about what some parents are doing though. A few days ago another APS teacher emailed families to say that learning may be uneven next month because of COVID and referenced vaccinations and masking, pointing to the Arlington website. It was a perfectly ordinary message but rubbed some the wrong way. Someone copied it, posted it to the FB group and then everyone dumped on it because some are against masks or vaccines, or because they think a teacher should never mention them. Some thought it was to avoid work. It makes me queasy to think that a well meaning message I might send would get treated that way and scorned for something that I didn’t say or intend. I don’t think the whole group is bad or anything like that. But be careful what you send to parents right now because you could have your message passed around that group.

That email was from one of the heads of the teachers unions too who is a COVID fanatic (his name was redacted but my friend’s kid received it and she was outraged too). But he loves to ride motorcycles in his free time, as he told the W-L newspaper (one of the most dangerous activities around).

His zero COVID evangelicism is completely offputting. We teach our kids not to wear masks, just as the majority of the country is doing. COVID is never going away and these fanatics will not quit until they ruin our children’s childhood completely trying to avoid the equivalent of a bad cold (considering they’re vaccinated and boosted).

This zero COVID fanaticism is so bizarre, and it really only seems to be a neurosis in the deepest of blue America.

Like OP I am an APS teacher who largely supports APEs mission (I have blocked a few people there so I don’t see their toxic comments)
The person who wrote this letter has poor judgment IMO. I don’t like how he often presents as the face of all APS staff, especially considering the low membership in AEA. He riles up the relatively small number of COVID hysterics in our educators group. I think the response in APE was about half supportive, half taking him to task and both sides had a point.

NP. Also a teacher. Found the thread. That's the correct assessment. It went both ways. I wouldn't have sent that email. If I did, however, I wouldn't want it posted for general commentary on FB just because someone didn't like it. Geez. I expect the parents wouldn't like someone taking their posts on FB and copying them over to DCUM.

He sent that in his professional capacity, not his personal capacity. There is no expectation of privacy for a mass email sent out in that context.

LOL, really? Glad that APE is cool that stuff posted to their 1000 member group can be re-posted here. Can't be any expectation of privacy there, either. Good to know. This will be fun.

Last night, on the eve of the 1-year anniversary of January 6, one of the APEs asked if anyone knew Duran’s home address so they could riot in front of his house. Klassy, as usual, but also dangerous. They walked it back after some commenters called them out, but a fair number were defending the comment as “a joke.”

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:APS teacher here. I’m a member of Arlington Parents for Education and support most of their advocacy. I’m disappointed about what some parents are doing though. A few days ago another APS teacher emailed families to say that learning may be uneven next month because of COVID and referenced vaccinations and masking, pointing to the Arlington website. It was a perfectly ordinary message but rubbed some the wrong way. Someone copied it, posted it to the FB group and then everyone dumped on it because some are against masks or vaccines, or because they think a teacher should never mention them. Some thought it was to avoid work. It makes me queasy to think that a well meaning message I might send would get treated that way and scorned for something that I didn’t say or intend. I don’t think the whole group is bad or anything like that. But be careful what you send to parents right now because you could have your message passed around that group.

That email was from one of the heads of the teachers unions too who is a COVID fanatic (his name was redacted but my friend’s kid received it and she was outraged too). But he loves to ride motorcycles in his free time, as he told the W-L newspaper (one of the most dangerous activities around).

His zero COVID evangelicism is completely offputting. We teach our kids not to wear masks, just as the majority of the country is doing. COVID is never going away and these fanatics will not quit until they ruin our children’s childhood completely trying to avoid the equivalent of a bad cold (considering they’re vaccinated and boosted).

This zero COVID fanaticism is so bizarre, and it really only seems to be a neurosis in the deepest of blue America.

Like OP I am an APS teacher who largely supports APEs mission (I have blocked a few people there so I don’t see their toxic comments)
The person who wrote this letter has poor judgment IMO. I don’t like how he often presents as the face of all APS staff, especially considering the low membership in AEA. He riles up the relatively small number of COVID hysterics in our educators group. I think the response in APE was about half supportive, half taking him to task and both sides had a point.

NP. Also a teacher. Found the thread. That's the correct assessment. It went both ways. I wouldn't have sent that email. If I did, however, I wouldn't want it posted for general commentary on FB just because someone didn't like it. Geez. I expect the parents wouldn't like someone taking their posts on FB and copying them over to DCUM.

He sent that in his professional capacity, not his personal capacity. There is no expectation of privacy for a mass email sent out in that context.

LOL, really? Glad that APE is cool that stuff posted to their 1000 member group can be re-posted here. Can't be any expectation of privacy there, either. Good to know. This will be fun.

Last night, on the eve of the 1-year anniversary of January 6, one of the APEs asked if anyone knew Duran’s home address so they could riot in front of his house. Klassy, as usual, but also dangerous. They walked it back after some commenters called them out, but a fair number were defending the comment as “a joke.”

Yeah, that left a really bad taste in my mouth. I have about 5 members of that group blocked so I may have missed some of the discussion around it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Teacher was totally out of line. In the letter he said he may not teach new material. This is essentially a passive aggressive way to threaten kids and parents who want an in person education. This teacher should just quit. I wish him good luck finding a job with zero Covid risk.

Agreed.

He obviously hates his job and does not want to go to work. Every single day this week he starts a post on FB begging people with glee to “guess when they will decide schools are closed for 2 days from now” so he won’t have to work. I don’t h see stand why he doesn’t quit if he hates it so much.

I'm not his fan, but those posts are a tradition on AEM for several years now. The people upset about them seem to be newbies that only cared to chime in on issues once COVID happened.

The circumstances have changed and covid changed the mood. I think he should be a little bit more thoughtful and mature. I understand that both snow and covid is going to being disruptive, but the timing is just terrible. The snow came right at the end of a long break for kids that was not a break for many working parents. Like always, my husband and I juggled work and caretaking. And we might still be facing covid closures in the coming weeks. My kids are young and need supervision, even though I have hardly any leave left and my team at work relies on me to meet deadlines. So, I'm just constantly letting people down even though I'm trying my best.

So it's just irritating when he acts like a gleeful child. I'm not blaming anyone because it's a terrible situation, but publicly hoping for more closures isn't productive.

I guess it’s all about perspective and assumptions. I saw it not as a gleeful child; instead trying to bring levity to an already crappy situation. I guess you see what you want to see. If he bothers you so much, I suggest you block him. It’s not worth all that mental distress.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Teacher was totally out of line. In the letter he said he may not teach new material. This is essentially a passive aggressive way to threaten kids and parents who want an in person education. This teacher should just quit. I wish him good luck finding a job with zero Covid risk.

Agreed.

He obviously hates his job and does not want to go to work. Every single day this week he starts a post on FB begging people with glee to “guess when they will decide schools are closed for 2 days from now” so he won’t have to work. I don’t h see stand why he doesn’t quit if he hates it so much.

I'm not his fan, but those posts are a tradition on AEM for several years now. The people upset about them seem to be newbies that only cared to chime in on issues once COVID happened.

The circumstances have changed and covid changed the mood. I think he should be a little bit more thoughtful and mature. I understand that both snow and covid is going to being disruptive, but the timing is just terrible. The snow came right at the end of a long break for kids that was not a break for many working parents. Like always, my husband and I juggled work and caretaking. And we might still be facing covid closures in the coming weeks. My kids are young and need supervision, even though I have hardly any leave left and my team at work relies on me to meet deadlines. So, I'm just constantly letting people down even though I'm trying my best.

So it's just irritating when he acts like a gleeful child. I'm not blaming anyone because it's a terrible situation, but publicly hoping for more closures isn't productive.

I guess it’s all about perspective and assumptions. I saw it not as a gleeful child; instead trying to bring levity to an already crappy situation. I guess you see what you want to see. If he bothers you so much, I suggest you block him. It’s not worth all that mental distress.

As others have pointed out, it only brings levity if you are the one getting the day off.

He's not capable of seeing others' perspectives and showing empathy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:APS teacher here. I’m a member of Arlington Parents for Education and support most of their advocacy. I’m disappointed about what some parents are doing though. A few days ago another APS teacher emailed families to say that learning may be uneven next month because of COVID and referenced vaccinations and masking, pointing to the Arlington website. It was a perfectly ordinary message but rubbed some the wrong way. Someone copied it, posted it to the FB group and then everyone dumped on it because some are against masks or vaccines, or because they think a teacher should never mention them. Some thought it was to avoid work. It makes me queasy to think that a well meaning message I might send would get treated that way and scorned for something that I didn’t say or intend. I don’t think the whole group is bad or anything like that. But be careful what you send to parents right now because you could have your message passed around that group.

That email was from one of the heads of the teachers unions too who is a COVID fanatic (his name was redacted but my friend’s kid received it and she was outraged too). But he loves to ride motorcycles in his free time, as he told the W-L newspaper (one of the most dangerous activities around).

His zero COVID evangelicism is completely offputting. We teach our kids not to wear masks, just as the majority of the country is doing. COVID is never going away and these fanatics will not quit until they ruin our children’s childhood completely trying to avoid the equivalent of a bad cold (considering they’re vaccinated and boosted).

This zero COVID fanaticism is so bizarre, and it really only seems to be a neurosis in the deepest of blue America.

Like OP I am an APS teacher who largely supports APEs mission (I have blocked a few people there so I don’t see their toxic comments)
The person who wrote this letter has poor judgment IMO. I don’t like how he often presents as the face of all APS staff, especially considering the low membership in AEA. He riles up the relatively small number of COVID hysterics in our educators group. I think the response in APE was about half supportive, half taking him to task and both sides had a point.

NP. Also a teacher. Found the thread. That's the correct assessment. It went both ways. I wouldn't have sent that email. If I did, however, I wouldn't want it posted for general commentary on FB just because someone didn't like it. Geez. I expect the parents wouldn't like someone taking their posts on FB and copying them over to DCUM.

He sent that in his professional capacity, not his personal capacity. There is no expectation of privacy for a mass email sent out in that context.

LOL, really? Glad that APE is cool that stuff posted to their 1000 member group can be re-posted here. Can't be any expectation of privacy there, either. Good to know. This will be fun.

Last night, on the eve of the 1-year anniversary of January 6, one of the APEs asked if anyone knew Duran’s home address so they could riot in front of his house. Klassy, as usual, but also dangerous. They walked it back after some commenters called them out, but a fair number were defending the comment as “a joke.”

I wouldn’t be surprised if he gets threats from them. Those people think they know everything.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:APS teacher here. I’m a member of Arlington Parents for Education and support most of their advocacy. I’m disappointed about what some parents are doing though. A few days ago another APS teacher emailed families to say that learning may be uneven next month because of COVID and referenced vaccinations and masking, pointing to the Arlington website. It was a perfectly ordinary message but rubbed some the wrong way. Someone copied it, posted it to the FB group and then everyone dumped on it because some are against masks or vaccines, or because they think a teacher should never mention them. Some thought it was to avoid work. It makes me queasy to think that a well meaning message I might send would get treated that way and scorned for something that I didn’t say or intend. I don’t think the whole group is bad or anything like that. But be careful what you send to parents right now because you could have your message passed around that group.

That email was from one of the heads of the teachers unions too who is a COVID fanatic (his name was redacted but my friend’s kid received it and she was outraged too). But he loves to ride motorcycles in his free time, as he told the W-L newspaper (one of the most dangerous activities around).

His zero COVID evangelicism is completely offputting. We teach our kids not to wear masks, just as the majority of the country is doing. COVID is never going away and these fanatics will not quit until they ruin our children’s childhood completely trying to avoid the equivalent of a bad cold (considering they’re vaccinated and boosted).

This zero COVID fanaticism is so bizarre, and it really only seems to be a neurosis in the deepest of blue America.

Like OP I am an APS teacher who largely supports APEs mission (I have blocked a few people there so I don’t see their toxic comments)
The person who wrote this letter has poor judgment IMO. I don’t like how he often presents as the face of all APS staff, especially considering the low membership in AEA. He riles up the relatively small number of COVID hysterics in our educators group. I think the response in APE was about half supportive, half taking him to task and both sides had a point.

NP. Also a teacher. Found the thread. That's the correct assessment. It went both ways. I wouldn't have sent that email. If I did, however, I wouldn't want it posted for general commentary on FB just because someone didn't like it. Geez. I expect the parents wouldn't like someone taking their posts on FB and copying them over to DCUM.

He sent that in his professional capacity, not his personal capacity. There is no expectation of privacy for a mass email sent out in that context.

LOL, really? Glad that APE is cool that stuff posted to their 1000 member group can be re-posted here. Can't be any expectation of privacy there, either. Good to know. This will be fun.

Last night, on the eve of the 1-year anniversary of January 6, one of the APEs asked if anyone knew Duran’s home address so they could riot in front of his house. Klassy, as usual, but also dangerous. They walked it back after some commenters called them out, but a fair number were defending the comment as “a joke.”

I wouldn’t be surprised if he gets threats from them. Those people think they know everything.

I’m sure some of the people in APE were at the Capitol last 1/6 (I actually like a lot of the group and their work but a few people there are very intense in a bad way )