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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]yep - there's a sure fire way to build credibility and support with the community and the kids...  Better to show up and teach - uphold your values (reminder: caring for kids and concerned that they be responsible, honest, hard working and fair)[/quote]
I'm a teacher and I'll be in school. But comments like this disgust me. So so so tired of being told what I should sacrifice (pay for supplies for kids, classroom materials, work hours you will never know about, answer parent emails evenings and week-ends at the expense of taking care of my own family, etc etc etc) because "it's for the kids."  If any person does work that benefits the community it's for the kids. All people who work for personal enrichment over community benefit are the people you can direct your insufferable finger wagging toward. I'm already working for the kids and I don't object to anyone who takes off to say: notice that if I'm not here, it makes a difference.
One day is not going to ruin anyone's education. #45's taken more time off since he's been in office than I have the whole school year. Tell me who worked harder this week. My lessons don't come by TelePrompTer and they're not written by someone else.
I'll be in school, but keep your missplaced self-righteousness away, please.[/quote]

If you don't want restrictions on when you can take time off, don't get into teaching.  You knew it was a part of the job when you took it.  Also, what do you think will happen as a result of this protest?  Higher pay, better benefits, more respect?   All these protests are ridiculous.  Let's hope no teachers lose their jobs like some of the poor immigrants who thought it was a good idea to not show up to work to protest.  Where was all this sense of urgency prior to the election?  Also, teachers get paid what they are paid because there is no quality control and administrators let incompetent or outright mean teacher who shouldn't be teaching kids stay in the classroom.  When that changes, maybe I'll be more sympathetic.  [/quote]
I'm not complaining about my job. I'm objecting to people who think women teachers owe more "because it's for the children." I've had to buy my own pens to fill out forms I was required to fill out because the school wouldn't give me any pens. I don't see schools full of men. Maybe these protests - and I will be in school on the 8th - do mean something. Why don't equal numbers of men go in to teaching?  If you really understand the answer to that question, you would be bderstand why some women are choosing not to go to work that day.[/quote]

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