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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Cannot vote for any candidate endorsed by the WTU. [/quote]

So you hate teachers then?[/quote]

NP. I hate the WTU. I think they are crooked. They are a detriment to our kids' education. I also love teachers.

If you can't differentiate between teachers and the WTU then...you probably collect a paycheck from the WTU.  [/quote]

Teachers are the WTU. So yes you hate teachers.[/quote]

The self delusion of some people is really astonishing. To claim you don’t hate teachers but hate the WTU is not only wild, but completely divorced from reality. WTU represents 90-95% of DCPS teachers, so if said person is claiming they hate WTU, they definitely hate public school teachers at the very least.[/quote]

This 100 percent.  When posters say they hate the union, they mean they want the right to treat teachers like their servants, hover over them like the Gestapo, interfere with their ability to do their jobs, judge them for being successful or failing at what they do notwithstanding that they themselves are no more qualified to judge then vice-versa, and fire them at will.  They want the right to be adverse to teachers and not to work in tandem with that.  And that means they hate teachers, and that the WTU is necessary to protect teachers from their haters.[/quote]

No, when I say I hate WTU, what I mean is I hate the organization of WTU.

We used to live elsewhere and I had zero issues with the teachers union. Also, I always treat my kids' teachers with respect and appreciation, and it has nothing to do with them being in a union. It's because I respect teaching as a profession. I have a sister who is a teacher, as is her husband and his whole family. My MIL taught for 30 years. I literally love teachers.

I appreciate that DCPS teachers are well paid and am fine with how WTU has advocated for their compensation.

But WTU leadership is C-R-A-Z-Y. Their rhetoric is bat$hit and the behavior of some of those leaders during the pandemic was really disturbing. I know teachers who privately say the same thing even though they'd never vocalize it publicly. Not all teachers unions took the hard line WTU did, including advocating for things that were not even backed by science (like arguing we couldn't go back until we had N95 masks for everyone, even vaccinated teachers and children who absolutely could not wear N95s all day).

You can love teachers and hate WTU. There are even teachers who feel this way. I suspect the crazy person in the thread screaming at everyone for hating teachers is one of WTU's leadership, I think we all know which one frequents this board and others with her personality disorder.[/quote]

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