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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow, what a stupid move by the union.  Voting to go on strike for two weeks.  What the heck were they thinking.[/quote]

"me me me"

Is that not obvious?

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Yes that is obvious, but trying to assert the power to unilaterally decide whether school is open or not is a big move.  They are attempting to eliminate "civilian" control of schools.  In one fell swoop they have destroyed any reservoir of good will people had toward them.  [/quote]

Dp- reading this website has let me know that there was never any good will toward teachers.
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+1.  It's no wonder there is a nation-wide teacher shortage.  [/quote]

I took a pay cut to leave Arlington Public Schools to teach at a DC private school.  I have amazing colleagues who are well educated, articulate, helpful, and collegial.   Students and parents are respectful and most students do their work.   I could do this because our last child finished college, and we decided my work satisfaction was more important than needed renovations to our house.

[b]More public school teachers lwill leave when they can because the politicization of education is not helping children[/b].  [/quote]

Teacher here in FCPS.  Most of my colleagues that have either left for other districts or the profession itself was not due to the "politicization of education.  Instead it was because of the lack of respect from the community, particularly the parents and their children.  [/quote]

I am the APS teacher who left.  I was broadly using the world "politicization" to mean that when "teachers" became "educators" in an attempt by their quasi-union to further professionalize them, it had the opposite effect of making them less professional and respected by the community.  In my case, it was the students and parents.  I was told repeatedly that a child should not have to do homework because she had "other interests," but that I had to ensure that the child got into mom and dad's college of choice.   It is refreshing to have a parent be part of a team to help their child succeed rather than being blamed for their child's failure to succeed.  [/quote]

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