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I was in the AFT for my first year of teaching. I quickly

Posted on: August 5, 2020 at 09:59:43 CT
DHighlander NWMSU
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saw the light and resigned my membership. I have taught the last 29 years without joining a union.

The unions are not about teachers, they are not about kids and they sure as hell are not about learning.
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Tired of all the teacher whining - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 8/5 09:31:27
     RE: Tired of all the teacher whining - Spanky KU - 8/5 10:21:59
     Trump's kids school is out until october - JayHoaxH8r MU - 8/5 10:07:10
          Why is that school 'out'? Because the County Health Officer - Spanky KU - 8/5 10:55:57
     I think my mom is going to be forced to retire, she isn't - FIJItiger MU - 8/5 10:01:05
          if the schools open, it's because they're following the - dangertim MU - 8/5 10:14:51
               Cool. It still won't work (nm) - FIJItiger MU - 8/5 10:21:36
          I dont think people are thinking this through - JayHoaxH8r MU - 8/5 10:06:26
               What do you expect the vaccine to do? - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 8/5 10:54:28
               follow the science, derps(nm) - dangertim MU - 8/5 10:15:10
               Virtual school was an abject failure. Not teaching the kids - DHighlander NWMSU - 8/5 10:11:58
               There is almost no other realistic scenario - FIJItiger MU - 8/5 10:11:08
                    You just said below they didn't offer realistic options that - Bulldog Bob Brown STL - 8/5 10:16:46
                         No I'm saying none of the precursor steps taken to make - FIJItiger MU - 8/5 10:23:00
                              The only way it fails is if we continue to pretend that - DHighlander NWMSU - 8/5 10:35:48
                                   That is what is going to happen (nm) - FIJItiger MU - 8/5 10:38:33
                                        Then it is failing for political, not scientific, reasons. - DHighlander NWMSU - 8/5 10:46:54
                    That is because we are pretending like asymptomatic positive - DHighlander NWMSU - 8/5 10:16:16
                         I don't see how any of that matters - FIJItiger MU - 8/5 10:19:47
                              Schools sometimes shut down during flu spikes but never - DHighlander NWMSU - 8/5 10:33:18
          Governments everywhere are telling you in person schooling - Bulldog Bob Brown STL - 8/5 10:03:52
               It is essential. We just failed to take any of the needed - FIJItiger MU - 8/5 10:05:54
                    Interesting, because every suggestion I heard was summarily - Bulldog Bob Brown STL - 8/5 10:11:20
                         Current plan is still in person schooling here (nm) - FIJItiger MU - 8/5 10:17:43
                              Then it seems some ideas were seen as realistic in your - Bulldog Bob Brown STL - 8/5 10:19:13
                                   Oh I see. I meant I personally viewed it as essential. My - FIJItiger MU - 8/5 10:20:35
                    then you only have yourself to blame (nm) - pickle MU - 8/5 10:10:23
          You are likely one who predicted there would not be - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 8/5 10:03:52
               Why should CDC be considered - meatiger MU - 8/5 10:35:40
                    This is an issue of health - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 8/5 10:44:28
                         yes..their expertise is in health - meatiger MU - 8/5 10:55:28
                              What do you mean it has nothing to do with health? - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 8/5 10:58:21
                                   Most of that is related to what the Dept of eduction - meatiger MU - 8/5 11:14:27
                                        The CDC looks at the entire health impact of their actions - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 8/5 11:19:55
               Jesus, you people are absurd - FIJItiger MU - 8/5 10:08:57
                    And they are - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 8/5 10:24:54
                    there it is (nm) - pickle MU - 8/5 10:14:18
                         Agreed (nm) - FIJItiger MU - 8/5 10:15:14
                              “the greater good” - pickle MU - 8/5 10:22:02
                                   It must be disheartening to - FIJItiger MU - 8/5 10:24:08
          Did they write their obituaries and mail them to Trump?(nm) - Ragnar Danneskjold MU - 8/5 10:03:01
               No, they are alive (nm) - FIJItiger MU - 8/5 10:03:44
                    Well I wouldn't figure they would write an obituary - Ragnar Danneskjold MU - 8/5 10:05:52
                         Agree, it was a weird question (nm) - FIJItiger MU - 8/5 10:06:20
                              More strange that teachers in Iowa are doing it - Ragnar Danneskjold MU - 8/5 10:10:58
                                   Ya, those people are not my relatives (nm) - FIJItiger MU - 8/5 10:16:18
                                        goddam you are dense(nm) - Ragnar Danneskjold MU - 8/5 10:20:32
     Please don't mistake the loud voices for unity. My wife and - DHighlander NWMSU - 8/5 09:51:53
          RE: Please don't mistake the loud voices for unity. My wife and - MOCO SON MU - 8/5 09:57:53
          Teachers need to revolt against this then - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 8/5 09:54:38
               I am not a victim, I am not a union member. They do not - DHighlander NWMSU - 8/5 10:06:58
                    Most schools I've been at have had 90% or > - JayHoaxH8r MU - 8/5 10:08:37
                         I'm calling BS. Now if you are claiming professional - DHighlander NWMSU - 8/5 10:44:38
                              You can call what you want - JayHoaxH8r MU - 8/5 14:10:50
          which union do you belong to? - JayHoaxH8r MU - 8/5 09:53:39
               I was in the AFT for my first year of teaching. I quickly - DHighlander NWMSU - 8/5 09:59:43
     They want to be called essential workers - Sal MU - 8/5 09:46:22
          RE: They want to be called essential workers - dangertim MU - 8/5 09:48:19
               lol babylonbee is too damn accurate (nm) - Sal MU - 8/5 09:49:13
     send the kids to school but we can't vote in person. - markymarksthirdnipple STL - 8/5 09:45:28
          I fully support voting in person - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 8/5 09:51:37
          lol it's not the right saying we can't vote in person idiot(nm) - Ragnar Danneskjold MU - 8/5 09:50:09
               Yeah, I am attempting to determine if he thought he had - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 8/5 09:52:17
          There is no evidence of an outbreak of COVID - Sal MU - 8/5 09:48:29
               Normal voting includes - meatiger MU - 8/5 10:34:00
               The Independence school district just finished two months of - DHighlander NWMSU - 8/5 09:56:58
               Hell, even MBS voted in person yesterday (although - dangertim MU - 8/5 09:51:12
                    make alcohol wipes mandatory! (nm) - Sal MU - 8/5 09:51:53
                         Hell, I voted in Raytown and they just scanned the - dangertim MU - 8/5 09:57:10
          who said we can't vote in person?(nm) - dangertim MU - 8/5 09:47:26
     My mom's a professor and wants to call in sick for a year - zoomer 99 - 8/5 09:43:43
     They want to keep showing us education is nonessential (nm) - tcat KC - 8/5 09:36:24
          They are a very strange lot - as I have said several times - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 8/5 09:41:15




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