Teachers Unions Protect Their Monopoly as Parents Flee Traditional Schools

[@digitalpressworks]

Teachers don't want to go back to work because they are afraid they are going to die, but they have no problem going to a crowded protest with no social distancing. How does that make sense?

[@xocky8808]

Their for reason "they are going to die" is simply a lie just an excuse for them to stay out of their jobs

[@fedexpress14]

Because they are adults that can responsibly wear a mask. C’mon, it isn’t that tough. Teachers will be spending more time enforcing masks then they will spend teaching. All of this is a ruse to farm out kids education to the lowest bidder. Right-wing propaganda at its finest.

[@dragons_red]

Because it's their choice, which is what the rest of us are asking for with masks and schooling. Funny isn't it?

[@tacomonkey222]

Luke Serna could you clarify? i dont see teachers spending 40 minutes enforcing mask at most it might be an issue for first period or be enforced like id’s at the entrance. How is it right wing propaganda?

[@CHINGaling-tl6zx]

Postmodernism doesn’t need to make sense

[@LizRealGirlBeauty]

Any teacher who participates in protests where they are less than 6ft apart, with or without masks, who then says they're too scared to go back to the classroom... There's something wrong there.

[@gimps3937]

Outside is much safer than indoors.

[@MightyMcGlynn]

@@gimps3937 chilldren are much safer to be around than other adults

[@LizRealGirlBeauty]

@@gimps3937 someone tell my Democrat governor, he's still mandating 12ft apart on beaches and still has bike and walking paths closed. Most parks are closed. He closed the public restrooms and put in porta potties instead. Still only 6ft apart in buildings. So yeah, some mixed government messages here.

[@gimps3937]

MightyMcGlynn I thought kids still transmitted the virus? Also, they are less clean than most adults so I’d wager they are more dangerous to be around imo

[@gimps3937]

Liz Real Girl Beauty yeah that’s dumb, outside is not bad. It’s being in a confined space with lots of ppl, virus floats around n stuff

[@hughtaggart565]

Doesn't removing the "choice" essentially take away your freedom?

[@headkicked]

They view those other choices as bad because they don't teach the doctrine of intersectionality.

[@britefeather]

Freedom is overrated, by a good little cattle and be guided by approved programming

[@jeankutzer1556]

So do lockdowns which historically have never worked anyway.

[@alexjones7845]

My body my choice. How about "My child, My Choice"? That's what the campaign should be called

[@JoseSandoval-jm5sw]

The Vaccine will be worse than the Virus kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z4jNgYyjia2kb7M kzbin.info/www/bejne/fKDXp3WBr8Zga6s&feature=share

[@rockriku]

I'd rather homeschool my kids than send them to these schools ran by these unions.

[@undergrace1808]

YES! Drain the swamp!

[@jimlovesgina]

The unions are fine with that too as long as you continue to pay.

[@yolonda8965]

The public schools do not give the parents or the children the right what they are being taught. Stop teaching history was a suggestion. What????

[@shy6638]

Yup doing just that

[@lillyandtheghosts3597]

👌👌

[@badassmother1426]

Imagine the different life you'd have if you didn't waste 13 years of your life learning what the STATE deemed an education.

[@liberalbias4462]

What does the state teach that you dont like?

[@badassmother1426]

@@liberalbias4462 Obviously you wouldn't comprehend.

[@liberalbias4462]

@@badassmother1426 damn looks like librtarains can't defend their positions.

[@liberalbias4462]

@@positivepsycho2932 how would you change the education kids get? Should we stop education at 6th grade?

[@badassmother1426]

@@positivepsycho2932 My comment is wasted here. Why aren't you watching cartoons?

[@dwayne7356]

The teachers are admitting that they are not essential. Stop paying them. Stop paying for the buildings.

[@tejaskulkarni4579]

You dont make sense brotha

[@DANALDTRAMP]

Exactly. Just in the sense of real estate, schools are totally inefficient. Throw in the worst performance by any kind of worker in any sector, and this is a disgrace.

[@pkyzztar]

Amen! 👍

[@DrCruel]

I don't want union members of the public school mafia to teach. I want them to go to prison for fraud.

[@matthewmitchell68]

Public education is so important to families and the community, it’s helps with childcare costs and helping students to learn.

[@fearthehoneybadger]

Teachers are going nuts over the number of parents being introduced to homeschooling because of the lock down.

[@Botanica_Gaming]

That has to be the single greatest positive to covid.

[@ChrisMontgomery-xtrmagamr]

You mean communist brainwashed funded by China. There fixed it for you.

[@fearthehoneybadger]

@@Botanica_Gaming I have thought that myself.

[@Sue-ec6un]

Ain’t it a beautiful thing! I loved homeschooling my kids! No asshole teachers to deal with!

[@pamelastokes2964]

Teachers are going nuts because the bad ones know that their jobs are in grave danger! They won't be hired in charter schools because they aren't good teachers. They won't be hired by neighborhood group home school groups because the parents won't put up with their children not being taught anything!!! Sorry, but if you don't do your job, you aren't wanted or tolerated!!!😊

[@concernedcitizen6577]

Stop their paychecks if they don't wanna teach. Simple.

[@emperorpicard6474]

One can only dream. Never gonna happen, too many entrenched interests. I mean obviously anyone who does not want to pay for a service they are not receiving "DOES NOT CARE ABOUT TEACHERS LIVES!!!" or some derivative BS like that.

[@Redmanticore]

so only rich kids get education, great, simple indeed.

[@emperorpicard6474]

@@Redmanticore Wtf, how do you get "only rich get education" from this? These teachers are refusing to do their work, which means they are not giving anyone an education.

[@okachobe1]

Teachers have always refused to do their jobs and we've been okay with glorified graders.

[@qjtvaddict]

Why don’t you go in there and teach? Go get Covid19 it’s mild

[@CurtHowland]

When government takes over a service, that service becomes political. Abolish the government "school" system entirely.

[@wozzup08]

What about children from poor families?

[@ComeOnPelican91]

@@wozzup08 what about them. They weren't getting a proper education anyway (common core)

[@franciswalsh5469]

wozzup08 free market will create options for them.

[@MatrixWolf27]

@@wozzup08 what do you mean, what about them. Charter schools for all, plus most private schools give scholarships to students of low income.

[@liberalbias4462]

No the government is important. Don't get rid of it.

[@spearfisherman308]

How does defund the police have anything to do with schools are these people high.

[@Nicole-ww4lg]

Most inner city schools have police officers in them. Instead of paying for more and better teachers they just pay cops to police teenagers with little to no training on adolescent behavior

[@liamwinter4512]

Because they think they'll get a bump in revenue.

[@dragons_red]

@@Nicole-ww4lg The unruly kids are not the teachers problem or fault, it's the lack of fathers in the home, and the school admins having their hands tied with proper disciplinary action for these kids.

[@raulmaximo5810]

they are always high, lol

[@Mili-bedili]

@@Nicole-ww4lg I attended a high school, (but in a crappy suburb, not in the city) that was really bad and had cops as security guards. I eventually transferred out. The kids there would get into fights daily, with some who'd bring knives and guns on occasion. There's a law that said teachers weren't allowed to try to break up fights, because if they accidentally hurt a kid in the process, they could go to jail. Instead, it required them to call the cops and wait. Of course, none of the teachers waited because it would be too late by then; they always tried to break up the fights instead. The town started stationing cops in the highschool to help relieve that issue. I'm not sure if the law changed and I don't think the school improved as it's been on the decline for decades.

[@qb4428]

Median age of covid death: 81 Average age of teacher: 41 Hysterical drama queens.

[@scarolinispicks4073]

I’m a teacher in NYS and want to go back to the classroom with students. I hate the idea of kids sitting at home behind a screen all day. My students suffered terribly: depression, anxiety, several had thoughts of suicide. It’s gut wrenching to think of what Gates & the globalists have managed to do in such a short time. Americans had best wake up to the fact that THIS has been their plan for a long time & they have tragically seized the opportunity during their “certificate of vaccine id” aka covid mania & our unions like the many people across this nation should be terrified & ashamed at the same time for their lack of critical thinking and their addiction to panic porn/MSM narrative. Good for Trump about giving parents the choice in their child’s education. I for one am sickened by the union’s decisions & am ready to leave it all behind.

[@Barskor1]

You really should look into the long-lasting effects of the micro clots Covid 19 causes even for mild cases.

[@scarolinispicks4073]

Barskor1 I’ve had 3 people in my family contracted this flu. One is a nurse, her husband and my father. One totally a symptomatic, one typical flu with respiratory component & my dad described it as the worst cold of his life with pneumonia like symptoms. This is simply flu/pneumonia renamed to PUSH an agenda. Point. Blank. Period. If you believe otherwise you cannot be helped. Go buy your masks, your face shields, your goggles, scrub your groceries, follow the arrows, plead for more lockdowns & wait for further orders from Fauci. Good luck

[@headkicked]

@@scarolinispicks4073 Thank goodness that there's still some teachers with some sense of what's important. The new education literally is indoctrination. It used to be, here's some tools to help you navigate the world so that you can make your own educated guesses and formulate your own opinions, because once you're an adult the responsibility of figuring things out is on you! Though there are plenty of good people in the world but there's also a lot of liars and cheaters and one needs the ability to be able to see through it and be able to get to the truth of the matter!

[@Redmanticore]

its not just about deaths. after effects of covid are in many times physically and mentally debilitating. " teachers make too much money thats the problem " " The average salary for a teacher in the US is $60,477, and starting salaries are often below $40,000. " " well, you should die or get the debilitating after effects for 60-40,000 a year "

[@AustinKloud]

If the public school teachers don’t want teach- fine, we need to stop paying them and homeschool. Do we really want these Commies teaching our kids anyway?

[@dexraikkonen7]

clearly you have no kids, so your opinion means very little.

[@undergrace1808]

Precisely!

[@undergrace1808]

Veronica Valencia no we stand for America, freedoms, and accountability, and truth; and we don’t hate anyone.

[@headkicked]

@Veronica Valencia Well, when teachers are actively trying to shut down all other options of education for my children, I get upset! Who are they to make that choice for me? Teachers are wanting to assume parenting roles over actual parents. That's a disturbing trend in multiple ways. 1) parents not being parents is terrible and 2) teachers driving a wedge between children and their parents is wrong. It's a growing trend and it's troubling to see.

[@headkicked]

@Veronica Valencia Except they aren't teaching critical thinking anymore. They're training activists! I've got kids in school, listen to me! They are literally teaching critical race theory to elementary students! This is NOT a joke!

[@ronpaulrevered]

The exodus from public schools is the best part of the prison style lockdowns.

[@AshnSilvercorp]

_My body my choice_ Government: *Yes* _My child my choice_ Government: *No*

[@undergrace1808]

True, that’s why we need to homeschool.

[@masonfreeman4991]

my child my choice is not a good way to put it. parents who circumcise their children say basically the same thing.

[@moncoppyton]

Well said

[@DrCruel]

Parents should not choose who educates their children. Only the people who monetarily profit from their political indoctrination and ignorance should choose.

[@kitfisto1827]

@@masonfreeman4991 so do those who choose to vaccinate. What's your point?

[@10tenman10]

Parents should have the choice. The teachers unions are not concerned with the children, ironically.

[@headkicked]

Because it's not their children. But they just as much assume the position of parent by cutting us out and having secret conversations with our children about sex, gender, and race. It's actually quite creepy to think about and we should be talking about that!

[@ethandew1768]

The problem is that kids have had their whole lives shut down and the fact that online schools have increased depression in students. Schools are actually one of the safest places in lockdoens yet teachers unions still have the audacity to ignore this and push their own agendas.

[@10tenman10]

@@ethandew1768 I think they are using the epidemic to get concessions, not work etc. Let parents send their kids to charter schools and abandon the teachers unions.

[@JoseSandoval-jm5sw]

The Vaccine will be worse than the Virus kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z4jNgYyjia2kb7M kzbin.info/www/bejne/fKDXp3WBr8Zga6s&feature=share

[@10tenman10]

I got the Pfizer vaccine (in January). No lasting side effects so far.

[@silveravnt]

Teachers unions don't represent students, That's all you need to know to understand this.

[@michaelcap9550]

Randi weingartner worst example.

[@grantjohnson5785]

Would you like the opinion of a pro-school choice, homeschooling, Union rep public school teacher who will never kowtow to the leftist agenda; one fighting the good fight from inside the system, telling students the truth rather than lies? Teachers unions also don't represent all teachers, except legally, and that only for a modicum of bargaining clout. If teachers could trust our states and local districts to fairly compensate us, we wouldn't need unions at all. Seriously, the vast majority of teachers I've known utterly despise being told by our union how we are supposed to think, who we should vote for, etc. My grandfather and grandmother (both teachers, in unions) felt much the same way - the union should bargain for teachers, and that's it. Sadly, the union oligarchies (much like the oligarchies throughout all academia) were successively infiltrated and overthrown by socialists in the past few decades.

[@krom5960]

Parents should be homeschooling if they care about their children.

[@dragons_red]

Once women in the workforce became a norm, then it became 2 working parents, and now the economy has molded itself around this. So now you need 2 working parents to maintain the standard of living if the previous generations with 1 working parent, so most people unfortunately aren't going to make the sacrifice to be able to do this. Single parent families are a non starter, which there are way many more of these days.

[@fortusvictus8297]

Depends...how many Parents have you ever met? I'd argue a great many of them have no business at all teaching kids and it is in everyone's best interest if they outsource that. These 'pods' and 'microschools' are a great middle road, even if not terribly efficient.

[@ComeOnPelican91]

Absolutely, homeschool until common core and bill gates are launched into the sun

[@krom5960]

@@fortusvictus8297 Seeing the gov has grown very evil and is overreaching in every aspect of parents lives I do not see any other option. They estimate 600 children per month are lost to pedos and who knows what else in cps custody. Consider before the lock down 100k Children died every year in NY, 132k in CA in one year an no lockdown. Considering CA has been bankrupt for years they passed a bill to fund underage children surgery to remove body parts. The whole system is just so corrupt.

[@DutchTDK]

@@ComeOnPelican91 heh

[@blankblankpog]

Sweden,Denmark, Finland, Iceland are using this voucher system for their education system. It encourages competition between public and private schools

[@Redmanticore]

from finland, competition isnt what encourages us here. its high wages for teachers and mandatory requirements like Masters education minimum and big benefits for teachers like whole summer paid vacation and they have pretty free hands in how to teach. teaching is very respected and wanted profession here. not in usa. in usa you treat teaching as garbage. so thats what you get. how do you hire good teachers with low salaries? dont capitalists always say you can only hire the best if you pay higher wages to CEO than any other country? " teachers make too much money thats the problem " " The average salary for a teacher in the US is $60,477, and starting salaries are often below $40,000. " " well, you should die or get the debilitating after effects for 60-40,000 a year " its not just about deaths. after effects of covid are in many times physically and mentally debilitating.

[@tvbox4ktv770]

@@Redmanticore tx..

[@grantjohnson5785]

To create fair competition between public and private schools, you first need to make the rules for them the same; for example, you'd need to make it just as easy to expel an extreme or perpetual problem student from a public school as it is from a private. I've seen it from both angles. I was kicked out of a private school in *1st grade* ... why? For bothering other students because I always got my work done first and had nothing to do because the teacher didn't have any books in the room... idiot. Meanwhile, when (at a public school I worked at years ago) seven kids *planned out* a fight in school on Facebook, had crowds block the resource officers from intervening, and eventually got hauled away in the paddy wagon... they were back in class in 2 weeks. Not expelled, as they should have been. Charter schools can also fairly easily expel students who aren't performing well enough. Public schools can't. And yet, public schools tend to do fairly well in comparison, because they attract better teachers with better pay because of... yep, union negotiators. Necessary evil, in my view (and I'm a union rep).

[@kitfisto1827]

That's exactly what the Teacher's Unions don't want.

[@kitfisto1827]

@@Redmanticore you do understand that teachers in the public schools are both unionized and paid by the government, right? Both of those things prevent capitalism from having any positive effect on the US education system. If our education system was completely free market: 1. Teachers, educators, and administrators would be judged by the success of their students, not just mandatory, across the board, pay raises. 2.The good teachers would be rewarded with better pay and benefits. The bad teachers would get lower wages or removed from the system entirely. 3. Promotions would be merit based. Only the best would move up. Not the worn out, jaded, cynical educators based on seniority. Funny you want to criticize the US education system and American Capitalism when you clearly don't understand either.

[@aemiliuswolf5348]

Home School. Protect your children from the influence of Teachers who do not have their best interests in mind only, but only indoctrination.

[@regaliaretailfashionmerch4314]

Yes, but the same is true of parents and family systems.

[@jeankutzer1556]

Ever had one of your child's elementary teachers not know what a multiplication table was? I have. Or not know that science and consensus did not go together? I have and so did Albert Einstein who a majority of scientists dismissed his theory of relativity as nonsense. They must be involved in climate change now. No one else will give them a real job.

[@sjmom5119]

its not just the unions its coming from the government also look at how biden supports crt

[@martincingel7095]

Big positive of home schooling is that it educates kid a way better than traditional school. But there is also negative side to it kid will have less contact with other kids and he will lose the good memories of school like throwing glue at eachother, spraying ammonia (that really smelly one) at teachers desk.

[@navigodelaney119]

I now work as a teacher in a homeschooling community. The parents pay me tuition, and I answer to them alone. It's fantastic. I get to actually teach! The kids are amazing (I work with sophomores and juniors). I love my job. Freedom works. Parents are welcome to sit in my class any day, any time. And sometimes they do. I want them to see what we're learning.

[@Nonukes2024]

This is an Opportunity........ If your child is your priority. Not......a problem.

[@liberalbias4462]

The future generation is everyone's priority. Our education system is something we should all be concerd about.

[@hanamlchl]

Let the flawed public education system crash and burn, go private or charter.

[@liberalbias4462]

@@hanamlchl are fix the flaws in the public education system and give every kid the best education they can get.

[@hanamlchl]

@@liberalbias4462 You realize this is a Libertarian channel yes? The general consensus here is government sucks at everything and needs to get out of the way. Let people educate their children where they choose to, not where the state dictates.

[@liberalbias4462]

@@hanamlchl ya I know were I am. But no librtarain has been able to engaged with me when I question them on something. Its almost like they can't defend their ideology. Which is understandable.

[@ericavery3054]

This will probably be the best for the kids to not be taught by these crazies.

[@rebeccaoprea9917]

The government was never meant to teach our children. Look at the history of compulsory schooling .

[@stealth797]

Idk whats worse the Teachers Unions or the Police Unions....

[@neeltheother2342]

The true fight between lesser of two evils.

[@pamelastokes2964]

You don't see police officers saying that they can't work because they are scared of getting sick. And they don't make any more than teachers! Most of them have to work several side jobs to make ends meet. So you decide, I personally think that the teachers are getting a better deal!!!😊

[@americopedroni6837]

What about the prison workers union. I think it’s one of the largest in the country.

[@pamelastokes2964]

@@americopedroni6837 The prison union isn't as big as it was. There aren't near as many prisoners in our prisons as there used to be. The dems in all these dem run cities have released a lot of them back on the streets so they can continue selling drugs, breaking into homes, and committing deadly crimes!!!😊

[@coolbeans6148]

Both are equally horrible.

[@Kaiser68]

People who are against charter schools are weird. They just do better than public schools because they can run themselves rather than just being a bare minimum education.

[@allpraisegoddessmonika2887]

Because the government runs public schools, and if private schools are competing against them, then they can't teach children over and over about how great the government is to keep them complacent, tax-paying model citizens who don't question the official narrative.

[@ExaltedDuck]

Monopolies fear competition.

[@nerdnairbnordnirbu9044]

In a charter school they could be teaching the earth is flat and indoctrination. Parents shouldn't have a choice to their kids education. It should be ran by educators.

[@grantjohnson5785]

Umm... actually, no. Charter schools sometimes do better because they can easily expel problem students. You have *no* idea how hard it is to actually expel a student from public school... even students who start multiple fights, stalk teachers, etc. Despite that advantage, the fact that they *don't* do *marvelously* better is a testament to the good public school teachers like myself. That said, I DO support school choice (heck, my kids are home-schooled!)... but I also support the (as-yet-not-granted) right of public school students to have repeat offenders removed.

[@nerdnairbnordnirbu9044]

@@grantjohnson5785 expeling a student is moronic. That is precisely what a mischievous student would want. Long long detention should be the punishment or juvie. Expeling and suspension is positive reinforcement for negative behavior. A mischievous kid doesn't care about school. Expulsion and suspension is like sweeping dirt under a rug and calling it cleaning.

[@bigcat9977]

"Microschools" with more emphasis on online learning where students can learn at their own pace and parents can get more involved. That's a great idea!

[@qjtvaddict]

That’s perfect to eliminate risk of Covid19

[@ExaltedDuck]

It would be a great idea if that were its actual goals. Instead, it's to achieve even stronger cult-like control over children to more effectively indoctrinate them into good supporters of the marxist revolution.

[@HuntingTarg]

It's the 'ideal future' of education; in a world of large population numbers and huge gov't. budgets, self-organizing groups can make their own goals and monitor their own progress in producing Productive Members of Society, instead of having terms dictated to them by institutions.

[@sjmom5119]

not imo www.commoncorediva.com/aiovg_videos/uns-education-agenda-advances-under-trump-with-cover-of-scamdemic-via-cdc-hhs/

[@Cyrus_L_Maximus]

"Education is the kindling of a flame,not the filling of a vessel." -Socrates

[@Playerofakind]

Charter schools are better than public but public school's don't like competition so they just try to get rid of it

[@blueferral3414]

The studies say charter schools are no better than public schools overall. This doesn't mean that the local charter school where you live is better than the public school.

[@ExpertExterminators]

@@gdj101 It seems better for 1 extremist to teach 1 student, then 1 extremist to teach 20-30 students.

[@Playerofakind]

@@blueferral3414 In my case it is better than the public school but I understand that is can vary from school to school

[@Post-Yap_Clarity]

Expert Exterminators Are you sure about that?

[@ExpertExterminators]

@@Post-Yap_Clarity yes

[@CounterCultureWISE]

As a tutor, I spend most of my time teaching kids the things that teachers won't. When everything went online, it was nearly impossible to reach a teacher, and on the off-chance that they actually answered, it wasn't to help the student.

[@watchdealer11]

Unions help give the bargaining power of every single employee to the very worst employees

[@stevepowsinger733]

Isn't that how the Bolsheviks won?

[@Redmanticore]

how do you hire good teachers with low salaries? dont capitalists always say you can only hire the best if you pay higher wages to CEO than any other country? " teachers make too much money thats the problem " " The average salary for a teacher in the US is $60,477, and starting salaries are often below $40,000. " " well, you should die or get the debilitating after effects for 60-40,000 a year " its not just about deaths. after effects of covid are in many times physically and mentally debilitating.

[@Alex-zr7wr]

@@Redmanticore Yeah, "hire the best for higher wages" is how it works under capitalism. However, we have a state-funded, state-run education system, not a capitalistic education system. If you want more pay, switch to the capitalistic education system.

[@TheOrdener]

Thank the gods the people who work at grocery stores didn’t feel the same way. I guess they take their jobs more seriously.

[@Barskor1]

Plant a garden buy a gun stock up on food water and the means to purify it because hope for the best and plan for the worst.

[@amandap9332]

No, they dont. They are in an economic stranglehold held by those who refuse to recognize their value and pay them a living wage. If they had a choice some would go to work, some wouldn't. Those teachers are trying not to die and trying to keep children and their families from dying. They arent refusing to teach. They just dont want to teach in a place they could die because of it. And lets not forget, teachers already went to work with the prospect of dying following them around. How many school shootings have we had now? Yeah, they still went to work. Because it was necessary. This risk to their lives now is absolutely not necessary. "We have the technology!"~Walter

[@TheOrdener]

Amanda P As a former grocery store worker and current teacher none of what you speak of was/is true of my experience. In my small town, the grocery store is one of the better jobs. The turn around is slight and most people who work there speak highly of the company. As for the technology, teaching online is far far from ideal, especially with a large class. The teachers I know that are currently all online admit that their expectations are extremely low.

[@Barskor1]

@@amandap9332 If you want to stop school shootings let people be armed the cowards who do those will either stop themselves for fear of pain and failure or be stoped so after they try. The old way of teaching is costly and pointless we have better ways to do it without the risk of child molestation bullying and mass shootings free education for everyone www.khanacademy.org/

[@Ios13056]

@@amandap9332 Teachers arent 80 on average. Covid 19 has a 98+% survival rate being mostly a literal flu variant

[@Liminein]

As a veteran homeschooler, trust me, every minute is worth it.

[@lovetobe6118]

I am majoring in Elementary Education and I look forward to working with parents in creating a homeschool co-op that meets our values and provides real education. Not Indoctrination.

[@grantjohnson5785]

Speaking as a public school teacher whose wife homeschools our own - you go, girl!

[@doyourownresearch3402]

Hooray! This is the future!!! I am finishing my Master's in Special Ed with ABA emphasis and while I still want to continue working with children with autism I want to provide a place for parents who need to work but want to choose a homeschool curriculum for their child!

[@bethkrager6529]

Bless you all, we NEED you to be vocal and to point the finger on these commies holding our children hostage. At this rate, if the Navy makes us leave Florida, my kids are not stepping foot on a public school campus.

[@lukutiss1324]

Meanwhile, our infantry battalion is deployed to the Middle East and we are living 25 men per tent. Nobody even thought of asking for extra pay because of the sniffles here. Anyone can look at the stats and see that of the 35,000+ service members who have tested positive (that's not even accounting for people who get sick and don't get tested) only 5 have died. From Stars and Stripes: "Among the five service members to die of the disease, four were members of reserve components - the three Army reservists and an Army National Guard officer - and one was an active-duty sailor." One of those who died was 61 years old. Normal, healthy adults in good physical condition are perfectly fine. These leeches don't deserve a single cent of taxpayer money. If they're scared of the virus, they should exercise and eat healthy, not protest.

[@rebeccaoprea9917]

I didn’t know teachers unions could hold us ransom .

[@undergrace1808]

They can’t, we have the freedom to homeschool.

[@nb4749]

The problem particularly for homeschoolers is that if they take government money, then the government will try to control their homeschool more.

[@jacobawojtowicz]

Yeah i didnt see a whole lot of difference between publicly funded public schools or publicly funded private schools...

[@Mis-AdventureCH]

We ran ambulance duty through this whole thing. Nobody gave us hazard pay.

[@jimf5160]

Withdraw kids from the schools and home school or go private.

[@joshegbe8694]

These teachers literally want to destroy their states

[@Barskor1]

By any means necessary Comrade....

[@TheOrdener]

Government schools not being competitive. Who would have thought? When people are in the streets to abolish government schools, we’ll be in good shape culturally.

[@liberalbias4462]

Why do schools need to be Competive? We want ever child to get a high standard of education.

[@TheOrdener]

Liberal bias Good question. Competitive isn’t the issue; it’s a sign. In this case, their lack of competitiveness is an indicator that they aren’t doing a very good job. If their standards were high, they would be competitive.

[@liberalbias4462]

@@TheOrdener this sounds like circular logic. You seem to competitiveness equals success. What about the schools that do good but don't compete.

[@TheOrdener]

Liberal bias By competitive, I mean competitive at providing a quality education (not economically). So, my original point was that public schools in general aren’t providing quality education compared to the other alternatives (charter, homeschool, private).

[@liberalbias4462]

@@TheOrdener still doesn't adress my point. Just look at Norway I think they got rid of public schools and they have one of the best education systems in the world.

[@leafpony5060]

I am a public school teacher and I sometimes get dishearten when I hear my colleagues take the side of all remote learning to "protect teacher's health." For me I believe that I am essential worker and our students need us more than ever, and I want to be back in the classroom. If you are a teacher that wants schools to remain close so be it that's your opinion, however, maybe you should look into a different job that allows you to teach remotely. *Mad props to all the parents doin what's best for your kiddos, do what ya gotta do!

[@christinegreen4837]

Defund school unions, give parents power and choice,pay teachers a living wages ,kids first!

[@grantjohnson5785]

If teachers could trust their states and localities to pay them a living wage, there wouldn't NEED to be a union (and I'm a union rep). Sign me up!

[@SL-jo6qt]

@@grantjohnson5785 Our unions are targeting good teachers with PAR. And it's mostly outspoken teachers and African American teachers getting targeted by our union. Click here and scroll for stats and evidence :berkeleyschoolslaborcaucus.org/important-files

[@grantjohnson5785]

@@SL-jo6qt I had to look up "PAR" - we don't have that in my state... though I kinda wish improvement / remediation through assistance / mentoring from another teacher was an option - ours is a very top-heavy top-down approach that's basically "shape up or ship out" with minimal support (despite claims to the contrary). But your union "targeting outspoken teachers"... outspoken about *what* , exactly?

[@SL-jo6qt]

@@grantjohnson5785 Did you see who gets targeted with PAR? It's almost 100 percent older and African American teachers. It is not a program to help. It's a program to bully and force people to resign. What state are you in?

[@SL-jo6qt]

@@grantjohnson5785 static1.squarespace.com/static/594addf4e3df28c2d6be15db/t/5c429a4dc2241ba6b9316b6a/1547868751425/LAUSD+PAR.pdf

[@gregorythompson5334]

Sounds more like the Unions are concerned about the power they hold instead of the focus on education. Pathetic.

[@PV1230]

They were never about education.

[@Gershwin48]

Today is a perfect time to support charter schools on a national level.

[@breezyveezy1]

These teachers proved to us they don’t care about our children so we are homeschooling from now on with Classical Conversations. They don’t even know they are signing their own career death warrant.

[@jameslucena5778]

Parents realize teachers are useless. I call that progress.

[@Nonukes2024]

TEACHERS.....A DNC EXTENSION. ......... CHARTER SCHOOLS......EXPOSED THE "TEACHER'S UNIONS"...... ......... HOME SCHOOL.......IF YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR KID'S .......... TEACHERS INDOCTRINATE KIDS.

[@aviewer390]

I’m a teacher who will be teaching three pods this year for about $6000 a month. With taxes, insurance, etc, I’ll be making the same as I did in public school, WITHOUT lunch duty or breaking up fights amongst the Somalis in the hallways. Winning!

[@aviewer390]

Oh, and I don’t have to listen to kids tell me about the fucking pronouns I’m allowed to call them, either!

[@utsxslv]

My daughter with Down Syndrome usually has PT, OT and speech at school. Not to mention one on one help for math and reading. For months, she has had one hour of Zoom a day. It did nothing for her.

[@meriadocbrandybuck9833]

I grew up going to essentially a large K-8 Pod school. We had 4 full time teachers, up to 24 students, & 7-8 families. Special classes were taught by volunteers who knew of our school. Families were all lower-middle class & most teachers were too. My mom, a PhD chemist who taught at university, taught science to 5-8th & held major demonstrations 1x a month. She also organised all field trips. Another mom, with a Bachelor’s degree in fine art, taught art classes every Friday. She gave us courses in art history & encouraged us to try to copy Old Masters & make our own artwork. Our gym teacher was a gold medal Olympian, silver medal Olympic coach, & a retired marine. Shop was taught by a retired carpenter & cooking by a professional chef who volunteered. We also had sewing courses w/a skilled seamstress 1x a week. In 3rd-4th grade I read the Lord of the Rings cover to cover. In grade 5 I tested at college level for reading comprehension. I got a perfect score on the ACT in Reading & Writing as well as AP US History. I took 2 languages in high school thanks to learning grammar & Latin in my pod school, taught a high school classmate to read over lunch freshman year because I realised he was severely dyslexic like me, & made the state finals for novice policy debate. Thanks to the pod school, I can balance a check book, identify most invasive plants & poisonous plants as well as edible ones in my area, grasp foreign languages grammar quickly (I speak 4 now) & have taught 6 other people to read ranging from age 3-18. Pod learning is the best thing in modern education.

[@bethkrager6529]

WHERE CAN I FIND THIS PLACE!?

[@laww4680]

I agree with the teacher’s union that returning to the classroom would be unsafe. Which is exactly why they should be shut down and the money returned to families so they can fund a safe alternative.

[@tomc.4860]

Let the schools stay closed. Eventually they will become totally unnecessary.

[@Paola-jf2qf]

I'm currently working as a private tutor. I look at the state standards, I then test the student through activities and worksheets. I then make a lesson plan for that student. I was a preschool teacher. I have worked for private schools. One lesson plan does not work the same for every student, since each student has different skills and talents. We must also know how they learn best. Some students are visual, others learn better hands on, others in a group by watching, others on their own. I think school choice is great. Not, because it will benefit certain schools, teachers, or tutors, but it will benefit the student.

[@suleskos.2743]

We need more educators like you!

[@pamelastokes2964]

These teachers should be docked for not teaching these students. You don't do the job you signed up for,you don't get the salary you signed up for!!!😊

[@Mili-bedili]

I feel like I understand both sides as there are pros and cons to the teacher issue. On one hand, a lot of teachers get treated and paid like trash, and the US gov't underfunds education. Some teachers (already earning peanuts) have to dig into their own funds to supply their classrooms. Not to mention some of them work with at-risk youth, which takes a toll on their mental health. I have a few friends struggling as teachers and professors. I can see why some people may form teachers unions. On the other hand, I've also had teachers and professors (some of whom were in unions) who were unprofessional and gypped us of an education. In highschool and in university, some of the students and parents would write complaints. Sometimes it worked, but if the teachers were unionised, it achieved nothing. Unfortunately, the bad guys were being protected too. In conclusion, people should be allowed to homeschool if they want to. I've even heard that homeschooled students receive better educations. Also, gov't funding of education should be given more priority and teachers should receive much better treatment. In turn, there should be more scrutiny involved in regards to who is considered fit for teaching.

[@Dawnstockslager]

When the schools shut down in March my daughter was given a weekly curriculum to follow. The ONLY time she received teacher instruction (through Zoom) was after she scored low on a particular quiz (new math topic not previously taught before the shutdown). The only students on that Zoom call were her and one other child. That’s it. That’s all she got for virtual teacher instruction during the initial lockdown. I am in the process of pulling her out of the public school system now and will be homeschooling her.

[@grantjohnson5785]

@@Mili-bedili So, what you're saying is, some people do the right thing and others don't? Shocking! (laughing sarcasm) You're not wrong. My own kids (whom my wife homeschools) are learning WAY more than the kids I teach at public school... except, maybe, in my own classes because I push them HARD ;)

[@grantjohnson5785]

If I may interject... I teach public school. The district tried to dock us pay, even though we continued teaching online, doing *everything we were told to do* and more. In short, we did the job we signed up for, albeit in a very different way... but we did everything asked of us and more, and were still (figuratively) shat upon. As a union rep, I was a part of numerous discussions and negotiations that ultimately got us the pay we had contracted for and legitimately earned. Without a union, individual teachers would get railroaded even more than they do already (speaking as a twice-railroaded teacher...)

[@cortexion4128]

Now ask the teachers in the unions if they're pro-choice on abortion.

[@brandyb2931]

They are scared to go in the classroom, but not to stand next to people in a protest or go into a building with hundreds of others to do shopping etc. They have taken pretty good measures at my daughter's school to comply with social distancing.

[@techguy651]

Am I understanding the claim correctly at about 50 seconds: parents are suing the California governor to keep schools closed because poor and special needs kids are not getting adequate schooling compared to those more well-off and neurotypical? What do they think is going to happen once they force the schools to remain closed? Schools have to be open to keep the smartest and richest kids dumbed-down adequately to prevent disparity.

[@headkicked]

Equity is a bitch. That's what they all believe now. Equity and intersectionality are the priorities of this generation of teachers. And they want to do it without consent of the parents, in secret. It's creepy.

[@grantjohnson5785]

It's the world of Harrison Bergeron... Kurt Vonnegut foresaw this nearly 60 years ago.

[@techhelpportalextras3007]

My understsnding is there suing to open it.

[@marcosbeni5875]

The odds of dying from being run over by a car walking on the way to school: 1 in 556 The odds of dying from COVID once infected: 1 in 1,000 But you know, it's not REALLY about safety.

[@Michael-vf2mw]

source? That seems pretty high for the car stat.

[@UnravelingCyberspace]

Very well put together

Get rid of teachers unions get rid of all the admin. Like us if we don't work neither should they. They are longer teacher's they are a political group. Break up this cartel and find people who will teach our kids to read and do basic math.

[@chillyschleemies5026]

And people want healthcare to be fully run by the government.

[@amandap9332]

No they dont. Omfg. They want healthcare run by healthcare professionals, not insurance companies. The insurance companies run healthcare now. Which is why you get diagnosed with a heart "episode" instead of a heart attack. If its an episode they can send you home so the insurance companies dont have to pay for longer care. And thats only one example....

[@Surfing566]

@@amandap9332 funded by the government?, controlled by the government, tomato tomato.

[@amandap9332]

@@Surfing566 no. It would be funded by US. And could be run by US. We, the people. For we, the people. "The government isnt efficient" isnt an argument against universal healthcare. Its an argument for reforming government. Lack of money should not equate to lack of healthcare. Period.

[@davidblick2192]

Teacher union is the enemy.

[@homewall744]

They guy who stocks food in a grocery store is "essential" and will "be a martyr" unless you are in a union that precludes competition.

[@TearYouApart360]

2:44 Teachers in Charter School get paid based on Scholastic Achievement of their students. So those teachers work hard to make sure their students are doing well.

[@matthewmitchell68]

I love the idea of more remote learning, compared to even 10 years ago it’s so much easier to do

[@Chickennss]

While here in the Midwest, school has been in person for lower grades all year.

[@pre-debutera6941]

Has been open for all grade here in Florida.

[@AshnSilvercorp]

it was funny. I was valued far more as a teacher overseas than I ever will be here. What's worse, I bring back skills of being able to work with people who speak a different language, but because I'm not a tenured teacher's union member, I'm considered a street urchin in any job application to any state run school here.

[@andreamalone3048]

If you feel that way then you should quit. KZbin would do a better job teaching kids anyways.

[@AshnSilvercorp]

@@andreamalone3048 or freelance. Which is now what I do!

[@bmw803]

My local Montessori school IS PUTTING KIDS ON A WAITING LIST. I just put my 3 year old on a list to ensure she has a spot in 3 years. Goes to show that some parents get it.

[@howitstartsmm]

President Reagan fired the air traffic controller's when they went on strike and replaced them the same day. Teachers striking could be replaced the same day.

[@viperlux]

I will never send my kid to a public school.

[@Individual_Lives_Matter]

It’s the teacher’s unions. They’ve been a jobs program and a political movement and have only unintentionally benefited students on very rare occasions.

[@davidandrewburrows8535]

They do not feel safe in the classroom but they go in large group to protest!

[@thegipper6535]

These are the same teachers I see at Ross Stores or Costco passing me and everybody without a thought but when it comes time to go to work, they ask how can they stay 6 feet apart. Give me a break!

[@AnneYuk1]

DANGER! Accepting government money in any way puts you in their cross hairs. Charter schools accept government money, so they are vulnerable to being controlled and even eliminated. DeAngelis' argument that families should be funded directly is appealing. But, this may put homeschooling under the control of government mandates. This happened in Sweden, where homeschoolers were offered funds, and when they were accepted, the government moved swiftly to completely outlaw homeschooling. Maria Montessori always insisted that her schools NEVER accept government funds. True independence from government meddling and funding is the only way to ensure true "school choice".

[@EthanMurer915]

6:23 so know you’re racist for wanting the best for your kid, is that how low we are going?

[@kratz57x]

It's going to be interesting a few years from now when they find the kids "locked out" of public schools are actually smarter!

[@Lucypetuniaggm]

Not smarter. Better educated & more knowledgeable.

[@badmonkey6051]

Time to break up the unions period. They no longer care about the children and therefore don't deserve the charter.

[@4truthandpeace25]

Teaching is what they are being paid for. If they don’t want to do it, it’s time to get rid of them.

[@butterlord338]

How do you know when you meet a teacher out in public? Easy, they'll casually find a way to bring it up 10 seconds into the exchange.

[@kitfisto1827]

Less work. More money. Yep. Sounds like a union.

[@GregCalleja]

All those unionized teachers who bashed online learning getting a taste of what it's really like 👀👀

[@thomasburk934]

Honestly can’t believe I survived California public schools. Those administrators , and teachers unions, as well as the curriculum was so... best way to describe it would be to say it would make Orwell blush.

[@NewArchipelago]

Anyone interested in this subject, look up Thomas Sowell's recent interview about it!

[@Springywater]

I’ve taught at charter schools. Many of them are hot garbage. The good ones are often just as exclusive as the top public schools in the same area. They are by no means a solution to the problems related to equitable education in America.

[@chilogutierrez458]

I wonder where the feminist are crying foul for single mothers who literally can't work bevause no one can watch the kids

[@metaphoricdirigible1499]

Because liberal feminism isn’t about fighting for women’s interests anymore. It’s now a club where they shout about “drinking male tears” while pandering to male interests by calling it empowering for women to be prostituted (as if the experience of college women doing camming is representative of the typically drug-addicted and traumatized or even trafficked street prostitutes) and advocating for males to be allowed to compete in female sports. Ironically for people constantly preaching about Intersectionality, it seems more like a hobby for the bourgeoisie than a movement to advance the most underprivileged women. Fortunately, the liberal feminism that’s mainstream is not the only feminism. I don’t agree 100% ideologically with radical feminism, but on the conclusions, it’s far more reality-based.

[@Codence666]

Why would anyone want their children taught by teachers who act like this? Frankly, this is a blessing. Take your children and place them in a learning environment where they will actually learn. Not with adult children who will brainwash them into the same victimhood nonsense these teachers live with.

[@ALERAVERA]

1. Medicaid for all. 2. Wealth tax. 3. Millionaires tax. 4. Defund the police. That sure is going to help the kids.

[@JeremiahHartmanPhotography]

We are in DFW, Texas. Last year we took our youngest out of public school after they opened the district up because of the number of behavioral problems with all the new students...I also almost got in a fight with a new parent picking my youngest up so we pulled him out. After COVID happened our oldest decided he wanted to do the same virtual charter school our youngest is doing. We absolutely LOVE our virtual charter school. Every parent should have a choice on where their kids go to school. We live in a "good" school district but it's severely lacking compared to the charter school. My kids are much happier and learning at a faster pace. I love homeschooling my kids, the program we have is so easy to follow and allows the child to see where they're at grade and pace wise so they can keep themselves accountable and learn self-motivation. If you're a parent in a place that will not let you choose...then move (if you can). If they are restricting your school choice...god knows what else they are restricting in your life.

[@OmegaTou]

I thought teachers were selfless HEROES who cared more about their students than their own health and safety... More people NEED to homeschool.

[@VictorKrese16]

The pod idea is really smart. In NY my girlfriend spends $600 a month on Catholic school tuition. Ten students would be $6k that would be a nice payday for a teacher.

[@aviewer390]

Victor Krese I’m a teacher who will be teaching three pods this year for about $6000 a month. With taxes, insurance, etc, I’ll be making the same as I did in public school, WITHOUT lunch duty or breaking up fights amongst the Somalis in the hallways. Winning!

[@VictorKrese16]

A Viewer I’m guessing the parents that are paying you are a little more attentive than the average public school parent as well. It really seems like a win for all involved. Less stress for the teachers, a better learning experience for the students, and peace of mind for the parents. I very happy for you.

[@DrKnowsMore]

Just stop. Disband teachers unions and open up choice for parents. Either work or get fired.

[@jasonbagnall4241]

Fire every one of them, and hire replacements.

[@ludwigbeethoven3119]

This year I'm taking my teaching skills to...the private sector- LeBron level teachers will always have jobs?...Compulsory education from the state ruins lives?

[@leahc9723]

So glad I started homeschooling years ago.

[@mastatheif9909]

Teachers deserve their low pay

[@dennisanderson3895]

The publicly funded fails in so many ways. In the older days, the parents would pool money to hire a school teacher. If preforming poorly, the theacher was fired an replaced. Might that be a better system than federal forfeiture of funds, returned with conditions minus administrative costs and inflation?

[@johnnyboyvan]

Nothing changed after 3 years. I predicted this.

[@douglasroach8079]

Does no school mean people can expect reduced property taxes? Seems criminal to charge people for services not offered. At the very least tax revenue should be diverted toward alternate forms of education. Imagine firefighters making political demands before they’ll return to work. Utterly ridiculous.

[@tamhas]

Trust me, I'm on the inside, the teachers and admin are the dumbest people on any campus, meanest as well. You'd be better off having your child hang out with the janitor or lunch lady all day.

[@pavledunic8491]

When I was in middle school, my teachers (not all of course) always protested. We had to go to school on Saturday because their protests.