Chicago Teacher's Union contract demands...

[MechAg94]

We did read 1984 and Brave New World.  My group also read The Sun Also Rises which was a pointless book about people getting drunk all the time (reflects the title). 

On the other hand, I didn't get to read Out of the Silent Planet and the Lord of the Rings trilogy for book reports.  Of course, I screwed up the book report for the second one procrastinating.  My senior english teacher was surprised I was ranked as high as I was in my graduating class. 

[WLJ]

Got to remember education is not so much about the kids anymore but more about the teachers and the unions now. The kids are the pawns in their chess game.

[WLJ]

Do you remember taking an oath that black children should not be able to read?
I don't

Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) President Stacy Davis Gates told a news radio host that conservatives do not want Black children to read, adding that it is "part of the oath they take to be right wing."

Meanwhile she and the teachers union seem to be doing a heck of a job making sure black children can't read with only 20% being able to read at grade level in Chicago public schools.

Chicago Teachers Union president raises eyebrows with claims about conservatives
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/chicago-teachers-union-president-raises-eyebrows-claims-about-conservatives

[Perd Hapley]

Do you remember taking an oath that black children should not be able to read?
I don't

Meanwhile she and the teachers union seem to be doing a heck of a job making sure black children can't read with only 20% being able to read at grade level in Chicago public schools.

Chicago Teachers Union president raises eyebrows with claims about conservatives
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/chicago-teachers-union-president-raises-eyebrows-claims-about-conservatives

They're really taking this projection thing to absurd levels.

[K Frame]

I make a habit of, twice a month, volunteering to go into the hood and rip books out of the hands of lil' chillrun of colors...

Whitey gotta keep'em down, don't you know.

[K Frame]

"My group also read The Sun Also Rises which was a pointless book about people getting drunk all the time (reflects the title)."

I read The Sun Also Rises one summer in college just because I wanted to read something.

I absolutely LOVED it.

[MechAg94]

"My group also read The Sun Also Rises which was a pointless book about people getting drunk all the time (reflects the title)."

I read The Sun Also Rises one summer in college just because I wanted to read something.

I absolutely LOVED it.

Considering I made it through the book while in High School means it was well written, but it wasn't for me.  The characters ended up at the same place and condition they were in at the beginning.  The title is accurate to the theme of the book.  IMO, I remember a book like Tale of Two Cities to be better. 

That was some decades ago.  I still remember Out of Silent Plant, The Hobbit, and the Lord of the Rings.  Re-read them since. 

[K Frame]

"The characters ended up at the same place and condition they were in at the beginning."

And that, really, was the purpose of the book. It was a literary examination of the Lost Generation.

Hemingway was one of the strongest voices of the Lost Generation.

[K Frame]

"Out of Silent Plant"



You mean Out of the Silent Planet by CS Lewis?


One of the books that we had to read in high school literature was When the Legends Die. I was also quite fond of that one, as well. My high school lit teacher absolutely loved it and that's why he assigned it.

[230RN]

I hated English classes in HS but one book that I loved and which stuck to me was "Arrowsmith" by Sinclair Lewis and Paul de Kruif.  The dramatic explanation of knowledge acquisition through the scientific method was fundamental to me for my lifetime.

See

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrowsmith_(novel)&ved=2ahUKEwi42ZjkovCGAxXfDDQIHbSAN0oQFnoECEEQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1jXVmXJLY2WbwgC8HBzpeH

for summary and review.

"Scholars have found eerie parallels to the COVID-19 crisis in the 1925 novel, and the many ethical dilemmas and challenges it presents.[7]"

G-d give me the strength to assess and review my variables until my observed results equal my calculated results.  G-d give me the strength not to trust to G-d.

Terry, 230RN

Edited to remove redundant paragraph.

[Bogie]

The kids... They have very high self esteem - which I think is one of the things which they are taught and evaluated upon. They are assertive. They are VERY aggressive.
 
They don't think a lot. They don't consider. They have been conditioned to react. And they do that rapidly, and with force...
 

[Hawkmoon]

The kids... They have very high self esteem - which I think is one of the things which they are taught and evaluated upon. They are assertive. They are VERY aggressive.
 
They don't think a lot. They don't consider. They have been conditioned to react. And they do that rapidly, and with force...

You omitted "entitled." They are also taught that they deserve ... whatever they want, just because they're so spay-shul.

[JTHunter]

I hated English classes in HS but one book that I loved and which stuck to me was "Arrowsmith" by Sinclair Lewis and Paul de Kruif.  The dramatic explanation of knowledge acquisition through the scientific method was fundamental to me for my lifetime.

See

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrowsmith_(novel)&ved=2ahUKEwi42ZjkovCGAxXfDDQIHbSAN0oQFnoECEEQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1jXVmXJLY2WbwgC8HBzpeH

for summary and review.

"Scholars have found eerie parallels to the COVID-19 crisis in the 1925 novel, and the many ethical dilemmas and challenges it presents.[7]"

G-d give me the strength to assess and review my variables until my observed results equal my calculated results.  G-d give me the strength not to trust to G-d.

Terry, 230RN

Edited to remove redundant paragraph.

Speaking of "knowledge acquisition" - - -.

[WLJ]

    🚨LISTEN to Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates absurdly claim black students can’t succeed on tests because they’re “junk science” rooted in “white supremacy”:

    “The way in which we think about learning and think about achievement is really and truly based on… pic.twitter.com/8VdEvVCoRR
    — Nicki Neily (@nickineily) August 19, 2024

Meanwhile

Reportedly, in 2022, The data shows that, in 2022, a mere 9 percent of Chicago’s black eighth graders were proficient in reading and only 4 percent were proficient in math, according to Wirepoints and the National Assessment of Educational Progress.

9 and 4%, holy mackerel
This despite billions being thrown at the problem

Just Wait Until You Hear What This Teachers Union President Is Blaming for Disastrous Test Scores
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelineleesman/2024/08/20/chicago-teachers-union-president-remarks-n2643577

[JTHunter]

FYI









AND - don't forget - Gates and a large percentage of CTU teachers send THEIR kids to private schools !  And this is after they got the State to cancel a scholarship program for some of these city kids so they could go to those private schools !

[Hawkmoon]

Meanwhile
9 and 4%, holy mackerel
This despite billions being thrown at the problem

Just Wait Until You Hear What This Teachers Union President Is Blaming for Disastrous Test Scores
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelineleesman/2024/08/20/chicago-teachers-union-president-remarks-n2643577

This says it all:

Gates sent her son to private school, WSJ noted.

[WLJ]

Holy S F
This just keeps getting worse and worse

    Chicago public school teachers say "they were instructed by school administrators to give their migrant students a 70 percent in every subject and pass them on to the next grade."https://t.co/KEosyG1q17
    — Tom Bevan (@TomBevanRCP) September 19, 2024

Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations: Chicago School Teachers Told to Give Migrant Students Passing Grades
https://twitchy.com/amy-curtis/2024/09/19/soft-bigotry-of-low-expectations-chicago-school-teachers-told-to-give-migrant-students-passing-grades-n2401175

[K Frame]

Holy S F
This just keeps getting worse and worse

Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations: Chicago School Teachers Told to Give Migrant Students Passing Grades
https://twitchy.com/amy-curtis/2024/09/19/soft-bigotry-of-low-expectations-chicago-school-teachers-told-to-give-migrant-students-passing-grades-n2401175

And that's EXACTLY why Chicago teachers need to have that $50 billion contract. It takes a lot of effort to pencil whip so many passing grades. They'll get crappy teacher syndrome.

[MechAg94]

Holy S F
This just keeps getting worse and worse

Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations: Chicago School Teachers Told to Give Migrant Students Passing Grades
https://twitchy.com/amy-curtis/2024/09/19/soft-bigotry-of-low-expectations-chicago-school-teachers-told-to-give-migrant-students-passing-grades-n2401175

Schools all over the country have been doing that for a couple decades now.  That is how we get kids with diplomas that effectively can't read.

[JTHunter]

FYI - -