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One of my lab mates here says:<br>
"Are they crazy? They dont even work all year long and<br>
they have many holidays! What makes them think they work harder than<br>
other people? Tell them to pull their heads out of their collective
asses."<br>
<br>
Another more sensitive response from a female colleague:<br>
<br>
"I think they must be suffering a lot, otherwise they will not<br>
be going on strike. I suggest they should be paid more money<br>
and have improved living conditions--- otherwise the students will <br>
be negatively impacted"<br>
<br>
After explaining the actual salary situation---<br>
<br>
Colleague one says: I think they have been around children too long
and <br>
their thoughts and actions have become childish. <br>
<br>
Colleague two (the sensitive one) says: <br>
Can I get a job as a scab teacher in Chicago?<br>
<br>
**<br>
<br>
EWJ, RovingEyeReporter, Beijing.<br>
<br>
<br>
On 09/11/12 14:16, "E. Wayne Johnson 朱稳森" wrote:
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Not the billy club, but some discipline, sir. <br>
Please consult your dictionary.<br>
<br>
I don't like Chicago. It's too damn cold and way too much like Chicago.<br>
<br>
Besides, I am not a school teacher, I'm more on the order of a Pig
Killer, cf. the guy in<br>
"Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome". Our kind usually don't take no
school-teach jobs.<br>
<br>
I didn't say the CTU was lazy, I said they wanted less work, more
money, and no objective evaluation. You will find those things are
true. You can also decide if laziness or some other characteristic is
inferred.<br>
<br>
The notion that school strikes are for the <br>
benefit of the students is fatuous.<br>
<br>
<br>
On 09/11/12 13:21, Daniel Werst wrote:
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cite="mid:CAGvhGCsrMMo4k=p0Md9BXuJA9WYES7=xW4PMuVNTr=j76qtO1w@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">
<div>On a lighter note--Paul, Lincoln Hall is the building right on
the West side of the Quad, north of Gregory Hall that looks bright and
new after extensive renovations.</div>
<div> </div>
<div> </div>
<div>E Wayne--I find it somewhat contradictory that you admit you
admit you would be unwilling to do the hard work of teaching in an
undersupported school system like Chicago's and yet try to paint the
CTU members as lazy.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>I find it despicable that you slander the democratic action by
workers to stop work in order to force improvements for the school and
for themselves. Your authoritarian and depressing view of human
potential and CPS students is indicated by your longing for the billy
club.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Please stay the heck away and stew in you own ignorant malice.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Everyone else--come out to discusss and support the strike!</div>
<div> </div>
<div> </div>
<div>Sincerely,</div>
<div>Daniel Werst</div>
<div><br>
<br>
</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 8:18 PM, E. Wayne
Johnson <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:ewj@pigsqq.org" target="_blank">ewj@pigsqq.org</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
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<div bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000">Thanks for rolling out the
unwelcome mat. <br>
Reminds me of Nurin Karlin - "The Fat Cat Sat on the Mat".<br>
"You think I'm stupid, said the Cat. I will not get off the mat, and
that is that."<br>
It is really quite unlikely that I will attend, even if y'all desire
alternative POV's,<br>
even as just a foil. You can probably find some local similarly
deranged Archie Bunkers for that<br>
purpose who might fit better than me.<br>
<br>
I am not sure that I bullied anyone, though. Expressed analysis and
disagreement hardly<br>
constitute bullying, Louie. Please note that I doubted there would be
any leadership change.<br>
On the other hand, the percentage of support that leadership gets is no
measure of the<br>
wisdom of the direction taken. I do suggest that the CTU is being
"misled". That doesnt<br>
mean they are "unwilling". Jawohl mein Fuhrer.<br>
<br>
Thanks for the links. I read the .pdf files. I was a bit alarmed by
the number of photographs used to try to <br>
evoke some sort of emotional visceral response, and disappointed by the
lack of data<br>
particularly the lack of any information providing a correlation
between the things "requested" and objective response criteria.<br>
<br>
The main concerns seem to be that the CTU wants more money, less work,
and no objective criteria for evaluation.<br>
They want free rides for the children (good idea) and a free ride for
themselves (wtf?).<br>
<br>
I don't find them laying <br>
the axe to the root<br>
they're just bashing the leaves<br>
looking for windfalls <br>
and low hanging fruit.<br>
<br>
They should change the name of their pamphlet to "Throw Money!". Of<br>
course that is too overt. Truly the net is set in vain in the sight of
any bird,<br>
and dodos are, alas, extinct.<br>
<br>
*<br>
I think that one fundamental problem is that Corporal Punishment was
withdrawn <br>
from the schools. Reading and writing and 'rithmetic, taught to the
tune of a hick'ry stick.<br>
Green Walnut sticks work about as well as green hickory if you can't
find hickory.<br>
Willow was what I really hate, don't you? Some of them need the rod
more than others.<br>
Some don't need it at all. Some just need to see the stick, or just to
know it is there.<br>
(Now you can "legitimately" call me a "bully".)<br>
<br>
Calling the cops for discipline problems in the school is a symptom of
the problem, not the problem.<br>
<br>
Your problem may be "unfixable".<br>
<br>
The CTU may be misjudging the public reaction, which really may be
undesirable.<br>
One function of school is babysitting. Teacher strikes are a pain in
the ass,<br>
particularly prolonged ones.
<div>
<div class="h5"><br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
On 9/11/2012 7:07 AM, Luis Damián Reyes Rodríguez wrote:
<blockquote type="cite">To all:<br>
<br>
Everyone who feels deeply disturbed by E. Wayne Johnson's ranting
should try to make it to the meeting this Wednesday at 7pm in Lincoln
Hall 1028. CTU member Kimberly
Bowsky will be Skyping in. <br>
<br>
Kim <span>teaches at
the William H Seward Elementary School on Chicago's
South Side. </span><span>Within the
CTU, Kim is an activist of the Caucus of Rank-and-File Educators.</span><br>
<br>
Now, to E.W.J.:<br>
<u><br>
Don't even try to bring your disruptive presence this Wednesday:<b> you
will not be welcome in this event</b>. </u><br>
Perhaps in a parallel universe where Ron Paul rules your bullying
attitudes are the norm. Not here.<br>
<br>
And maybe in that parallel universe, where you seem to hang out too
often, the news have not arrived yet that the +26,000 CTU members
overwhelmingly favored strike action: <span>around 90% of members
voted, with 98% of voters in favor—after a law was passed that raised
the minimum requirement to 75%</span>! And have you even bothered to
find out what the communities affected by the budget cuts and school
closures have to say? They also support the strike in big numbers. Why,
then, should the CTU change leadership?<br>
Because CTU teachers are a bunch of fat cats?<br>
Really?<br>
<br>
The only thing that makes sense in your ranting is that "this could get
ugly" in Chicago.<br>
I hope, for the better, that people like you stay away there too.<br>
<br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 4:51 PM, E.
Wayne
Johnson <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:ewj@pigsqq.org" target="_blank">ewj@pigsqq.org</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
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<div bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000">Not even Air
Conditioning?
Zomfg!!! Hoodathunkit?<br>
I know, I know. An environment "Conducive to Learning". Sort of a
Mantra it is.<br>
See also: "It's for the Kids". Are we convinced yet?<br>
<br>
While I am highly sympathetic with the situation and plight of the
Graduate Teaching Assistants, and <br>
once upon a time, came out and spoke in their favour, I have less than
Zero Minus sympathy <br>
for the fat cats that comprise the CTU. <br>
<br>
I understand that the goal is a) to head off some sort of precedent
effect and b) precipitate a serious crisis.<br>
<br>
While I would certainly not want to work or live in Chicago or its
public school system even<br>
9 nanoseconds per year let alone the whole school year, I should not
feel convinced that the CTU are the good guys<br>
in this struggle, even though their direct opponents are likely neither
nice nor good. <br>
<br>
Perhaps one of the smartest moves the CTU could make is to quickly
remove its leadership and apologise.<br>
<br>
Like that is going to happen.<br>
<br>
I am sure that I am highly confused and understand the matter very
poorly, but I<br>
don't think that Old Mother pHubbard is hoarding a vast trove of bones
in her cupboard<br>
for these CTU dogs (cats).<br>
<br>
This could get Ugly, and the outcome is uncertain.
<div>
<div><br>
<br>
<br>
On 9/11/2012 4:06 AM, Daniel Werst wrote: </div>
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<div>Hi,</div>
<div> </div>
<div> </div>
<div>I am a member of the campus branch of the
International
Socialist Organization, and we are holding a meeting this week on
Wednesday at 7 PM to build solidarity action for the 26,000 Chicago
teachers who are currently on strike against efforts by the city to
make them easier to fire based on standardized test results while the
district chooses not to provide many students with art or music
classes, AP classes, decent class sizes, or even air conditioning!</div>
<div> </div>
<div> </div>
<div>We have lined up a CTU teacher to speak by Skype, and
we
have
also spoken to the Graduate Employees Union here at U of I, who will
provide the second speaker. The GEO is fighting back against attacks on
the pay and working conditions of Teaching Assistants who are commonly
forced to live on $14,000 a year while handling big classes and making
the university work.</div>
<div> </div>
<div> </div>
<div>Our second goal is to car pool to Chicago this
Saturday
to
join
thousands of teachers, students, parents, and labor activists in a
rally. Hopefully they will be celebrating a victory in the strike or
else continuing the struggle and only getting stronger! This meeting
should bring together as many supporters of labor and people concerned
for good public education as possible.</div>
<div> </div>
<div> </div>
<div> </div>
<div>CTU Solidarity Rally:</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Wednesday September 12th at 7PM</div>
<div>1028 Lincoln Hall on Campus</div>
<div> </div>
<div> </div>
<div> </div>
<div> </div>
<div>In Solidarity,</div>
<div>Daniel Werst</div>
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