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'Our babies should have been in school today:' Oakland teachers on strike
KTVU ^ | May 4, 2023 | Allie Rasmus

Posted on 05/04/2023 3:55:48 PM PDT by artichokegrower

OAKLAND, Calif. - Oakland teachers went on strike Thursday after seven days of negotiations failed to produce a new contract for the 3,000 members of the Oakland Education Association.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: california; education; oakland; strike
In their "Common Good" demands, the teachers also demanded things including six "restorative days" to combat burnout, the first week of school to solely focus on fostering a positive school climate, reparations for Black students, prohibiting the closure of certain schools, a voice on steering committees, providing climate-controled, green classrooms, and offer subsidized transportation for students.


Hey Oakland teachers. Please allow me to get you a big heaping serving of STFU!

1 posted on 05/04/2023 3:55:48 PM PDT by artichokegrower
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The teachers wanted the Covid lockdown so they themselves would be less exposed to the children who might bring in Covid——they thought.

Forced the returning kids to wear masks that built up moist bacteria to breathe for hours and took away normal psychological adjustment based on facial expressions and responses.

Those teachers have no regard for anyone but themselves, their union demands, their pay, their vacation days and their retirement.

They’ll teach children to hate and disdain America and to question their own gender. One day less is a good thing.


2 posted on 05/04/2023 4:06:46 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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Your babies are better off being home schooled.


3 posted on 05/04/2023 4:08:55 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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Yeah, lucky babies NOT to be in school today.


4 posted on 05/04/2023 4:11:43 PM PDT by Varda
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To: frank ballenger

Common Good Demands

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oN1D4qYZq8-zpvcp0HeaKzkpZkkmuHPl/view


5 posted on 05/04/2023 4:14:50 PM PDT by artichokegrower
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Oakland Unified School District proudly boasts:
- Top 1% in Diversity
- Top 1% Student Body Size
- Average Math Proficiency: 21%
- Average Reading Proficiency: 56%

Putting some more numbers to that:
- 27,710 of 35,076 students cannot compute.
- 16,135 of 35,076 students cannot read.

Oakland teachers failed. They don’t deserve a raise. They deserve to be fired.

Source: Oakland Unified School District

Don’t let your children anywhere near anyone with an Ed degree. School choice is the only choice. Education tax dollars should go directly to parents and parents get the choose how and where their children are educated, including homeschooling.

6 posted on 05/04/2023 4:16:12 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA ("How did you go bankrupt?" Bill asked. "Two ways," Mike said. "Gradually and then suddenly." )
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“equitable teaching”-—who can argue? (and not get doxxed, canceled and run out of their profession forever).


7 posted on 05/04/2023 4:16:33 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: artichokegrower

vouchers now!


8 posted on 05/04/2023 4:19:09 PM PDT by Mark (DONATE ONCE every 3 months-is that a big deal?)
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Oakland schools? Being in school or not. What’s the difference?


9 posted on 05/04/2023 4:20:08 PM PDT by NohSpinZone (First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
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Your babies should have been pulled out of the public schools and home schooled long ago, that is if you actually gave a damn about their futures other than as ignorant vicarious chimeras.


10 posted on 05/04/2023 4:49:25 PM PDT by arthurus (covfefe M&M)
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To: NohSpinZone

If they are not in school they are hanging around the house and being bothersome. Out of sight out of mind, at least until one’s kid gets his bones broken at school in a classroom fight.


11 posted on 05/04/2023 4:51:44 PM PDT by arthurus (covfefe M%M)
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Why try? Let them all stay home and save the money.


12 posted on 05/04/2023 5:27:27 PM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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Yep.


13 posted on 05/04/2023 5:28:16 PM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: artichokegrower

And in other news children’s IQs increased dramatically during teachers’ strike.


14 posted on 05/04/2023 6:01:12 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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Reverse JFK’s executive order and Abolish all Public Employee Unions.


15 posted on 05/04/2023 6:17:35 PM PDT by eyeamok
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