I agree that disrespect for teachers has reached a new low. However, I can’t see how striking is the solution. If anything, striking creates even more hostility.
Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis disagrees:
“At this point we need to understand where people are emotionally and where they are in terms of how they feel about the situation at hand, and what they know,” Lewis said in April. “And the issue is, again, I have never, in my 22 years of teaching and being in the classroom, seen this kind of hostility and this disrespect for teachers.”
I’m sorry to break the news to you Karen, but strikes will not make the public think of us any better.
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