A Teacher in Tdot - fed up with the political gaslight & stupidity of greed. Opinions are my own. Bring Them Home Now! I Stand with Israel 🇮🇱 Anonymous 😊
Im an educator. I am not a babysitter. I went to university & earned 3 degrees - one more than what is required for a doctor or lawyer. Yet, bc this is a female dominated profession, we are still told how to do our job, by people with zero training.😳Yes, I am ready to strike. 💯
This is announcement to Y’all:
My entire school body is ALL masked!!! Everyone. 😍 If that isn’t an indicator of how people working together can overall bad policy, I don’t know what else you need! Have an AWESOME day! 😷
Wow. 7.7 thousand followers for a teacher in Toronto that is fighting antisemitism! Makes one hopeful that there are a few good people left in the world 🌍 Thank you!
Dear Public,
Yes we have a pension. You all know it. But our million dollar pension is there because WE PAY for it. If you create a RRSP and pay hundreds of dollars a month into it, you too can have a nest egg when you retire🥚 Signed, I Teach Finance. 😎
Teacher: Why didn’t I see you all week, did you have internet issues?
Student: I have
#COVID19
and I am super tired all the time.
Other Students: I have COVID too!me too…me too!
Teacher: Hold on. Hold on. Show of hands - how many have it?
21/32 students raised their hands 😳
Dear Common Sense People,
I hereby vote that the next Minister of Education has at the very least, a teaching degree otherwise known as a BEd. 🙏🏻 Signed, Teachers Everywhere
I heard of at least 4 schools now that participated in this disgusting pro-PAL field trip with students. 3 sets of administrators are at home under investigation. At least there’s THAT.
Dear
@fordnation
- Ottawa is in Ontario. Could you please speak out in the desecration of our national monuments? Or will it offend your daughter? 🤷🏼♀️
Dear Canadian Media, Do you want to redeem yourselves? Please - go 2 ANY school in Toronto to discover the truth. Go TODAY when schools are closed so you can keep safe. Count the HEPA; Count the PPE; Count the RATs - & hold these people responsible for our kids!
#CdnMediaFailed
🙄
Dear Parents. Stop advocating for kids to be in school. Start advocating for smaller class sizes; better ventilation and proper masks. This is what we need. Signed, The Unselfish.
#backtoschool
#COVIDIOTS
#COVIDisAirborne
Psssst. I have a little secret. Please listen carefully👂🏻 Teachers do not have summer vacation. 😵 Ready for this? Teachers are not contracted during the summer, so it isn’t a holiday - it is a actually unemployment. 😀
-20 with the windchill. Time to keep the windows open and sit in a room for the next 8 hours with 30 others to provide these amazing mental health opportunities 🙄
It amazes me how much teachers get vilified by the public.More than any other career, it has become open season on teachers.Why? Traditionally a women’s profession - and seen as babysitting. We need to stick together this time, this year, more than ever. It is time to reclaim ❤️
Dear Friends, pls ask yourself why contract negotiations are not happening NOW, to ensure labour disputes are prevented? Ask urself why the provincial health care is burning & teachers are waiting to negotiate? 🧐
@fordnation
is on summer break. Stop blaming teachers for theirs👌🏻
Saturday night email:
“We regret to tell you that a staff member that you work with has tested positive for
#COVID19
. We can’t tell you who”. If I get this virus, I swear I will let EVERYONE know. None of this smoke and mirrors crap 🙄
Dear
@fordnation
300 + admitted in Sick Kids Hospital. Jus curious, ethically speaking - how many sick kids will it take to just bring back the mask mandate? 😳 Signed, Everyone
I can’t believe I am waking up in a city in Canada, in 2024 that just accepted a report that makes it racist to be a Zionist…Makes it racist to wear a Star of David…can you even read this without wondering what kind of crack am I talking about? Such deep shame I feel.
Dear
#CUPE
Your union president just asked you for a strike mandate. 👊🏻 Give it to her and give her the ammunition she needs to take down
@fordnation
. Signed, I Will Walk With You ❤️🩹
Ok please note - as of tomorrow to wear a Star of David around your neck in
@tdsb
could now considered Anti-Palestinian racism. You could be investigated. Welcome to Toronto.
This is a PSA to remind the public that although this should be a weekend of time with our friends and family, EVERY single teacher is now working their asses off to ensure your children have continuity in their learning for Monday, in the event of a
#CUPE
strike. Your Welcome✅
Dear Parents,
There is no Children’s Tylenol or Children’s Advil is on the shelves. Don’t you think it is time to bring back the mask 😷 mandate? Signed, Adults Everywhere.
Tanked Tuesday: 2 office staff and 13 teachers all tested positive for
#COVID19
. Yes trolls they are vaccinated. Yes trolls they wear masks. A big shout out to the anti maskers for spreading their wealth. 🖕🏻
Dear Parents, For the love of everything - why on earth are you advocating for your child to go into school, w/out advocating for smaller classes; proper PPE & ventilation? Is social life REALLY more impt than ACTUAL life?
I am going to share one more dirty little trick about
#EQAO
, our so-called “standardized test” for our students. The “test” ADJUSTS to give students EASIER QUESTIONS if they are not hitting the mark. 😵💫 So please tell me - HOW IS THIS STANDARDIZED? 🙄
No, I won’t shut up. 😜
Yes, I will wear my Star of David in my classroom ✡️
No, it isn’t political. 🙄
NO YOU CAN’T STOP ME. 😁
This isn’t 1930 Nazi Germany, I am not afraid and WON’T be silenced 🔕
Teacher: We all want to be back at school as soon as we can be safer.
Student:👋🏻
Teacher: Yes, go ahead Justin…
Student: We rather be home until they fix schools. Everyone is getting it and we are all scared.
~student voice MATTERS 🙄
#COVID19
Your child’s social life, is not more important than teachers’ actual lives. Parents need to understand that teachers have families to care for - and should not be expected to do extracurricular activities. ❤️🩹
Dear
@fordnation
and
@Sflecce
,
You need to consider that before anyone takes on the education portfolio, they should AT LEAST, have a degree in education. You cannot know the operational sense of a school system without this basic qualification. Signed, Teachers Everywhere 📚
For the first time in my career, I am so looking forward to that strike vote. ☑️ For the first time in my career, there is so much worth fighting for, and I won’t stop until it is over. ❤️
Dear Public,
Before you believe any garbage about the
@fordnation
govt not having any money for
#CUPE
…remember how they “lost” 4 billion dollars? We do. Signed, Every Union Worker 💜
Another day at
#Covid
Public School. 13 teachers down. No office staff left. Parent volunteer answering phone calls in the office. Have a lovely weekend
@fordnation
🖕🏻
Welcome to the sickest election results ever! Did you all know that teacher’s contracts in Toronto are up Aug 22? Negotiate with
@fordnation
? Wow Ontario - I guess you need another strike. 😞
Teachers are being told to bring their own water 💦 to work on Friday due to
#CUPE
strike. It seems nobody can flush the pipes! That HAS to be against labour regulations. 😳
One thing that I have noticed, there are A LOT of non-Jews that are supporting Jews & Israel. I just want to say THANK YOU 🙏🏻 I sleep better knowing you are there ❤️
Dear
@fordnation
,
A thank you would have been nice on our last day of school, rather than a command to return to class in Sept. I PLAN on having a lovely summer. You know, the kind where you feel like a kid! Signed, Teachers Everywhere 😍
I ❤️ all the insults coming from parents towards teachers. Perhaps if you put ur energy into advocating 4 reducing class size; providing proper PPE & ventilation, we wouldn’t be in this situation? Stop being surprised by this &start redirecting this energy into where its needed.
So
@Sflecce
speaks how things are going 2B “normal” when we get back 2school. How there is going to be clubs and extracurricular activities.🙄I am going to share that he actually CANNOT promise these things as they are VOLUNTARY. I know many who are simply DONE w. free labour. 👋🏻
Dear Chief Medical Officer of Ontario - You are useless. 🤨 Telling people to wear a mask is very different from a mandate. You actually have no leadership. Signed, Ontario. 📚
Absolutely out of my mind with the idea that this govt would rather give money away ($200 per kid and $163K in my school alone) than put it into salaries of those
#CUPE
staff making $39K. I wish the other unions would walk too - bc they are next. 🙁
Dear
@Sflecce
, perhaps you may have checked the legality of opening up RATs in order to redistribute to staff and students? You know - like who gets the instructions? Where is the expiry date on the packages going out? Who gets the tray? 🙄 Signed, Not a Pharmacist
#COVID19
So
#CUPE
is offered 2%. If we are offered anything below 12%, I say teaching unions gets together with their CUPE unions and you know, shut down the province? 😍
Dear Parents, This is a reminder that when school buildings get shut down, school is still open! Educators work really hard to ensure that your child is engaged in learning, and have literally transformed education as we know it. Signed, Teachers Everywhere
#edutwitter
#COVID19
August 2022:
Striking Issue
#5
- Virtual learning or in-person learning ONLY, not both. Hybrid doesn’t work. It is impossible to focus on two classrooms at once and do it well.😊Agree?
Today we had not one - but 2 staff who just didn’t show up to work today. No phone calls; no explanation - nada. They were too sick with
#Covid_19
to share. Thank you anti-maskers. Thank you. 🖕🏻
Dear
@celliottability
We believe that doctors need 2 see their patients for in-person only. As teachers, we know that patients r falling through the cracks & being missed - just like our students when we don’t assess them properly. Thank you. Signed, Teachers Everywhere
#COVID19
Dear Teachers,
As you prepare for stocking up your classrooms next year - DO NOT spend any of your own money. Let’s start the year as is provided, without supplementing our govt. ❤️
#WorkToRuleNow
Dear Public,
In case you are wondering, the govt cannot make teaching an essential service. Quite simply, they cannot afford to pay us as essential workers - which would include overtime hours 😂
I cannot understand the teacher that teaches, unmasked, in front of their students. But today I saw the look of their students’ eyes, under their masked faces while they taught. It was a palpable moment of silent hysteria. 😞
I am now in a minority of educators & students that are still wearing a mask in school. 😷
Guess what❔
I am never going to cave bc of the social stigma✋🏻
For Those That Are Resigned To Getting
#Covid_19
: I am have been in person at school - for the entire pandemic, masked! I have been exposed multiple times, in the Wellness Room, while supervising those with COVID. I have not gotten sick! Not Once!!! Masks work!!! Wear them. 😊
Well, it was bound to happen. 3 friends have now put in their resignation in early, because of a
@fordnation
win. I hope the unions are paying attention. Fight or we leave 💁🏼♀️
Dear
#CUPE
Your union prez actually thinks your contract sucks - and is leaving it to you to ratify. You deserve more money and more respect than this.
#voteNO
#cupe
I am going to share a little secret, which should be no surprise. Our board lost over 10k students during the pandemic and they went to private school. Congrats to
@fordnation
for the promotion to a 2-tiered education system. 🙄
Starting to see that
@fordnation
is letting go of mandates, just in time for B2, because they want to appease their voters. So sad that we elect individuals who literally can’t lead in a crisis.
STOP 🛑 being upset at the Toronto Board for asking parents to decide on Virtual School 5 months before the start of the year.There is SO much planning and hiring involved - they have NO choice. START being upset
@Sflecce
for NOT making it safer for our students during
#COVID19
😞
Today at
#COVID
Public School a student was reported positive by his dad. He shared that he sent him to school so that he could do his Math test, even though he had symptoms in the morning. I asked how he passed the screening test w. symptoms. <silence> 🙄
I am politely asking the
@rcmpgrcpolice
(RCMP) to investigate the land deal that the
@fordnation
stole to give to his developer friends. It is too much of a conflict for our OPP to get involved. Please and thank you.
While the public freaks about teachers wanting a raise in parity 2R expenses, pls remember who gave themselves a 14% raise & drives up to their cottage in Muskoka every wkd this summer, leaving Ontario in the dust.🙄Just wondering, how many university degrees did THAT take? 🧐
Dear Friends, Please don’t ask where I teach or for what board/panel. Consider me a Masked Crusader - I am sharing bc I believe it is a moral imperative; however, I never will jeopardize my career by sharing. Thank you. 😊
Dear
#CUPE
Never in Ontario’s history was a vote for ratification so important to show union solidarity.
#VoteNo
and kick
@fordnation
to the curb! He cannot disrespect the workers of Ontario. They gave themselves 14%!!! 😳 We ALL will be behind you bc it is ALL of us. ❤️🩹
Thanks to
@OPCouncil
(The Ontario Principal’s Council) for OPPOSING the
@fordnation
decision around mixing masks after the March Break. SANITY prevails in some places. ❤️
Dear
@cafreeland
,
My friend. Please use the “disallowance” clause on
@fordnation
’s not-withstanding clause. It was used once in WWII - in Alberta, for lesser reasons. It is time for the feds to take this noise back. Signed, Me ❤️
Dear Public. When
#CUPE
goes on strike with all the caretakers, secretaries, and EAs / SNAs - teachers will be forced to pivot. Remember not to blame teachers for the govt’s divisive moves 🙌🏻
Funny thing about going to school yesterday…I felt people look at my Star of David ✡️ and I felt them look at me differently. I saw distain in their eyes. This wasn’t there before. 😔
I am out of Twitter Jail! Woot woot! If you are a teacher, and I have not followed you yet, please let me know, below ⬇️ We truly have to stick together now more than ever. ❤️
The woman wearing the watermelon sticker is
@ElemTeachersTO
president, Helen Victoros. Her wife, proudly displaying her keffiyeh scarf. Posing for Pride pictures. A teacher I know was TERRIFIED to share, knowing that this was wrong.
@UJAFederation
@CanadianFSWC
@bnaibrithcanada
I don’t know who needs to hear this but educators are not the fixers of societal problems. They have become the scapegoats. Inequities that exist in society cannot be resolved in schools. Fixing it needs to be wholistic.
Earl Grey is one of the Tdsb schools that participated in this horrible Pro-Pal field trip. Apparently a teacher asked a student to wear blue, to identify as a colonizer. The Jewish student said he was uncomfortable - teacher said to them, to get used to it.🥹
Feeling sick. Going into work next week to set up my classroom. Going in wearing a BIG Star of David ✡️ Let them call me a “Anti-Palestinian” racist. 😔
Dear Public,
Teachers go on strike FOR your kids. They want:
*smaller class sizes
*safer working conditions
*income to match inflation
If you don’t agree with this, you are probably known already in your child’s school. Full stop, ur simply entitled. ☑️
Parent: Why do I have to get him?
Me: Because he is not well. He is in in our Wellness Room telling us that he is not well. He shared that he told you before he left home this morning.
Parent: I can’t get him. He can stay in the Wellness Room.
It was only 9:15 am. 😞
How many university degrees do lawyers have? How about doctors? The answer is simple - same as a teacher. Start paying educators appropriately and with value.