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Recognize abuse! Recognize modern slavery!

Recognize abuse!
Recognize modern slavery!

I had enough of this toxic system.
Having tenure, two masters degrees, and 14 years within CPS caused me to be one of the teachers who was targeted.
And I too have experienced abuse as administration attempted to silence me because I would not quietly go along/ conform.
I was fed up so much that I left the system & teaching profession completely.

And yes, I do look back, with great hope for many teachers, staff and parents recognize abuse and somehow find a way to better repair the current state of toxic affairs.

It’s unfortunate that a “victory” has been announced and school is said to, “start on time” since only the issue of extended time has been addressed. Even if a pay raise was given (after taxes eat it up anyway), I must ask teachers:

1. How much is your mental, physical and emotional wellbeing worth to you?

2. Do you feel as if the proposed pay increase will compensate all that you do and go through?

Additionally:

3.Is there any amount of money that would compensate you should you not be able to perform your teaching duties as a result of not functioning effectively mentally, physically or emotionally?
I am also curious to know:

4. How many teachers feel a sense of burn out, depression, have lost the energy or joy of teaching, and often feel sick?
I look back at Chicago Public Schools with great hope that many teachers recognize the abuse and gain the strength to truly stand up to any administration or principal who questions a teacher’s competence, talent, and or abilities.

5.Who would even want to work within a system that has no stability and uses the revolving door method to constantly hire and fire people?

6. Who would want to work for a system that proposes an evaluation that is ultimately designed to set teachers up to fail, and not provide any real support? (i.e., limiting assistance with difficult children, overload the teacher with work and deadlines?

7. Who wants to go to work daily and take harassment/abuse from both students and administration?

8. What teacher went into the profession and said they wanted to live in fear for their job, be the blame for the lack of success within their classroom, Spend excess money on supplies and materials, write up anecdotal logs for every student and every aspect of the daily situations, to feel isolated and criticized, to instruct from scripted curriculum and become the best behaviorist who rewards and punishes good and bad behavior.

9. Who wants this level of toxic stuff in their life?

In my opinion, Chicago Public School’s work environment and new contract demands should be considered a crime and even inhumane. The disorganization of this system is unhealthy. In my opinion The Mayor and the CEO’s priorities are guided by monetary payments. The quality of an education within Chicago Public Schools seems to be determined by numbers (money) in a computer somewhere. And yet, poverty and test scores dictate the schools access to the numbers in the computer.

10. For the sake of earning money, who I ask, who would slavishly work and tolerate this extent of abuse?

As a result, I propose that everyone go on strike, until CPS completely caves to the will of the teacher’s demands. Put the board of education in complete fear of not being able to hire anyone. The tables need to be reversed. Once upon a time, the benefits attracted many into the profession and schools needed teachers. Now, people are so desperate for a job that they would settle for the fanatical demands that CPS dictates. Since CPS want to fire everyone and set teachers up to essentially fail, I say walk away from the game. Walk away from this insane dictatorship and let the administrators teach them, since they have the power to determine how well of a job teachers are doing. Don’t give CPS the satisfaction of even entertaining their mind/ employment games.

I did.

And I have a normal and healthy balance of peace in my life since leaving that toxic mess alone.

But, I am only one person.

It would take many people, if not all, to make a major impact and reverse the tables.

Recognize abuse and decide if you want to live with this level of toxic stuff in your life.

To SEAN! Thanks for the condolences but please hear me!

In regards to modern slavery, I am speaking on behalf of the dictatorship and authoritarian environmental work climate within CPS. Teacher’s opinions and suggestions are of no value, if keeping a job is the priority for that teacher, from my perspective.

The work conditions & work relationships related to CPS teachers, in my opinion, negatively impact the day-to-day operations of classrooms and do not function in a healthy way.

When you are micromanaged, you are basically a slave to the management. Any time a teacher is faced with more demands than one person could realistically handle and compounded with stressful situations, then ask yourself, how could the teacher feel comfortable enough to relax within a position and genuinely teach? The enjoyment of teaching has become checklist of tasks to simply get done! The natural way of allowing teachers to put themselves into the lesson and genuinely express a concept has been replaced with scripted information that anyone off the street could follow. Thus, the teacher is a slave to the system and the way in which the system functions.

When you have to defend your teaching certification and walk on eggshells to avoid the E3 process, then you are in prison and a slave.

Who could focus on getting through a lesson, when the thought of loosing their job at any given moment is a constant reminder by administration? The focus for teachers has shifted to survival mode from genuinely teaching mode. From my perspective, many teachers are simply trying to survive one day at a time and try really hard to detach themselves from their work, the students, and of course the constant reminders of political injustice that plagues CPS.

For this longer school day, teachers will continue to teach (babysit) these students, who are often unmotivated and have the attention span of less then a minute, which metaphorically resembles the relationship the slaves had when caring for their masters’ children as oppose to spending that time with their own children. Teachers will now spend more time with these kids (not their own kids) then the kids own parents will, especially if the kids go to after school programs and or play sports. By the time the kid gets home, it’s time for bed (hopefully for some). What happened to family time? Is the message CPS is sending, highlighting the subliminal notion that academics and money are of more importance than family and individual time?

In my opinion, the grass IS greener elsewhere when compared with Chicago Public Schools.

Who wants to play mind games with a broken system, that functions as a business?

I am not going to tell CPS how to run their business. They do a good job at running the business and making sure that they appoint the right people politically. CPS could care less about what teachers or the union thinks simply because in numerous ways they have proved that they are not a system that has teachers or students best interest in mind when making decisions.

So the grass is greener for me.

I have become a licensed Professional Counselor and am 2 years away from having private practice. Thus, I am all about advocating for change and developing healthy relationships and living experiences.

Wake up and see the invisible chains and handcuffs. The invisible handcuffs are laced with such “important” lingo as “rigor”, and “common core”, to keep teachers focused on confusion and not see how they are enslaved.

This is similar to indentured servitude, metaphorically and realistically.

Truthfully, I bet people are working in a CPS school for their livelihood and trying to hold on to what they have during this depression/recession, NOT for the enjoyment of educating! If better were out there and available, would people really settle for the chaos CPS dispenses/offers?

The big picture that indicates teaching for CPS is slavery is the fact that the mayor wouldn’t even put his child/children in a CPS school. His children are too good/too privileged for the education that he oversees.

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