#Chicago Teachers

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The New York City Teachers' Strike of 1968 - Past Daily Reference Room

New York Teachers On Strike: It got ugly. https://pastdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/wor-martha-deane-pgm-n-y-teachers-strike-1968.mp3 – WOR – Martha Deane Pgm. N.Y. Teachers Strike – 1968 A reminder of Teachers’ strikes past – The New York City Teachers’ Strike of 1968 was a months-long, arduous and deeply dividing strike that dragged on for a total of 36 days between May and November of…

[morganbritton132]

I can just imagine after the interview airs, Eddie shows a clip of Steve standing there watching it, one hand on his hip, the other pinching the bridge of him nose just /so/ done with Eddie. He’s just so exasperated. Just under his breath “I’m going to get so much shit for this at school” imagine his kids or other teachers ribbing him about it

Mike is actually the one that posts the video.

It’s captioned something like, POV: Moments Before Disaster.

It is the morning after the interview aired because Steve doesn’t stay up late enough to watch it live. They are still in their pajamas as Eddie excitedly brings the recording of the show up on the tv to prove to Steve that they asked about him.

“Wait until you hear the audience when I tell them that you’re not there,” Eddie says, fast-forwarding through the first interview. “They were sad. Jimmy was too, for sure. I could see it in his – Oh, here we are.”

The interview plays out, Eddie says what he says, and Steve.

Steve just sighs so deeply.

He pinches the bridge of his nose so hard he can feel it in his toes and he sighs. He says carefully, slowly like he’s explaining basic addition to an eighth grader, “Eddie, you know how a lot of famous people date people that are significantly younger than them.”

“Yeah?”

“How do you,” Steve starts, gathers his strength and patience. “Baby, how do you think people are going to perceive what you mean when you, a famous person, say that your partner has school tomorrow.”

“…” Eddie thinks about it and then, “…Oh. Oh! Gross.”

He thinks about it a bit more and shrugs his shoulders, “No one is going to think that.”

Meanwhile, Eddie’s phone has been vibrating on the coffee table with call after call from his manager the whole time this conversation has been happening.

[cowboyshit]

hangmans soft spot for education, constantly giving donations to different school-based charities 🥹

[chicago-geniza]

Guy at bar complimented my keffiyeh (coming back from Palestine solidarity protest), we started talking global + local politics, it turned out he was involved with our alder's office, when he found out I was unemployed and disabled he covered my tab, saying "from each according to their ability, to each according to their needs." I love Chicago and I love my neighborhood so much

[shipcago]

If the CPD Intelligence Unit were teachers these are the subjects I think they would teach:

Kevin - History Teacher - 100% best History teacher you will ever have - he’ll make learning about the past and dead people interesting and fun, and he will also make sure it is accurate af (bc fuck biased and outdated textbooks) - coaches the basketball team and weightlifting (Bc have you seen those muscles?)

Jay - Math - used to be an Army Sniper so we know he fucks with numbers - everyone’s crush - math has never looked so good - always stays an extra hour after school to help any struggling students with tutoring - often incites an end of the year prank war with the Biology teacher (aka the other Halstead) - coaches baseball

(extra: has a big fat crush on the English teacher - kids ship it - lose their shit when they find out they’ve been married the whole time)

Hailey - English - turned her love for reading into a job - super patient when teaching grammar rules - always provides constructive feedback and encouragement - always lets students share their interpretations and opinions - has ZERO patience for entitled parents - passionate about banned books - offers extra credit for a book to movie adaption comparison essay - runs the debate team (state champs 2 years running) - coaches track and field

Kim - Spanish - very interactive rather than just teaching from a book - makes sure you are pronouncing it correctly (and that you should never be embarrassed about it) - on days where she needs to lesson plan, she lets the class watch a (SFW) telenovela episode and write a summary of what happened to the best of their understanding (the outcome is chaotic but also entertaining - students can elect to share with the class) - coaches girls volleyball

Adam - P.E. - often has more energy than the students - coaches football and girls powderpuff football (is terrified of the girls - has seen some shit) - teams up with Platt to teach Drivers Ed (super proud that only 2 cones had to be replaced this year)

Thoughts?

[kitweewoos]

all things grow

Summary:

Returning home for the summer at his mom’s insistence, Mouse is reunited with his past, and forced to reconsider the future.

Ship: Greg “Mouse” Gerwitz/Jay Halstead, background Trudy Platt/Randy “Mouch” McHolland, background Kim Burgess/Adam Ruzek, background Connor Rhodes/Will Halstead

Rating: Explicit

Archive Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Words: 46,455

Chapter: 3/3​

Additional Tags:

Adopted Greg “Mouse” Gerwitz

Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence

Teacher Greg “Mouse” Gerwitz

Found Family

Mouch & Platt as Parents

Friends to Lovers

Gardens & Gardening

Community Garden

Past Drug Addiction

Implied/Referenced Drug Addiction

First Dates

Dating

Summer Romance

Semi-Public Sex

Car Sex

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[scrollsofhumanlife]

Andrea Lynn Christopher (left) with loved 1s

B. June 18th 1959 in Chicago, Illinois

Evergreen Park, Illinois

[artistsonthelam]

Today I was a guest speaker at University of Illinois Chicago again! Thank you again to Carrie McGath for having me in your English classes!

[cultofpoppy-tm]

Poppy via IG stories. 💕

Chicago stop on the Spirits on Fire Tour, 11/5/22.

[liminalhymnal]

American History of Musical Theatre class sounds fun in theory but it is so, so, so very boring for someone who may watch a musical once a year and takes it at face value

[reikunrei]

kind of thinking again abt trying to pursue being an art teacher. I think it’d be fun. I think I’d like that :]

[commonsensecommentary]

Just a reminder of why I (a retired teacher) detest teacher unions:

“Reading and math proficiency scores have fallen by as much as 30 percent during the past decade, according to data obtained from the Illinois State Board of Education.”

[morganbritton132]

Hi, I binge read the entirety of your EMTTS and i absolutely love it! I wanted to thank you for your dedication and for how much you made me laugh. It's really great to find a saga that's funny and also gut-wrenching and written by someone who's a) very talented and b) clearly loves the characters and makes them very well rounded even in little snippets of life. So thank you!!

I also can't stop thinking about the initial "is Dustin a person or a dog" confusion and how much it reminds me of that episode of B99 where everyone's asking subtle questions to their coworker to understand if Kelly is his wife or dog, like "did you two go on any nice walks recently?" and i can see someone like David trying it and failing

Thank you so much for so many kind words and I’m glad that you’re enjoying the series because I am too! (Also, super impressed you got through it because it’s a lot!). I love that cold opening of Brooklyn 99 and it was the inspiration for that tag.

Also, I love the idea of the first-year teachers trying to figure out if Dustin is a person or a dog. That’s brilliant!

And what’s funny is that David’s not even wrong in this situation.

He is like 99% sure that Dustin is the name of Steve’s brother, but he’s been wrong about literally everything else, so this debate continues into its third week at their table in the teacher’s lounge.

David argues, “I’ve heard him refer to Dustin as a kid.”

“People call their dogs their fur babies all the time,” Marissa argues back. “He’s had that dog for a few years, right? Certainly not a baby anymore so, kid.”

It is not helped by the fact that none of them have any memory of ever hearing Steve address his service dog by name. They’ve heard him call him ‘buddy.’ They’ve heard him say ‘c’mon, pal.’ There was even an unenthused ‘Ozz-some’ last week when Ozzy alerted Steve to an impending seizure during his lunch break.

Have any of them thought of looking at the dog’s collar? No.

They haven’t even considered asking a student.

They are in the middle of this debate when Steve comes into the teacher’s lounge to refill his coffee mug for the third time that day. If he notices that the room goes quiet every time he walks in, he doesn’t make any indication of it when he smiles tiredly, “Hey, guys.”

They murmur their hellos and give each other significant looks, daring the others to ask the important questions. No one asks. No one actually says anything until Steve yawns.

“Long night?”

“Yeah, definitely. Dustin had me up ‘til two in the morning,” Steve yawns again. He doesn’t notice how everybody perks up at that. “Poor guy gets so anxious this time of year.”

“Oh, really?” Marissa asks, giving David a look that says ‘see, dog.’. “Because of the homecoming fireworks?”

Steve hums in agreement and shakes his head like he sometimes does when he’s shaking a memory loose. He’s speaking more to himself when he adds, “I think I’m going to take him to the park after work. Get some fresh air, some exercise. He’s been cooped up for too long.”

“Anyways,” Steve says with a smile, tipping his coffee mug to them. “Gotta get back to grading papers.”  

[trollcafe]

I have to finish my classroom management support plan today 

i dont know if i can do it o(-< 

[kitweewoos]

all things grow

Summary:

Returning home for the summer at his mom's insistence, Mouse is reunited with his past, and forced to reconsider the future.

Ship: Greg “Mouse” Gerwitz/Jay Halstead, background Trudy Platt/Randy “Mouch” McHolland, background Kim Burgess/Adam Ruzek

Rating: Mature

Archive Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Words: 10,304

Chapter: 1/3​

Additional Tags:

Adopted Greg "Mouse" Gerwitz

Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence

Teacher Greg "Mouse" Gerwitz

Found Family

Mouch & Platt as Parents

Friends to Lovers

Gardens & Gardening

Community Garden

Past Drug Addiction

Implied/Referenced Drug Addiction

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