@Youngkin to launch tip line to report bad teacher behavior

[karinothing]

This makes me sick. I don't really have any words for it other than way to continue pushing teachers out of VA

ETA: Sorry forgot the link!

www.businessinsider.com/glenn-youngkin-launches-tipline-report-teachers-2022-1

[lostrn]

Is "bad teacher behavior" really a concern for people?? I feel like I left Virginia and moved to the Twilight Zone these days.

[omgzombies]

Well, I know what I'm going to be doing! Flood it and shut it down.

[aspentosh]

I really fucking hate him.

[Velar Fricative]

I'd be so tempted to call in and make dumb complaints like "Teacher told the class they like ketchup on hot dogs and I demand their firing."

But in all seriousness, this is fucking messed up.

[karinothing]

[e-mail]

This is the tip line email

[rubytue]

Jan 25, 2022 9:43:09 GMT -5 omgzombies said:

Well, I know what I'm going to be doing! Flood it and shut it down.

I’ve been seeing people talking about flooding it with things supporting the things it’s obviously meant to put down. The school refused to teach XYZ, etc. 

[Jalapeñomel]

This is unbelievable.

[omgzombies]

Jan 25, 2022 10:09:21 GMT -5 karinothing said:

[e-mail]

This is the tip line email

Thanks!  Gotta go send a bunch of emails!

[wanderingback]

A lot of things that are happening now are taken straight out of the white supremacy anti-abortion handbook. None of this surprises me since this has been going on in my career since I started (haven’t checked to see if I’m on the anti-abortion hit list website recently!) and has been decades in the making, but damn it seems like progress has continued to take multiple steps back.

[missva]

Right - At a time when teacher shortages and burnout are the real issues, let's make it more stressful for the TEACHERS. This is infuriating.

[omgzombies]

Jan 25, 2022 10:41:37 GMT -5 kellady said:

JFC. That’s all I can come up with.  

So is there any way to flood the line with good comments to counteract all the Karens and Chads that will be reporting the ridiculous stuff?

And, I’m not in VA, but this direction is so disturbing.  

Here is the email!  [e-mail] I'm sure they would love to know about all the potential porn you are concerned about your child seeing.  Probably should send pictures just so they know exactly what you are talking about.

[ssmjlm]

What will he do when he has to call in the national guard because there are no teachers left to teach?

[goldengirlz]

This is beyond disturbing. This is a witch-hunt.

[abs]

Youngkin is taking lessons from Abbott I see who would be very happy to have only the Bible in all school libraries.

It's all so dystopian.

[ssmjlm]

I need to google if I can just pre-draft a bunch of emails to the box and have gmail send them 2x a day or something.

I have an old email from our wedding I send crap to I can use.

[seeyalater52]

Straight out of the fascist playbook.

[cattledogkisses]

Jan 25, 2022 12:04:34 GMT -5 seeyalater52 said:

Straight out of the fascist playbook.

Seriously, what is this trend with the GOP of encouraging people to inform on others to the government?  Shades of totalitarian regimes past...

[bronxgirl]

Pretty fucking horrifying. And he's just getting started. Ugh.

[karinothing]

www.newsweek.com/flood-glenn-youngkin-tip-line-reporting-teachers-tiktoker-gen-z-1672720?amp=1

[Bernadine]

My county Board of Ed has instituted something similar. Disturbing doesn’t even begin to cover it.

[pugz]

Wow. A friend of mine that taught in VA for a decade left her job this week to do a remote curriculum planning job.

[Jalapeñomel]

A friend of mine sent this:

An example of an email sent to the tip line ([e-mail]):

Thank you for establishing this tip line to make sure our teachers teach information that is in line with our opinions and reality.

I would like to report that many teachers in Fairfax County are comfortable telling our children that the moon is made of solid rock.

In my family, our belief is that the moon is made of blue cheese.

I am EXTREMELY concerned that my child is being taught something that goes against our family values. This divisive teaching by our teachers has to stop.

Please allow parents to teach our kids the truth. In my family, the truth is that the moon is made of blue cheese.

Teachers are tearing my family apart and I want you to protect us.

Thank you,
(I erased her name)

[atexan]

Jan 25, 2022 12:34:46 GMT -5 karinothing said:

www.newsweek.com/flood-glenn-youngkin-tip-line-reporting-teachers-tiktoker-gen-z-1672720?amp=1

I knew the Youths would have this handled.

[VillainV]

There’s a push in Florida to put cameras in the classroom so parents can review footage for teachers teaching stuff the parents find objectionable.

[NewOrleans]

The goal is for parents "to send us any any instances where they feel that their fundamental rights are being violated, where their children are not being respected, where there are inherently divisive practices in their schools," the governor told Fredericks.

We already have this— it’s called school suspension data and other racially disproportionate disciplinary action as well as standardized testing.

[ssmjlm]

Jan 25, 2022 16:26:46 GMT -5 VillainV said:

There’s a push in Florida to put cameras in the classroom so parents can review footage for teachers teaching stuff the parents find objectionable.

Who would continue to teach if that was the case?  I mean unless you're a pro Trumper who thinks you can do no wrong until a parent says you're a bad teacher.

[erbear]

Jan 25, 2022 12:17:54 GMT -5 cattledogkisses said:

Jan 25, 2022 12:04:34 GMT -5 seeyalater52 said:

Straight out of the fascist playbook.

Seriously, what is this trend with the GOP of encouraging people to inform on others to the government?  Shades of totalitarian regimes past...

Authoritarian governments always target intellectuals and teachers. Gotta keep the population uneducated sheep, I guess. Fuck this. I think I should be more worried -- I legit do teach what is probably considered CRT in my classroom every day -- but mostly I'm just pissed.

[W.T.Faulkner]

If I’m a teacher and I email Glenn to tell him to fuck directly off a cliff into the nearest sea, does that qualify as bad teacher behavior?

[taratru]

Jan 25, 2022 16:53:35 GMT -5 ssmjlm said:

Jan 25, 2022 16:26:46 GMT -5 VillainV said:

There’s a push in Florida to put cameras in the classroom so parents can review footage for teachers teaching stuff the parents find objectionable.

Who would continue to teach if that was the case?  I mean unless you're a pro Trumper who thinks you can do no wrong until a parent says you're a bad teacher.

No one. Which is why the teacher shortage is going to last far longer than any pandemic.