Passive, aggressive

First off …

Today marks a day of rotating strike action by ETFO members in the following districts:

• Simcoe
• Waterloo
• Keewatin-Patricia
• Penetanguishene Protestant Separate

Details here.

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We know that parents may be disappointed with the change in practice for report cards this term. However, during job action, it is not business as usual in schools. Our statement: https://t.co/Tqx3M3GqWy

— Ontario Principals' Council (@OPCouncil) January 24, 2020

The above Twitter message sparked a huge amount of feedback and comments last week. You might be interested in reading some of them.

I was proud of many people that I knew (and many others) who jumped in an indicated that they were indeed continuing to assess students and grade their work. They were deeply offended about some of the messages that indicated that they weren’t doing their work.

I had supper with a friend, a former teacher, on the weekend. He had many thoughts about the many messages that he’s seeing from principals, school districts, and the Minister of Education. There was no consistency with the messages. Who is a parent to believe?

Essentially, he saw some of the messages as almost ignoring the current situation and making assumptions about what parents should be doing. With tongue in cheek, he said that he was surprised that a parent/teacher night wasn’t scheduled at the present time so that teachers could be further clobbered when they didn’t show up.

Everyone knows how all of this can be resolved. Serious efforts are needed to get back to the bargaining table and get the job done. From what I’m reading, the Ministry is currently only negotiating with one federation.

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OTR Links 01/27/2020

• The Best of Ontario-Educators Daily

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  — dougpete (@dougpete) January 27, 2020

  tags: IFTTT Twitter

• YouTube

  Class Size Average: A Simplified Explanation – YouTube – https://t.co/Tf5w0VoLmh via @shareaholic

  — dougpete (@dougpete) January 26, 2020

  tags: IFTTT Twitter

• My Week Ending 2020-01-26 – doug — off the record

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  — dougpete (@dougpete) January 26, 2020

  tags: IFTTT Twitter

• Twitter

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  — dougpete (@dougpete) January 26, 2020

  tags: IFTTT Twitter

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  — dougpete (@dougpete) January 26, 2020

  tags: IFTTT Twitter

• The Best of Ontario-Educators 5 Daily

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  — dougpete (@dougpete) January 26, 2020

  tags: IFTTT Twitter

• ‘Thank you for 74 years’: Ten Thousand Villages closing Canadian corporate stores, including 2 in Winnipeg

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  — dougpete (@dougpete) January 26, 2020

  tags: IFTTT Twitter

• The Best of Ontario-Educators Daily

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  — dougpete (@dougpete) January 26, 2020

  tags: IFTTT Twitter

• The Best of Ontario-Educators 4 Daily

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  — dougpete (@dougpete) January 26, 2020

  tags: IFTTT Twitter

• PressProgress

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  — dougpete (@dougpete) January 26, 2020

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• The Best of Ontario-Educators 2 daily

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  — dougpete (@dougpete) January 26, 2020

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• The Best of Ontario-Educators 3 Daily

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  — dougpete (@dougpete) January 26, 2020

  tags: IFTTT Twitter

• The Doug Peterson Community News

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  — dougpete (@dougpete) January 26, 2020

  tags: IFTTT Twitter

• Flipboard: How to customize new tab page on the new Microsoft Edge

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  — dougpete (@dougpete) January 26, 2020

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  — dougpete (@dougpete) January 26, 2020

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  — dougpete (@dougpete) January 26, 2020

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  — dougpete (@dougpete) January 26, 2020

  tags: IFTTT Twitter

• Flipboard: 2020 Grammy Awards: The Canadians, the contenders and the controversy

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  — dougpete (@dougpete) January 26, 2020

  tags: IFTTT Twitter

• Flipboard: How Ontario’s Teachers’ Strikes Could End — But Won’t Anytime Soon

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  — dougpete (@dougpete) January 26, 2020

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• Flipboard: A Shortage In Tech Workers Drives Some U.S. Companies To Canada

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  — dougpete (@dougpete) January 26, 2020

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• Flipboard: Canadian Forces sending plane and crew to help fight Australia’s fires

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  — dougpete (@dougpete) January 26, 2020

  tags: IFTTT Twitter

• Flipboard: A Colorado high school student wrote a worrisome message on a restroom wall. Classmates are responding with a growing display of support.

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  — dougpete (@dougpete) January 26, 2020

  tags: IFTTT Twitter

• Flipboard: What’s Modern Standby and why you want it on your next laptop

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  — dougpete (@dougpete) January 26, 2020

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  — dougpete (@dougpete) January 26, 2020

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  — dougpete (@dougpete) January 26, 2020

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• CARTOON 01-26-2020 – Ripley’s Believe It or Not!

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  — dougpete (@dougpete) January 26, 2020

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• Whatever happened to … – doug — off the record

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  — dougpete (@dougpete) January 26, 2020

  tags: IFTTT Twitter

• Twitter

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  — dougpete (@dougpete) January 26, 2020

  tags: IFTTT Twitter

• OTR Links 01/26/2020 – doug — off the record

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  — dougpete (@dougpete) January 26, 2020

  tags: IFTTT Twitter

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