Some Chicago public school dance teachers made a video that supposedly has to do with supporting teachers’ right to oppose going back to in-person learning. And it was bad.
It's so terrible, it’s almost as dumb their stance on keeping classrooms closed to students.
The Chicago Teachers Union posted the video, which shows several dance teachers writhing around in spandex and leggings to what can only be described as a drug-induced cacophony of weird techno sounds and bizarre chanting, to social media Tuesday.Â
“Six of our rank-and-file dance teachers come together to use their art form as a voice to express their desire to feel safe amidst CPS' teacher return policy. They stand in solidarity with all educators at risk, because no one should have to choose between life and livelihood,” the union tweeted.
It’s bad. Like….really, really bad.
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Six of our rank-and-file dance teachers come together to use their art form as a voice to express their desire to feel safe amidst CPS' teacher return policy. They stand in solidarity with all educators at risk, because no one should have to choose between life and livelihood. pic.twitter.com/gajXH9PReE
— ChicagoTeachersUnion (@CTULocal1) January 23, 2021
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The only thing, in fact, that could be worse than this train wreck of a video is the fact that Chicago teachers have banded together to oppose going back to school to teach students in the classroom, despite the fact that many of them are being provided vaccines as first-tier workers, and despite the fact that other frontline workers like healthcare providers, delivery drivers, restaurant workers and grocery store cashiers have been working face-to-face with the public for nearly a year despite being at risk for COVID exposure. But public school teachers in Chicago are apparently more special than the commoners from whom they buy their food, announcing this week they intend to strike if the city attempts to re-open schools for in-person learning.
Which makes them even more useless than this catastrophe of a "dance" video.