Before we get started, I'd like to offer my deepest, sorry-but-not-sorry apology for TLO's lack of round the clock, "click me! click me!" coverage of the Teachers Walkout. Here are two good excuses:
1. TLO is not a traditional for-profit news site. Although we occasionally break stories, we like to document, digest and recap events from the sidelines. It's our niche and something we do well, but a constantly changing and developing news item like the the Teachers Walkout isn't very conducive to that style. It seems like every time I'd develop an angle or idea for a post, something would come along to change it. Now that things are winding down, we can step in and do our thing.
2. My girlfriend and I will be welcoming our baby Harper to the world sometime in the next 1 - 30 days. I've been working a lot behind the scenes to get this site, and my life, ready for that moment. In addition to that, I turn 40 today. Please keep me in your thoughts and prayers.
With all that going on, I thought it would be fun to pull a page from the Found Ogle's playbook and let our readers provide some easy content for me. Last night, I posted the following question on Twitter for our new "Your 2 Rants" feature:
What are your hot takes on OEA calling for an end to the Teacher Walkout? Victory? Defeat? Digestive issues from too much free pizza? Let us know for tomorrow’s edition of “Your 2 Rants.”
OEA does not speak for the majority of us. They hopped on the coattails of a movement started by teachers and have used it to stay relevant. Alicia Priest talks out of both sides of her mouth and can no longer keep track of her lies...pure word vommit. #AnotherFallinTroll
should have called it quit last week if they were going to end it today. Would have ended on a much higher note. Now, the OEA has their own turning against them and everyone else.