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LaMouffette

(2,030 posts) Thu May 26, 2022, 12:55 PM May 2022

Texas teachers, make that ALL teachers, should stage a walkout and not return in the fall until

assault weapons are banned.

There's only, what, a week and a half left of school in Texas, and Uvalde school district has already announced that their school year is over. But it would still make a giant statement for all teachers to walk out. NOW.

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Texas teachers, make that ALL teachers, should stage a walkout and not return in the fall until (Original Post) LaMouffette May 2022 OP

Won't Happen SoCalDavidS May 2022 #1

I don't know. I'm a former Texas teacher, and my colleagues there cared more about the safety of LaMouffette May 2022 #2

SoCalDavidS

(9,998 posts)

1. Won't Happen

Reply to LaMouffette (Original post)

Thu May 26, 2022, 01:01 PM

May 2022

Definitely won't happen in TX, where many view Guns as more important and vital for FREEDOM than Humans.

LaMouffette

(2,030 posts)

2. I don't know. I'm a former Texas teacher, and my colleagues there cared more about the safety of

Reply to SoCalDavidS (Reply #1)

Thu May 26, 2022, 01:58 PM

May 2022

their students than about guns. A LOT more.

The problem with a strike would be, of course, how the teachers would pay their bills during a lengthy strike. I guess they would have to get temporary employment and/or tutor their own students, if the parents would support them and pay for it.

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