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@AnnieTangent
Aug 30, 2020 • 6 tweets • 11 min read • Read on X
While I'm preaching self-care, I also need to recognize all the education advocates who've been fighting so damn hard to stop an unsafe NYC schools reopening. There are too many to tag: y'all give me strength which then lets me keep going. Here we go: @JiaLeeNY @joelfrominwood ..
Thanks for fighting w/ me @ronnalmont @AfrocenCHICK @DrKYSR @Liat_RO @hotdogsandrew @OTforbtrschl @onlydramatic @LeftInSchools @BxEU4J @japaspanglish @VenderAmanda @gracedodgestaff @safeschoolsny @MOREcaucusUFT @AQE_NY @marriabau @NYBATs @Blm_edu_nyc @MoniqueDols #OnlyWhenItsSafe
Thank you for fighting for NYC safe schools @YuliYuli1000 @_realanna @MATTtheG @TheJLV @CynthiaNixon @MarkTreyger718 @JumaaneWilliams @NYCCouncil38 @liberationdrums @EduOutLoud @Kaitruggiero @melanie__gold @tomcsheppard @lapham_katie @NYCOptOut and to those I missed- please tag!
Thank you @ForOurBabies76 @MerilMousoom @TeensTakeCharge @integratenyc @coconut_bambino so many more fighting like hell to stop a NYC unsafe school reopening. I know I am missing so many more this Saturday night, and am so thankful for y'all. #OnlyWhenItsSafe #wewontdieforDOE
This NYC public schools teacher wouldn't be able to go on in this fight without y'all. Thank you. Let's keep fighting to protect the lives of students, schools staff, families, and ALL New Yorkers by stopping this reckless, rushed, unsafe school reopening plan. #OnlyWhenItsSafe
Forgot @aero_kleen @SChenHayes and ALLL my @CTULocal1 comrades! Shameful of me. Thank you! I am sure I am missing so many more people who are fighting this good education fight.

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I'm in the @UFT Tier 6 Pension FAQ with Frank Panebianco and Leah Lin: will live-tweet here. Big change in April was that it only takes 5 years now to be vested in our pension: going to learn more now!
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Something happier: a friend's friend has a 2-year-old son who may/not have a speech delay. I remembered my mom told me (in Chinese, she doesn't speak English & I'm not fluent in Cantonese) I didn't speak until about 2 & when I went to a special school. So I decided to ask Mom: 1/
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My school is about to lose 16 teachers to excessing next year due to budget cuts. Yes, it's due to lowering enrollment in Sunset Park as families move out of the neighborhood, and yes, this is absolutely devastating for our school. So many tears today. Sixteen.
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I've met so many wonderful people over Twitter, AND during quarantine/thruout the pandemic Twitter has been a lifeline for connection. It's been a gift to build the Twitter community I have. I get sad whenever I hear ppl trash Twitter as a platform cuz Twitter's given me so much.
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You know that feeling where you want to cry all day? Yeah, that's me. I'm so tired. Being anyone involved with @NYCSchools is tiring right now. There's not enough time to vent and grieve and rage and cry over how destructive all this is, while also trying to fend off a pandemic.
Students/staff coming into school with fevers, leaving schools to pick up the pieces. Students/staff across @NYCSchools needlessly exposed. The workload is completely unsustainable made that way by a bad staffing deal by @NYCMayor @UFT.

It didn't have to be this way at all. 2/
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