CTU Strike the Week of September 10, 2012
image screen shot from ABC 7 news This week Chicago Public School teachers went on strike for the first time in 25 years. I participated in the strike by joining my colleagues in front of our school to have our voices heard. I also participated in two of the organized rallies. The responses we saw in front of the school and on the viaduct over the Eisenhower Expressway were overwhelmingly positive. That being said there were also a few motorist who chose to express to us they were unhappy with the situation. The strike is a great example to use to explain media literacy. I encountered radio ads that chose to focus on only the unkind aspects of the strike that were portrayed in the newspaper instead of both sides. The Mayor chose to use "repetition" in every speech he gave. He also left out some facts when referring to other Union agreements (remember no one tells us the whole story). As I've stated to you on several occasions the g...