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The grade-in at #OWS. Going viral. « Fred Klonsky's blog

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The grade-in at #OWS. Going viral.

When we got back to where we were staying in Brooklyn after going to Occupy Wall Street on Sunday, I blogged a short post about the grade-in that was scheduled across the street from Liberty Park.

Teachers have been organizing these activities to demonstrate in a public way the work they do long after the dismissal bell rings at the end of the day. The conventional wisdom is that teachers work six hours and have summers off. As one Tea Party activist told my board, “Teachers have a cush job.”

Right. That’s why most teachers don’t last more than five years.

Liberty Square is packed. It gets more packed as each day goes by. So the group of teachers met across Broadway by a big red sculpture in a large open plaza. A few sat in folding chairs. Others sat on the ground. A