Chicago public school teachers use interpretive dance to 'express their desire to feel safe' upon returning to classrooms

As far as we can tell, there haven’t been stronger holdouts against returning to the classroom than the members of the Chicago Teachers Union. As Twitchy reported Sunday, Chicago Teachers Union members voted to defy Chicago Public Schools’ reopening plans and continue working from home Monday because of health and safety concerns.

Teachers have written their own obituaries, paraded caskets down the street, and called in sick by the hundreds to protest returning to the classroom “until they know it’s safe,” which makes us wonder how they’ve been getting their groceries and toilet paper, as Walmart is more packed than a classroom. But do you know what was missing from the public relations campaign? Interpretive dance.

Six dance instructors from Chicago Public Schools put together a video using interpretive dance to “express their desire to feel safe” upon returning to the classroom and posted it to Twitter on purpose.

Six of our rank-and-file dance teachers come together to use their art form as a voice to express their desire to feel safe amidst CPS' teacher return policy. They stand in solidarity with all educators at risk, because no one should have to choose between life and livelihood. pic.twitter.com/gajXH9PReE

— ChicagoTeachersUnion (@CTULocal1) January 23, 2021

Kids are killing themselves, does that even register with you? . No one cares about your feelings. The rest of us are working, you can too. You’re not special. #GOTOWORK

— jimni27 (@jimni27) January 26, 2021

Is this a parody account?

— Bethany S. Mandel (@bethanyshondark) January 26, 2021

On second thoughts maybe the kids are better off being as far away from these people as possible

— Michael McNally (@notoserfdom) January 26, 2021

The lyric "I will survive without you" is perfect because yes the teachers will survive without the students because they still get paid, meanwhile students will not survive without the teachers. But I guess that's perfect given the teachers are the ones refusing to go to school.

— lms.2392 (@Lauren_M_2392) January 26, 2021

Holy shit https://t.co/RGfvPf96C0

— Joe Pilot, MD (@JoeSilverman7) January 26, 2021

That’s some USDA Grade A cringe.

— Matt (@BullMoose75) January 26, 2021

I’ve seen better dancing in a YMCA Zumba class.

— 1982VintageNut (@1982VintageNut) January 26, 2021

"I wasn't really on the teachers' side, but then I saw the interpretive dance. Go teachers!"
–No one, ever

— Bryan O'Nolan (@BryanONolan) January 26, 2021

The people who work at your local grocery have a greater risk of exposure than any of these people. They show up, do their job & have no expectations of being treated as some kind of messianic figures demanding our everlasting thanks. Bonus: They’ve never stopped working!

— A #1, Emperor of the North Pole (@railboss) January 26, 2021

I truly feel bad for the kids stuck in that school system…..

— E.C. (@ec1873) January 26, 2021

Strongest unions in the world. Half these psychos should not be around kids.

— Curtis Gibson (@GibsonCurtis) January 26, 2021

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— reaction.gif (@TheReactionGif) January 26, 2021

Now do grocery workers, health care workers, police…and so on. Beyond ridiculous, all the way to nauseating.

— Susie Flower (@SusieFlower) January 26, 2021

Wtf am I watching?

— Tracey (@miamiredpill) January 26, 2021

The destruction of Western Civilization

— Keith Maniac, from Guatemala (@CutItOutPutin) January 26, 2021

We don’t think these brave dance instructors are changing any hearts and minds with this video.

Related:

Chicago Teachers Union members vote to teach from home rather than return to the classroom on Monday https://t.co/F3ZFApqz3S

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) January 24, 2021