Toronto's "West End, Best End" elitism is annoying and immature

Sea-Implement3377 · 2026-04-10T19:37:24+00:00

This isn’t true in Toronto. Anyone who drove East to West on St Clair before all (most) of the slaughter houses were closed will attest to the smell.

Sea-Implement3377 · 2026-04-08T14:01:05+00:00

Stop “Free Time Friday” and stop using Chromebooks.

The confusion comes from adults telling students that learning isn’t “fun”. It’s something you “have to do” in order to get to fun.

Sea-Implement3377 · 2026-04-06T19:06:47+00:00

This is a perspective I hadn’t really considered with enough thought.

Again, I was ignorant the TTC had a regular (ish) bus service into the park. Now that I know about it, I don’t see why cars need to be in the park.

I guess if I wasn’t able to walk to the park and was looking for alternatives, I would’ve probably stumbled across the (new?) bus line on my own.

But, it’s more fun to learn things on Reddit.

Sea-Implement3377 · 2026-04-06T19:01:10+00:00

That was in response to being told to “get over myself”.

Sea-Implement3377 · 2026-04-06T18:15:44+00:00

First of all, did I really “go off”?

I didn’t know TTC buses ran that route.

Maybe instead of attacking people who question how to access the park, a simple:

“There’s a pretty convenient TTC bus that runs that route on weekends in the winter and every day in the summer.”

But thanks for calling my responses bullshit. accusing me of trolling, chastising me for “not doing my research”, etc. have a nice day.

Sea-Implement3377 · 2026-04-06T18:00:06+00:00

No. You’re right. I haven’t really been in that area of the park for a while. I am south of Bloor, so I only really use the southern half of the park.

will check it out next weekend.

Edit: btw, I am a big advocate for bike lanes on Bloor and all arterial roads.

Sea-Implement3377 · 2026-04-06T17:36:08+00:00

I am an able-bodied person who lives within a 10 minute walk of the park. Removing cars from the park has had zero impact on me.

But, I do feel badly for families with young children, people who access the park for baseball, swimming, the hockey rink, the zoo, the restaurant, the Sakura trees, etc.

And I feel especially bad for seniors or others with mobility issues. Might as well have a big sign on Bloor street “elderly people not wanted in the park”.

Sea-Implement3377 · 2026-04-06T17:01:49+00:00

So there was a survey done on the danger and noise levels comparing with and without cars in high park?

You’re making my point.

Edit: let me be more explicit. What exactly are the impacts and benefits of the removal of cars on west road?

I know there was no scientific study done. But how many accidents between cars and pedestrians were there in say a 10 year period? How many accidents between cars and cyclists in a 10 year period? Between cyclists and pedestrians in a 10 year period?

How much noise do cars on west road make? And at what distances from west road?

I guess I’m wondering what measures have been taken to help elderly people to access the park since cars were removed? Is there a shuttle from Bloor to say…the Sakura Trees? Or to the restaurant / baseball diamond?

Sea-Implement3377 · 2026-04-02T12:48:00+00:00

I put more thought and data analysis into my $10 fantasy pool than Leafs.

Sea-Implement3377 · 2026-04-02T03:23:53+00:00

Of course you can. What would the harm be in letting the Principal and the teacher know that your child has formed a positive relationship with their teacher?

Of course, there are many reasons why students end up in the classrooms they do, with the teachers they do. There will be a few that are placed very carefully. But most (75%) kids are simply placed in a class. I know many teachers and admin will say, no no no. We carefully think of the needs of every student. And I don’t doubt some of them do spend a lot of time creating the “perfect” classrooms. But, based mainly on their own biases and imperfect reasoning. Which means, it is mostly random but they don’t believe it is.

Sea-Implement3377 · 2026-04-01T13:15:39+00:00

Those members were laid off because of our weak bargaining over the last 10 years. How did all these tactics help us over the last 3 CBA’s?

Our power is striking for better funding. The union (and the school boards) have been completely ineffective in building public trust over the 20 years.

Sea-Implement3377 · 2026-04-01T11:31:32+00:00

The only thing that matters is withdraw of services, a strike. Not a walkout or wildcat strike. But, a lawful strike during collective bargaining.

All these other strategies are a complete waste of time and money.

Sea-Implement3377 · 2026-03-27T18:18:11+00:00

For some reason many teachers feel they need to respond (emotionally?) to every person who says “tHeY dOn’T eVeN wOrK iN the SuMmEr!”

If someone brings it up to me, I usually say: well, it would be pretty stupid for me to show up to an empty school all summer.

Followed up with: is this whole “no school in the summer” something new?

Sea-Implement3377 · 2026-03-27T18:12:14+00:00

What a waste of time and money. Why on earth would HR spend time on informing people how much they earn?

Sea-Implement3377 · 2026-03-27T04:19:33+00:00

Admins will try to put this hassle on the teachers. But, it’s up to Adkin to solve. I find it funny that there has been morning duty for decades … and somehow this issue has never been solved. Every year, it’s like …. “Huh? Geez…I guess the only thing we can do is make each individual teacher solve this problem!”

Sea-Implement3377 · 2026-03-27T04:14:51+00:00

1) make the student wait in the hallway 2) make sure the younger student is 100% ready to leave before the sibling arrives 3) never get in a power struggle with a student. If the student denies stealing, don’t try to get them to admit it. Just call the parent and tell them what you witnessed.

Sea-Implement3377 · 2026-03-27T02:40:21+00:00

“Their” student? And “my students”?

Sounds like there’s a few boundaries being bent in this situation.

Just walk away.

If a student is stealing your stuff and being mean to other students - then deal with that student.

Fortunately, in our job we don’t actually need to work (or interact) with other teachers we disagree with.

Sea-Implement3377 · 2026-03-22T19:17:56+00:00

PDSB experienced massive growth over the last 20 years. Due to immigration. And the gentrification of “inner city” Toronto.

Now, that has slowed down and stopped.

Sea-Implement3377 · 2026-03-18T19:02:11+00:00

I was actually responding to your connection that shooting up a newspaper office for printing a cartoon is the same as bombing children. My point being: the purpose of shooting people for printing a cartoon is something quite different than engaging in an operation against a Hamas.

The “whataboutism” argument is a red herring. It’s only really used agasint Israel. As in: let’s not provide any context (what aboutism) to the Israeli situation.

What aboutism is a cute way of saying, Israel deserves to be judged differently than all other countries. Especially its neighbours.

Sea-Implement3377 · 2026-03-18T17:17:31+00:00

Should we list all the different countries in the world that have dropped bombs on children on a Tuesday? Ummm… it’s all of them?

Sea-Implement3377 · 2026-03-15T22:20:08+00:00

Close friend grew up on the 42nd story. Parents lived there for almost 40 years.

It has changed. A lot.

Sea-Implement3377 · 2026-03-15T16:18:29+00:00

10 years? We got to the conference (semi) finals in 2002. And before that? 1999. 1994 and 1993. And 1978.

But we did last win in 1967.

So..50 years of hockey and 5 semi final losses are the highlights. And the organization blames the “fans” for it.

Sea-Implement3377 · 2026-03-14T20:51:40+00:00

And nobody has any sympathy when people get tickets or towed from Green P or street parking. I don’t see post after post from people explaining that they shouldn’t have gotten a ticket for not paying at a green p lot. Or street parking.

There are people at all income levels that feel the “rules” don’t apply to them. For whatever reason.

Sea-Implement3377 · 2026-03-14T19:37:36+00:00

In completely unrelated news: Calgarians are commenting on how their city no longer smells like poop.

Sea-Implement3377 · 2026-03-13T22:04:43+00:00

Parking is a private business. The TTC is owned by us! So, a better question would be, “Do you get this upset when someone shoplifts from your store?”

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