Either find a way to open schools, or send me a stimulus check so I can pay for childcare.

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I don’t disagree with you but literally EVERYTHING ELSE IS OPEN BESIDES SCHOOLS. My suggestion is to close restaurants bars and gyms, and open schools in a limited capacity. But we are too selfish to close things that WE enjoy, so we will just continue to keep closed the one thing that our children need.

EVERYTHING ELSE IS OPEN? That’s news to me. My office building has been closed March. My husband isn’t expected to return in person until around February. Why? Because we are in the middle of a pandemic and no one wants to risk their life going to work.

I realize I am privileged but so are a lot of you. You are asking teachers to go into old buildings where social distancing from students will be nearly impossible. I get that we are all tired, that we want our kids in school with their peers, that we need a break...but put yourselves in someone else’s shoes. This isn’t worth anyone’s life.

It isn’t worth anyone’s life? Have you gotten take out? Been to the store? Gotten gas? Ordered from Amazon? You’re okay with all of those people risking their lives though?

I was not aware that store clerks, Amazon pickers/drivers or gas station attendants sat in prolonged indoor contact greater than 15 minutes (more like 6-7 hours) with multiple people who lack impulse control and will not be compliant with safety measures.

Weird. Gas stations must be different where you live.

Most gas station attendants are in booths and most people pay with credit cards. I go weekly grocery shopping and that's it. We mainly get carry out from places where the dining rooms are still closed to the public and they deliver to the car...some of us are being as careful as we can be.

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Yes, please send us a stimulus check, or at least send money to the schools so they can set up testing and good ventilation and add some more staff to help with smaller classes.


Oh, what?
DC can’t spend money now and pay it back later? Only the feds can do that? And Republicans have decided they want to make coronavirus response worse?

Seems like politics actually is important. Where are all those people telling us to avoid talking about politics? Joke’s on you. You thought you could avoid politics and now you realize society is actually important and worth defending.

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Anonymous wrote:Why would anyone owe you a check? I'm not paying for your childcare.

Except you usually do pay for childcare for all public school children. It's just that right now you are still paying that money but OP and people like her are not receiving the benefit.

Why not just cut her a check?

No, our tax money pays for an education. Its traditionally been in person and the child care is a bonus but since its no longer in person OP and others need to readjust their budget for afford child care, like they did when the kids were little. Surprise, the government is no longer taking care of your kids every day and you need to. Its called parenting. Be an adult and take care of you kids or pay someone.

Your tax money isn't buying education this year either.

This. My kids have a FT nanny but are learning nothing from DL. My tax money is not getting me an education either.

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Anonymous wrote:I love how 2020 has exposed parents.

Its all hugs and rainbows and 'children fill a void' until you actually have to take care of and watch them 24/7, 7 days a week.

Now its 'I'm going to be hospitalized if you don't get them out of here'.

And you wonder why the child-free and single are enjoying the pandemic so much?

I’m a nanny and nothing has changed in my life. I still enjoy my child free weekends and think all of this whining is hilarious. Absolutely hilarious. People are constantly bagging on nannies and how it’s not a real job- apparently a lot of parents can’t do it!

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Anonymous wrote:I love how 2020 has exposed parents.

Its all hugs and rainbows and 'children fill a void' until you actually have to take care of and watch them 24/7, 7 days a week.

Now its 'I'm going to be hospitalized if you don't get them out of here'.

And you wonder why the child-free and single are enjoying the pandemic so much?

I’m a nanny and nothing has changed in my life. I still enjoy my child free weekends and think all of this whining is hilarious. Absolutely hilarious. People are constantly bagging on nannies and how it’s not a real job- apparently a lot of parents can’t do it!

Most people can easily take care of their children full-time. It’s doing that and handling their schooling as well, on top of working a full-time real job, that parents are having trouble with.

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Anonymous wrote:Why would anyone owe you a check? I'm not paying for your childcare.

Except you usually do pay for childcare for all public school children. It's just that right now you are still paying that money but OP and people like her are not receiving the benefit.

Why not just cut her a check?

No, our tax money pays for an education. Its traditionally been in person and the child care is a bonus but since its no longer in person OP and others need to readjust their budget for afford child care, like they did when the kids were little. Surprise, the government is no longer taking care of your kids every day and you need to. Its called parenting. Be an adult and take care of you kids or pay someone.

Your tax money isn't buying education this year either.

This. My kids have a FT nanny but are learning nothing from DL. My tax money is not getting me an education either.

It isn't buying the education you want. That's not the same thing. Your kid is in PK. TFB. Your timing stinks. Or, you could move somewhere outside of DC where you also won't get PK. This year or ever.

Self-involved parents of young kids amuse me. Until I think about the entitled little sh*ts they are about to send out into the world. Then I just feel sad for them and their kids.

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Anonymous wrote:Still not sure why OP things people should send them a check.

Probably because they are doing two full-time jobs for the price of one?

Oh wait. People keep telling me that "childcare" and "education" are totally separate and have nothing to do with each other.

Scratch that. THREE full time jobs for the price of one.

Your kids, your responsibility. Teachers are handling the education.

Haha- are you actually trying to suggest that a kindergarten/first grade child’s educational needs can be adequately handled via zoom? I guarantee you that for the very early elementary students either parents are the ones actually covering 75% + of the educational content or the kids are just being left behind.

That's pretty typical during in person learning. Kids whose parents support and work with them at home do far better.

So you’re okay with the disparity now being multiplied 10-fold?

I see what you did there. What a rhetorical genius you are!!! You know damn well that is not what the PPP said. The argument being advanced here is that somehow the disparate outcomes from DL are new. They are not. Were you OK with the previously disparate outcomes before they impacted you? Seems like the person being inconsistent here is you, not them.

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Anonymous wrote:Still not sure why OP things people should send them a check.

Probably because they are doing two full-time jobs for the price of one?

Oh wait. People keep telling me that "childcare" and "education" are totally separate and have nothing to do with each other.

Scratch that. THREE full time jobs for the price of one.

Your kids, your responsibility. Teachers are handling the education.

Haha- are you actually trying to suggest that a kindergarten/first grade child’s educational needs can be adequately handled via zoom? I guarantee you that for the very early elementary students either parents are the ones actually covering 75% + of the educational content or the kids are just being left behind.

That's pretty typical during in person learning. Kids whose parents support and work with them at home do far better.

So you’re okay with the disparity now being multiplied 10-fold?

I see what you did there. What a rhetorical genius you are!!! You know damn well that is not what the PPP said. The argument being advanced here is that somehow the disparate outcomes from DL are new. They are not. Were you OK with the previously disparate outcomes before they impacted you? Seems like the person being inconsistent here is you, not them.

DP. Anyone who actually cares about disparities wants schools to be back in session. DL is making the disparities worse, obviously.

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Anonymous wrote:Still not sure why OP things people should send them a check.

Probably because they are doing two full-time jobs for the price of one?

Oh wait. People keep telling me that "childcare" and "education" are totally separate and have nothing to do with each other.

Scratch that. THREE full time jobs for the price of one.

Your kids, your responsibility. Teachers are handling the education.

Haha- are you actually trying to suggest that a kindergarten/first grade child’s educational needs can be adequately handled via zoom? I guarantee you that for the very early elementary students either parents are the ones actually covering 75% + of the educational content or the kids are just being left behind.

That's pretty typical during in person learning. Kids whose parents support and work with them at home do far better.

So you’re okay with the disparity now being multiplied 10-fold?

I see what you did there. What a rhetorical genius you are!!! You know damn well that is not what the PPP said. The argument being advanced here is that somehow the disparate outcomes from DL are new. They are not. Were you OK with the previously disparate outcomes before they impacted you? Seems like the person being inconsistent here is you, not them.

No, I have never been okay with the disparate outcomes in learning and throughout my adult life have donated money and time volunteering to try to help those children who are disadvantaged, which is why I don’t think the people who glibly tout distance learning as an effective substitute understand how much irreparable harm is being done. I grew up truly poor, with my single mom and I bouncing around between living in trailers and couch surfing with relatives. For me school was a refuge and an opportunity to build a different future, and honestly I don’t know how I would have coped if that had been suddenly taken away from me, or where I would have even gone to try to complete my school work under the distance learning construct. Fast forward 20 years and as a result of the education I received I have a stable white collar job and family so yes, my kids will be fine and for us the virtual learning fiasco is a relatively minor hiccup. However I think people are underestimating how many children’s futures will be irreparably derailed.

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Anonymous wrote:Still not sure why OP things people should send them a check.

Np. Because our tax payer dollars are going towards open schools and teachers and none of that is happening. I agree that everyone pays taxes but this is mostly affecting school aged parents.

It’s as if nursing homes tossed the elderly on the sidewalk and told their kids to deal with it. Surely you budgeted for your parents care?!

I get that parents are having a hard time. But why should I be paying them money?

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Anonymous wrote:Still not sure why OP things people should send them a check.

Np. Because our tax payer dollars are going towards open schools and teachers and none of that is happening. I agree that everyone pays taxes but this is mostly affecting school aged parents.

It’s as if nursing homes tossed the elderly on the sidewalk and told their kids to deal with it. Surely you budgeted for your parents care?!

I get that parents are having a hard time. But why should I be paying them money?

Why are you paying corporations for tax breaks and bogus tax credits?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Still not sure why OP things people should send them a check.

Np. Because our tax payer dollars are going towards open schools and teachers and none of that is happening. I agree that everyone pays taxes but this is mostly affecting school aged parents.

It’s as if nursing homes tossed the elderly on the sidewalk and told their kids to deal with it. Surely you budgeted for your parents care?!

I get that parents are having a hard time. But why should I be paying them money?

Why are you paying corporations for tax breaks and bogus tax credits?

Since I’m a dc resident and dc teacher I guess I’m paying my own salary. So if I’m paying myself why do you guys keep saying I’m wasting your tax money?

[Anonymous]

I feel you OP. People plan their lives and their families around public school being free and in person. I waited five years to have my third child so the older two would both be in school. And now they aren’t. It’s a bitter pill to swallow.

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Anonymous wrote:Still not sure why OP things people should send them a check.

Np. Because our tax payer dollars are going towards open schools and teachers and none of that is happening. I agree that everyone pays taxes but this is mostly affecting school aged parents.

It’s as if nursing homes tossed the elderly on the sidewalk and told their kids to deal with it. Surely you budgeted for your parents care?!

I get that parents are having a hard time. But why should I be paying them money?

You shouldn't — except that by not managing to get kids back in school, government has made nearly impossible for parents to do their jobs. Seems we could pay for OP’s and others’ childcare or unemployment.

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Anonymous wrote:I love how 2020 has exposed parents.

Its all hugs and rainbows and 'children fill a void' until you actually have to take care of and watch them 24/7, 7 days a week.

Now its 'I'm going to be hospitalized if you don't get them out of here'.

And you wonder why the child-free and single are enjoying the pandemic so much?

I’m a nanny and nothing has changed in my life. I still enjoy my child free weekends and think all of this whining is hilarious. Absolutely hilarious. People are constantly bagging on nannies and how it’s not a real job- apparently a lot of parents can’t do it!

I fully admit I can't take care of my own very young children 8-9 hours a day during the same 8-9 hours I am supposed to be doing a separate full time job and do both well. Weekends with my kids are delightful though!