I totally agree! |
Then you must not know very many. What are they all supposed to do with their kids by the way while they work? I know of multiple nurses/doctors who are sending their kids where schools are open, or, want to send their kids when APS opens. |
I think part of what makes this laughable to many people in the private sector is that we don’t get nearly the input into the terms of our employment that teachers are demanding right now. Plenty of employers have been requiring people to return to working in-office, and those employees have no say in whether they get to do that. If your employer doesn’t think the job is being done well enough remotely, they can order people back to the office and that’s that. That teachers feel confident they can speak out, at times saying some very disrespectful things about the administration, without repercussions, is quite the privilege. |
This. Absent the pandemic, one could say DL is responsible for the rise in mental health issues, but WE ARE IN A PANDEMIC. Stress is up everywhere. Many families have been affected by, or know someone affected by, this virus. School isn't going to fix that. |
THIS. |
I have a friend who is a psychiatrist on staff at one of the big regional hospitals. When someone comes to the ER with a mental health emergency and is put on a 72 hour hold, this is the person who evaluates and treats them. At the start of the pandemic, she was very against schools reopening. Since they, while she has not provided me with specific information (for obvious reasons), she has come around to feeling that it is critical to reopen schools for in-person learning based on what she’s seeing at work. That worries me a lot. |
I am not going to take rank speculation by internet randos over the observations of trained professionals who work with these patients directly. |
+100. It's embarrassing. I switched mid-career to be a teacher so I have a different perspective than most of my colleagues. The pay freezes are something to complain in most years, but the entitlement being displayed about being asked to return to work is astounding. They are very out of touch. |
So...the doctors and nurses you know support opening schools just because they need childcare? |
A school bathroom will not be single occupancy. |
FFS are they making you sit in an enclosed poorly ventilated room for 7 hrs with mask optional coworkers? |
Most adult bathrooms in schools are. |
Please a doctor would just hire a sitter. And you only need childcare from age 5-9; a 10 year old is perfectly capable of sitting in front of a screen for 6 hrs and making a peanut butter sandwich lunch. |
True but they are very high traffic during the break periods. |
FFS. Schools are not "mask optional" places. Your arguments would be much better received if you didn't exaggerate and misstate facts. |