Northam - 2pm today

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Anonymous wrote:That is the sad part about being teacher in this country overall. I grew up in Asia where teachers are highly respected and smart people. Here I told my kids not to expect too much from the teacher because they may not even understand the topic well enough themselves and my kids learned to appreciate that those teachers are nice and trying to teach the best they can.

Don’t take me wrong...both my parents are teachers and I respect all teachers wholeheartedly.

Too bad teachers aren't allowed to say that your kids shouldn't expect too much from you as a parent.

The problem with education in this country is the parents. If their kids don’t get an “A” or a “B” because they haven’t met standards, the parents assume it’s the teacher’s fault.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh well daughter argued with teachers on teacher’s errors in the classroom in the 6th grade and 8th grade. She felt disppointed back home and I was able to confirm from other kids that the teachers did make those mistakes and did not know what is wrong.

now she is 19tu grade and learned to stop and never argued

Teachers are human. Not infallible.

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Anonymous wrote:That is the sad part about being teacher in this country overall. I grew up in Asia where teachers are highly respected and smart people. Here I told my kids not to expect too much from the teacher because they may not even understand the topic well enough themselves and my kids learned to appreciate that those teachers are nice and trying to teach the best they can.

Don’t take me wrong...both my parents are teachers and I respect all teachers wholeheartedly.

You had me at Asian... why don’t you take there and raise them in your better country?

Racist aggression.

Insert some Western European country in place of Asian and the racists would be flocking to see how they can get dual citizenship for their snowflakes.

snowflake detected. Not sure you make much sense there. Are you high?

By the way, I hold 4 passports. Don’t tell USCIS though! 😉🤫

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Anonymous wrote:Oh well daughter argued with teachers on teacher’s errors in the classroom in the 6th grade and 8th grade. She felt disppointed back home and I was able to confirm from other kids that the teachers did make those mistakes and did not know what is wrong.

now she is 19tu grade and learned to stop and never argued

Teachers are human. Not infallible.

Should add that I feel kids need to learn to properly communicate with stuff like that. Not argue. That’s life.

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Anonymous wrote:I am not a union person but people on this board have convinced me that if NoVA ever gets real ones, I will join. I only wish I had as much power and agency some parents seem to think I have.

Hahaha! Isn't that the truth! Teachers have progressed from being called lazy and incapable to people that are SO powerful that we close schools for a year! Funny...

Teachers' collective refusal to return to school is why our schools are closed and others are open. It is the truth.

You know- the problem with teachers is- they’re educated.

Hahaha please. Everyone think back to the kids they know from high school who became teachers.....EXACTLY.

What are you talking about? I am a teacher and I was valedictorian and received 3 academic awards at my graduation.

What a waste of your potential.

Jealous?

Of a teacher? Nobody cares what her class rank was when she was 18.

I’ll give you this - I’m jealous she gets a vaccine before I do. That is all.

[Anonymous]

I missed the news conference, but thought this article provides a good recap:

https://richmond.com/news/local/education/virginias-schools-should-now-prioritize-in-person-instruction-vdh-and-vdoe-say-in-new-guidance/article_e815f26c-e8a7-57c3-9af6-6c98ba77faf8.html

Also, the new guidance is available now on the VDOE website.

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Anonymous wrote:I missed the news conference, but thought this article provides a good recap:

https://richmond.com/news/local/education/virginias-schools-should-now-prioritize-in-person-instruction-vdh-and-vdoe-say-in-new-guidance/article_e815f26c-e8a7-57c3-9af6-6c98ba77faf8.html

Also, the new guidance is available now on the VDOE website.

Thank you for posting.

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Anonymous wrote:OMG, if VA can do it, so can MD. Come on schools, OPEN!

Those of you pushing pushing pushing to get schools open RIGHT NOW should be pushing for faster vaccination of teachers and staff. I can’t believe how heartless Americans are.

How can we do that? Northam greenlighted 1B. FCPS where I live is literally vaccinating teachers starting on the 16th via INOVA. Not being a trained to put shots into people's arms, I don't think there's anything I can do.

I am scheduled for the 18th.
The earliest my second dose could be is Feb 8th.
I will be fully protected on Feb 22.

The biggest shame is the nurses and doctors that are getting covid between their first and second dose. Let’s hold on a little longer.

Is there enough vaccine for every teacher? We can absolutely wait until March for full protection so we don't fall back into distance learning.

+1000. Seems like politicians will appease the masses, people will get sick, everything backslides... because you people can’t wait even a month. I am so disgusted.

Calm down. I’m sure most people would be fine waiting a month. BUT, at that point: schools need to be normal, 5 days, and normal 5 days next school year too. None of this “gradual phasing in hybrid 2 days a week” nonsense with nothing on Mondays. Back. To. Full. Time.

No doubt! Enough is enough. Teachers get vaccine = 5 days a week. If they don’t go back full time, then it’s a travesty that teachers jumped the vaccine line.

If teachers are the essential workers that you say they are than they didn't jump the line! I don't think any schools in this area will be able to open 5 days a week because of social distancing for the students. It's not only about the teachers...

Oh so NOW it’s about the students? When all along this summer and fall and winter we were keeping schools closed for the teachers? These arguments against school are so tiresome.

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Teachers are ONLY essential when it suits their purpose. Otherwise they are white collar professionals who can WFH forever.

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Anonymous wrote:Teachers are ONLY essential when it suits their purpose. Otherwise they are white collar professionals who can WFH forever.

I agree that it’s annoying but if we want schools to open we just gotta accept it at this point I think.

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Anonymous wrote:Teacher here...

We want to go back safely.

The website we were given to sign up fir a vaccine crashed... it still isn’t back up. Because as soon as we were told there was a way to get back into classrooms safely, we overwhelmed the system.

We want to go back. We just want it safe for us and the kids.

I agree. We’re getting a vaccine, and this will be over with, but some of my neighbors, with their stupid signs and vitriol- it’ll be a while before I can get over it.

And then- the stuff they’ve taught their kids. Their teachers are keeping the building closed, they’re lazy, they’ve abandoned them. It’s gross.

Yes, the relationship between parents and teachers will be changed after this. Less trust, less goodwill.

This 100%. It's very clear how little parents think of teachers.

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Anonymous wrote:Teacher here...

We want to go back safely.

The website we were given to sign up fir a vaccine crashed... it still isn’t back up. Because as soon as we were told there was a way to get back into classrooms safely, we overwhelmed the system.

We want to go back. We just want it safe for us and the kids.

I agree. We’re getting a vaccine, and this will be over with, but some of my neighbors, with their stupid signs and vitriol- it’ll be a while before I can get over it.

And then- the stuff they’ve taught their kids. Their teachers are keeping the building closed, they’re lazy, they’ve abandoned them. It’s gross.

Yes, the relationship between parents and teachers will be changed after this. Less trust, less goodwill.

This 100%. It's very clear how little parents think of teachers.

And how little teachers think of their students. I'm not sure if I ever believed it was a calling or a passion, but its perfectly clear now that its nothing more than a paycheck to them.

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Anonymous wrote:Teacher here...

We want to go back safely.

The website we were given to sign up fir a vaccine crashed... it still isn’t back up. Because as soon as we were told there was a way to get back into classrooms safely, we overwhelmed the system.

We want to go back. We just want it safe for us and the kids.

I agree. We’re getting a vaccine, and this will be over with, but some of my neighbors, with their stupid signs and vitriol- it’ll be a while before I can get over it.

And then- the stuff they’ve taught their kids. Their teachers are keeping the building closed, they’re lazy, they’ve abandoned them. It’s gross.

Yes, the relationship between parents and teachers will be changed after this. Less trust, less goodwill.

This 100%. It's very clear how little parents think of teachers.

And what teachers think of parents - they hate their kids, don't know how to parent, just want free childcare... (I realize this is just the few posters on here, not all teachers).

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Anonymous wrote:Teacher here...

We want to go back safely.

The website we were given to sign up fir a vaccine crashed... it still isn’t back up. Because as soon as we were told there was a way to get back into classrooms safely, we overwhelmed the system.

We want to go back. We just want it safe for us and the kids.

I agree. We’re getting a vaccine, and this will be over with, but some of my neighbors, with their stupid signs and vitriol- it’ll be a while before I can get over it.

And then- the stuff they’ve taught their kids. Their teachers are keeping the building closed, they’re lazy, they’ve abandoned them. It’s gross.

Yes, the relationship between parents and teachers will be changed after this. Less trust, less goodwill.

This 100%. It's very clear how little parents think of teachers.

And what teachers think of parents - they hate their kids, don't know how to parent, just want free childcare... (I realize this is just the few posters on here, not all teachers).

Exactly. My son graduated in June 2020 and he has gone into the military. I loved having him home for those early pandemic months and I would give anything to have him here with me now.

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Anonymous wrote:Teacher here...

We want to go back safely.

The website we were given to sign up fir a vaccine crashed... it still isn’t back up. Because as soon as we were told there was a way to get back into classrooms safely, we overwhelmed the system.

We want to go back. We just want it safe for us and the kids.

I agree. We’re getting a vaccine, and this will be over with, but some of my neighbors, with their stupid signs and vitriol- it’ll be a while before I can get over it.

And then- the stuff they’ve taught their kids. Their teachers are keeping the building closed, they’re lazy, they’ve abandoned them. It’s gross.

Yes, the relationship between parents and teachers will be changed after this. Less trust, less goodwill.

This 100%. It's very clear how little parents think of teachers.

And what teachers think of parents - they hate their kids, don't know how to parent, just want free childcare... (I realize this is just the few posters on here, not all teachers).

Exactly. My son graduated in June 2020 and he has gone into the military. I loved having him home for those early pandemic months and I would give anything to have him here with me now.

So your son was already a fully-educated adult and coasting in March 2020. Think how you would have felt if he was in first grade and lost 1.5 years of school, or had autism or learning disabilities and lost years of hard fought progress...Why is empathy so hard for people?