PG SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED WED. 3/8

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

At this point, with MCPS still open, those w/o leave who are stuck babysitting are indeed hurt. They will not be able to teach, as it will be chaos b/c there's the chance there won't be enough subs.

Most subs are warm bodies.

I don't think you really get the effects.

The effects of a one-day strike are unlikely to be very big. Think of it as a snow day. We probably won't have any snow days this year anyway.

I know that if we are open tomorrow, I will be there for my twenty-eight 5th graders. I cannot say for sure that all of my teammates will be at school. It's been hard enough to get subs this year and we usually end up having to split classes which will bring my class of 28 to 38. Absolutely nothing will get done and the kids will be off the chain....can't wait!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

At this point, with MCPS still open, those w/o leave who are stuck babysitting are indeed hurt. They will not be able to teach, as it will be chaos b/c there's the chance there won't be enough subs.

Most subs are warm bodies.

I don't think you really get the effects.

The effects of a one-day strike are unlikely to be very big. Think of it as a snow day. We probably won't have any snow days this year anyway.

Maybe not big for you and your wealthy friends and neighbors.

We are at a Title 1 school with lots of kids on FARMs. No school means no meals often times. In the summer, our local church (not mine, I'm not a churchgoer) does free meals so the kids have somewhere to go eat when school is out.

Ask those kids - they will tell you there is a big effect.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

At this point, with MCPS still open, those w/o leave who are stuck babysitting are indeed hurt. They will not be able to teach, as it will be chaos b/c there's the chance there won't be enough subs.

Most subs are warm bodies.

I don't think you really get the effects.

The effects of a one-day strike are unlikely to be very big. Think of it as a snow day. We probably won't have any snow days this year anyway.

Maybe not big for you and your wealthy friends and neighbors.

We are at a Title 1 school with lots of kids on FARMs. No school means no meals often times. In the summer, our local church (not mine, I'm not a churchgoer) does free meals so the kids have somewhere to go eat when school is out.

Ask those kids - they will tell you there is a big effect.

I'm the PP you're responding to. My neighbors aren't wealthy. My friends probably aren't wealthy either, but I don't ask them. No breakfast or lunch for one day is indeed a big effect for that one day. But it's not a big effect in the larger scheme of things. Again, think of it as a snow day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

At this point, with MCPS still open, those w/o leave who are stuck babysitting are indeed hurt. They will not be able to teach, as it will be chaos b/c there's the chance there won't be enough subs.

Most subs are warm bodies.

I don't think you really get the effects.

The effects of a one-day strike are unlikely to be very big. Think of it as a snow day. We probably won't have any snow days this year anyway.

Maybe not big for you and your wealthy friends and neighbors.

We are at a Title 1 school with lots of kids on FARMs. No school means no meals often times. In the summer, our local church (not mine, I'm not a churchgoer) does free meals so the kids have somewhere to go eat when school is out.

Ask those kids - they will tell you there is a big effect.

I'm the PP you're responding to. My neighbors aren't wealthy. My friends probably aren't wealthy either, but I don't ask them. No breakfast or lunch for one day is indeed a big effect for that one day. But it's not a big effect in the larger scheme of things. Again, think of it as a snow day.

What effect exactly do you see this 'day without women' will have?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

At this point, with MCPS still open, those w/o leave who are stuck babysitting are indeed hurt. They will not be able to teach, as it will be chaos b/c there's the chance there won't be enough subs.

Most subs are warm bodies.

I don't think you really get the effects.

The effects of a one-day strike are unlikely to be very big. Think of it as a snow day. We probably won't have any snow days this year anyway.

Maybe not big for you and your wealthy friends and neighbors.

We are at a Title 1 school with lots of kids on FARMs. No school means no meals often times. In the summer, our local church (not mine, I'm not a churchgoer) does free meals so the kids have somewhere to go eat when school is out.

Ask those kids - they will tell you there is a big effect.

I'm the PP you're responding to. My neighbors aren't wealthy. My friends probably aren't wealthy either, but I don't ask them. No breakfast or lunch for one day is indeed a big effect for that one day. But it's not a big effect in the larger scheme of things. Again, think of it as a snow day.

PP here - Are you at a Title 1 school? Or, are your kids FARMS? If not, I'd say you're pretty wealthy. And, it might be worth seeing this from a slightly different point of view than your own.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

What effect exactly do you see this 'day without women' will have?

It's getting people's attention, isn't it?

You don't have to strike. You can even deplore striking. But you can't stop other people from making other choices.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't think they'll close to be honest. I could be wrong, and I do have childcare in place in case they do.

But unlike a snow day, where you wake up to 3 inches, this could have been called earlier today.

This is a ridiculous "strike" b/c it will amount to nothing first of all, and second, who takes leave to strike? Plus, those who have opted out tomorrow are only making it inconvenient for colleagues who are there to do their jobs.

Losing a day of instruction is bad enough on snow days, especially for needy kids, bur to purposely leave your job for this "fight" is inexcusable.

People with jobs that provide leave.

The point of striking is to suffer a bit. This is simply an elitist's view of protest. Tell that to the single moms who can't even afford one day off.

This is utter bullshit.

+1

This. For real.

If I don't work, I don't get paid.

I watched the skinny, white yoga women on Channel 4 News this afternoon in Alexandria talk about how they're offering free yoga classes and some fancy coffee shop celebrating the day. Ummm, not everyone has that luxury. SMDH

Your life is the result of the choices that you made. As are the skinny white yoga woman's.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Your life is the result of the choices that you made. As are the skinny white yoga woman's.

That's absurd. A person's choices affect their life. But so do a lot of other things.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

At this point, with MCPS still open, those w/o leave who are stuck babysitting are indeed hurt. They will not be able to teach, as it will be chaos b/c there's the chance there won't be enough subs.

Most subs are warm bodies.

I don't think you really get the effects.

The effects of a one-day strike are unlikely to be very big. Think of it as a snow day. We probably won't have any snow days this year anyway.

Maybe not big for you and your wealthy friends and neighbors.

We are at a Title 1 school with lots of kids on FARMs. No school means no meals often times. In the summer, our local church (not mine, I'm not a churchgoer) does free meals so the kids have somewhere to go eat when school is out.

Ask those kids - they will tell you there is a big effect.

1. That's not the school's fault.

2. Those kids can do the same thing they do on snow days and during the summer.

I really wish people would be more responsible about having children.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

What effect exactly do you see this 'day without women' will have?

It's getting people's attention, isn't it?

You don't have to strike. You can even deplore striking. But you can't stop other people from making other choices.

Of course! It is also fair that we might want others to think of the effect of their choices. And to maybe weigh the pros and cons of their actions.

I certainly won't be striking because I think the negative outweighs the positive. And, I think it might be getting people's attention, but may not be creating 'good' attention.

[Anonymous]

Had this been a normal winter with seven snow days and the threat of adding one more school day in June you wouldn't have seen ten leave slips submitted. But because there haven't been any snow days this is basically a free day off and most of these women will spend the day on the couch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

At this point, with MCPS still open, those w/o leave who are stuck babysitting are indeed hurt. They will not be able to teach, as it will be chaos b/c there's the chance there won't be enough subs.

Most subs are warm bodies.

I don't think you really get the effects.

The effects of a one-day strike are unlikely to be very big. Think of it as a snow day. We probably won't have any snow days this year anyway.

Maybe not big for you and your wealthy friends and neighbors.

We are at a Title 1 school with lots of kids on FARMs. No school means no meals often times. In the summer, our local church (not mine, I'm not a churchgoer) does free meals so the kids have somewhere to go eat when school is out.

Ask those kids - they will tell you there is a big effect.

1. That's not the school's fault.

2. Those kids can do the same thing they do on snow days and during the summer.

I really wish people would be more responsible about having children.

+1. Since when did responsibility for kids being able to eat shift from parents to schools? It's really time to put the responsibility back on parents. If you can't afford to feed your kid 2 meals for one day then you really shouldn't be having more kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Your life is the result of the choices that you made. As are the skinny white yoga woman's.

That's absurd. A person's choices affect their life. But so do a lot of other things.

Yup! Life happens but ultimately the choices we make in life determine our outcomes. Don't wanna be a poor struggling single mom whose life is thrown into a tailspin because school closes? Don't have kids before securing your financial footing. And don't have more kids than you can afford.

Let's not minimize the amount of power we have in creating our life's outcomes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Your life is the result of the choices that you made. As are the skinny white yoga woman's.

That's absurd. A person's choices affect their life. But so do a lot of other things.

Yup! Life happens but ultimately the choices we make in life determine our outcomes. Don't wanna be a poor struggling single mom whose life is thrown into a tailspin because school closes? Don't have kids before securing your financial footing. And don't have more kids than you can afford.

Let's not minimize the amount of power we have in creating our life's outcomes.

More accurately: don't wanna be a poor struggling single mom whose life is thrown into a tailspin because school closes? don't choose to be born to parents who are poor!

And then, of course, there's my friend who died of breast cancer in her early 30s. What choices did she make in life to determine that outcome?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't think they'll close to be honest. I could be wrong, and I do have childcare in place in case they do.

But unlike a snow day, where you wake up to 3 inches, this could have been called earlier today.

This is a ridiculous "strike" b/c it will amount to nothing first of all, and second, who takes leave to strike? Plus, those who have opted out tomorrow are only making it inconvenient for colleagues who are there to do their jobs.

Losing a day of instruction is bad enough on snow days, especially for needy kids, bur to purposely leave your job for this "fight" is inexcusable.

People with jobs that provide leave.

The point of striking is to suffer a bit. This is simply an elitist's view of protest. Tell that to the single moms who can't even afford one day off.

This is utter bullshit.

+1

This. For real.

If I don't work, I don't get paid.

I watched the skinny, white yoga women on Channel 4 News this afternoon in Alexandria talk about how they're offering free yoga classes and some fancy coffee shop celebrating the day. Ummm, not everyone has that luxury. SMDH

Your life is the result of the choices that you made. As are the skinny white yoga woman's.

Yeah, I'm sure those skinny white yoga women worked hard and fought their way tooth and nail into tree pose. Has nothing to do with generational wealth. Nothing at all.