Hot-mic moment captures how some educators really feel

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have to say, parents totally deserve it this year, and plenty of other years for many reasons. Fully empathize.

Sorry- not sorry.

+1. And I am a parent; not a teacher.

+2 and same.

Was dumb to say it near a mic. Don't blame them a damn bit for feeling the way they do. Endless screaming parental tantrums have consequences.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The entitlement is mind blowing.

Like it's soooooooo outrageous for taxpayers to expect school teachers to either actually do their jobs or to quit and stop getting money for nothing.

Teachers are doing their jobs. They are not getting "money for nothing." But you already knew that.

This is what public schools are offering during a pandemic? Don't like it? There's the door. Enjoy paying out the nose for private, if you can even get into one.

[Anonymous]

If parents are allowed to come in droves to DCUM to vent and bash teachers, school board members, and so on then educators should be able to do the same. I'm sure whatever was said isn't any worse than what has been said on these forums. The only difference being the ability to hide anonymously behind a screen.

[Anonymous]

How am I the first one to note that these aren't "educators." These are school board members. Typically local busybodies, gadflies, and wannabe politicians--very rarely current educators (who work for them).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If parents are allowed to come in droves to DCUM to vent and bash teachers, school board members, and so on then educators should be able to do the same. I'm sure whatever was said isn't any worse than what has been said on these forums. The only difference being the ability to hide anonymously behind a screen.

Yeah, the idea of public service has really changed recently. A lot.

[Anonymous]

Shitty comments. I’m sure some parents do want their kids back in school just for the childcare, but kids do better with in-person school and they are struggling right now. Maybe we shouldn’t open schools but still we can’t ignore how much kids need school. Perhaps somewhere on the recording is a statement that suggests they give a damn about the kids and acknowledge that distance learning can’t last forever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How am I the first one to note that these aren't "educators." These are school board members. Typically local busybodies, gadflies, and wannabe politicians--very rarely current educators (who work for them).

The one who resigned was a long-time teacher in the district.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The entitlement is mind blowing.

Like it's soooooooo outrageous for taxpayers to expect school teachers to either actually do their jobs or to quit and stop getting money for nothing.

Teachers are doing their jobs. They are not getting "money for nothing." But you already knew that.

This is what public schools are offering during a pandemic? Don't like it? There's the door. Enjoy paying out the nose for private, if you can even get into one.

Clearly the working class population of the Oakley school district disagrees with you.

[Anonymous]

Interesting that the people defending the school board keep calling it "parental tantrums" and arguing that these Latino parents are the ones being jerks.

I seem to remember a lot of teacher defenders saying that it was good to stay home because low SES and POC families wanted to stay home.

Now we have an instance where they want to go into school, and somehow they're still the jerks?

It really betrays the fact that the argument is simply about keeping schools closed for teachers, not helping any POC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have to say, parents totally deserve it this year, and plenty of other years for many reasons. Fully empathize.

Sorry- not sorry.

+1. And I am a parent; not a teacher.

+2 Another parent

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have to say, parents totally deserve it this year, and plenty of other years for many reasons. Fully empathize.

Sorry- not sorry.

+1. And I am a parent; not a teacher.

+2

[Anonymous]

I'm a parent, and also someone who has a job. If I ever got caught talking this poorly about clients, I'd be fired.

The rest of you almost certainly would too. And it's deserved.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm a parent, and also someone who has a job. If I ever got caught talking this poorly about clients, I'd be fired.

The rest of you almost certainly would too. And it's deserved.

yeah it's really weird to see a bunch of parents high fiving teachers and education professionals for degrading them. being degraded is fun, but i am surprised you are ALL into that kind of thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm a parent, and also someone who has a job. If I ever got caught talking this poorly about clients, I'd be fired.

The rest of you almost certainly would too. And it's deserved.

Plus as someone in government I’d face pressure to resign. This is a no-brainer. I’m completely lost as to why everyone in education gets a pass for things no one else can do without repercussions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a parent, and also someone who has a job. If I ever got caught talking this poorly about clients, I'd be fired.

The rest of you almost certainly would too. And it's deserved.

Plus as someone in government I’d face pressure to resign. This is a no-brainer. I’m completely lost as to why everyone in education gets a pass for things no one else can do without repercussions.

These people aren't in government or education. They're school board members.

Seriously, they happen to be school board members in the worst time in living memory to be school board members. Unfortunately, they're not rising to the occasion.