Please stop sending sick kids to school!

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry people can't take time off work every time their preschooler has a runny nose. It is a luxury only for SAHPs.

lol yes. Society shouldn’t be set up this way but unfortunately it is. I’d much rather stay home with muy kids and relax. I’d lose my job if I stayed home for all my kids runny noses.

Since you have a good job, you can afford to pay someone when you cannot take care of your kids. Or, your spouse can stay home.

Whew, yes, it's a good thing everyone with jobs has unlimited money

Money or no money, childcare for unwell children is not your schools problem. That is a responsibility you take on when you have kids.

Have you and your spouse been home with a toddler for at least one week of every month since summer 2021 due to either exposures/quarantines or every virus that laid low during covid precautions raring back? In the worst month, THREE weeks? Have you taken every inch of leave and flexibility your work would give you to the point that your boss's reaction out loud, when a new cold spread around the entire day care classroom last week, was "Again?!" I don't really want to hear that I'm not taking care of my kids because I can't wait more than a week for the postnasal drip cough to clear up before sending them back. This has been a BAD year and I don't think "parents not having enough individual responsibility" is the root issue here. Maybe we could set up a STRUCTURE where parents don't have to make bad choices.

PP here. I was home without childcare for my then 1.5yo the first six months of the pandemic while I worked remotely. Said child (who is now 4) has also been home for three days this week with a bad cold he picked up at school and gave to our baby. Yes, it’s not fun. He should be in school learning and socializing but instead I kept him home. His teachers don’t need to be exposed to contagious kids or caring for under the weather ones.

The so called structure you say should be in place should be flexibility in the workplace. No one except 1:1 caregivers should be responsible for caring for your sick kids. This is why having young kids is hard.

Do you think everyone can work from home?

No, but again, that isn’t your schools problem. It’s yours.

Exactly. You want to work in person in a less flexible job, you need to figure that out.

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry people can't take time off work every time their preschooler has a runny nose. It is a luxury only for SAHPs.

lol yes. Society shouldn’t be set up this way but unfortunately it is. I’d much rather stay home with muy kids and relax. I’d lose my job if I stayed home for all my kids runny noses.

Since you have a good job, you can afford to pay someone when you cannot take care of your kids. Or, your spouse can stay home.

Whew, yes, it's a good thing everyone with jobs has unlimited money

Money or no money, childcare for unwell children is not your schools problem. That is a responsibility you take on when you have kids.

Have you and your spouse been home with a toddler for at least one week of every month since summer 2021 due to either exposures/quarantines or every virus that laid low during covid precautions raring back? In the worst month, THREE weeks? Have you taken every inch of leave and flexibility your work would give you to the point that your boss's reaction out loud, when a new cold spread around the entire day care classroom last week, was "Again?!" I don't really want to hear that I'm not taking care of my kids because I can't wait more than a week for the postnasal drip cough to clear up before sending them back. This has been a BAD year and I don't think "parents not having enough individual responsibility" is the root issue here. Maybe we could set up a STRUCTURE where parents don't have to make bad choices.

PP here. I was home without childcare for my then 1.5yo the first six months of the pandemic while I worked remotely. Said child (who is now 4) has also been home for three days this week with a bad cold he picked up at school and gave to our baby. Yes, it’s not fun. He should be in school learning and socializing but instead I kept him home. His teachers don’t need to be exposed to contagious kids or caring for under the weather ones.

The so called structure you say should be in place should be flexibility in the workplace. No one except 1:1 caregivers should be responsible for caring for your sick kids. This is why having young kids is hard.

Do you think everyone can work from home?

No, but again, that isn’t your schools problem. It’s yours.

Exactly. You want to work in person in a less flexible job, you need to figure that out.

Ahh yes all these people who “want” to work in person to make minimum wage and have zero flexibility. I didn’t realize that was their preferred way to make money rather than sitting on their couch getting paid to scroll DCUM.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So much shaming and sanctimommy comments on this thread!

I’m a teacher who is home sick right now. I am 100% certain I got this from one of my classes, specifically from two kids who were too miserable to take their heads off their desks. I’ll admit I am very annoyed at their parents, who should have let those poor kids stay home. They were miserable, and here I am four days later, also miserable.

It’s selfish. You can say that getting sick is just part of my job, but that doesn’t change the fact that it is selfish to send your very sick children to school.

oh please you were going to get sick anyway at some point. It happens. Definitely a lot more things to stress over than this.

- a teacher

You are not a teacher.

Yes I am for over 15 years, which is why I would never sit at home and obsess over which exact kid and parents got me sick. Theres enough crap going on at school to stress over, I would not add that to my list. We get sick every year. - multiple times a year. And you probably have come to school sick with a tylenol sinus to tide you over because its too hard/stressful to get a sub. We probably get kids sick outselves when we do that.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So much shaming and sanctimommy comments on this thread!

I’m a teacher who is home sick right now. I am 100% certain I got this from one of my classes, specifically from two kids who were too miserable to take their heads off their desks. I’ll admit I am very annoyed at their parents, who should have let those poor kids stay home. They were miserable, and here I am four days later, also miserable.

It’s selfish. You can say that getting sick is just part of my job, but that doesn’t change the fact that it is selfish to send your very sick children to school.

oh please you were going to get sick anyway at some point. It happens. Definitely a lot more things to stress over than this.

- a teacher

You are not a teacher.

Yes I am for over 15 years, which is why I would never sit at home and obsess over which exact kid and parents got me sick. Theres enough crap going on at school to stress over, I would not add that to my list. We get sick every year. - multiple times a year. And you probably have come to school sick with a tylenol sinus to tide you over because its too hard/stressful to get a sub. We probably get kids sick outselves when we do that.

So you willingly get kids sick? You’re making yourself look really bad.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry people can't take time off work every time their preschooler has a runny nose. It is a luxury only for SAHPs.

lol yes. Society shouldn’t be set up this way but unfortunately it is. I’d much rather stay home with muy kids and relax. I’d lose my job if I stayed home for all my kids runny noses.

Since you have a good job, you can afford to pay someone when you cannot take care of your kids. Or, your spouse can stay home.

Whew, yes, it's a good thing everyone with jobs has unlimited money

Money or no money, childcare for unwell children is not your schools problem. That is a responsibility you take on when you have kids.

Have you and your spouse been home with a toddler for at least one week of every month since summer 2021 due to either exposures/quarantines or every virus that laid low during covid precautions raring back? In the worst month, THREE weeks? Have you taken every inch of leave and flexibility your work would give you to the point that your boss's reaction out loud, when a new cold spread around the entire day care classroom last week, was "Again?!" I don't really want to hear that I'm not taking care of my kids because I can't wait more than a week for the postnasal drip cough to clear up before sending them back. This has been a BAD year and I don't think "parents not having enough individual responsibility" is the root issue here. Maybe we could set up a STRUCTURE where parents don't have to make bad choices.

PP here. I was home without childcare for my then 1.5yo the first six months of the pandemic while I worked remotely. Said child (who is now 4) has also been home for three days this week with a bad cold he picked up at school and gave to our baby. Yes, it’s not fun. He should be in school learning and socializing but instead I kept him home. His teachers don’t need to be exposed to contagious kids or caring for under the weather ones.

The so called structure you say should be in place should be flexibility in the workplace. No one except 1:1 caregivers should be responsible for caring for your sick kids. This is why having young kids is hard.

Do you think everyone can work from home?

No, but again, that isn’t your schools problem. It’s yours.

Exactly. You want to work in person in a less flexible job, you need to figure that out.

Ahh yes all these people who “want” to work in person to make minimum wage and have zero flexibility. I didn’t realize that was their preferred way to make money rather than sitting on their couch getting paid to scroll DCUM.

Where did anyone say that they want to work in person at minimum wage? Bold it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So much shaming and sanctimommy comments on this thread!

I’m a teacher who is home sick right now. I am 100% certain I got this from one of my classes, specifically from two kids who were too miserable to take their heads off their desks. I’ll admit I am very annoyed at their parents, who should have let those poor kids stay home. They were miserable, and here I am four days later, also miserable.

It’s selfish. You can say that getting sick is just part of my job, but that doesn’t change the fact that it is selfish to send your very sick children to school.

oh please you were going to get sick anyway at some point. It happens. Definitely a lot more things to stress over than this.

- a teacher

You are not a teacher.

Yes I am for over 15 years, which is why I would never sit at home and obsess over which exact kid and parents got me sick. Theres enough crap going on at school to stress over, I would not add that to my list. We get sick every year. - multiple times a year. And you probably have come to school sick with a tylenol sinus to tide you over because its too hard/stressful to get a sub. We probably get kids sick outselves when we do that.

So you willingly get kids sick? You’re making yourself look really bad.

Dp. Disagree. She’s making herself look normal, reasonable, and honest. This DCUM crowd who thinks only the wealthy and privileged should have children are the ones making themselves look bad.

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry people can't take time off work every time their preschooler has a runny nose. It is a luxury only for SAHPs.

lol yes. Society shouldn’t be set up this way but unfortunately it is. I’d much rather stay home with muy kids and relax. I’d lose my job if I stayed home for all my kids runny noses.

Since you have a good job, you can afford to pay someone when you cannot take care of your kids. Or, your spouse can stay home.

Whew, yes, it's a good thing everyone with jobs has unlimited money

Money or no money, childcare for unwell children is not your schools problem. That is a responsibility you take on when you have kids.

Have you and your spouse been home with a toddler for at least one week of every month since summer 2021 due to either exposures/quarantines or every virus that laid low during covid precautions raring back? In the worst month, THREE weeks? Have you taken every inch of leave and flexibility your work would give you to the point that your boss's reaction out loud, when a new cold spread around the entire day care classroom last week, was "Again?!" I don't really want to hear that I'm not taking care of my kids because I can't wait more than a week for the postnasal drip cough to clear up before sending them back. This has been a BAD year and I don't think "parents not having enough individual responsibility" is the root issue here. Maybe we could set up a STRUCTURE where parents don't have to make bad choices.

PP here. I was home without childcare for my then 1.5yo the first six months of the pandemic while I worked remotely. Said child (who is now 4) has also been home for three days this week with a bad cold he picked up at school and gave to our baby. Yes, it’s not fun. He should be in school learning and socializing but instead I kept him home. His teachers don’t need to be exposed to contagious kids or caring for under the weather ones.

The so called structure you say should be in place should be flexibility in the workplace. No one except 1:1 caregivers should be responsible for caring for your sick kids. This is why having young kids is hard.

Do you think everyone can work from home?

No, but again, that isn’t your schools problem. It’s yours.

Exactly. You want to work in person in a less flexible job, you need to figure that out.

Ahh yes all these people who “want” to work in person to make minimum wage and have zero flexibility. I didn’t realize that was their preferred way to make money rather than sitting on their couch getting paid to scroll DCUM.

Where did anyone say that they want to work in person at minimum wage? Bold it.

For your reading pleasure: “You want to work in person in a less flexible job”.

Who exactly do you think this entitled a-hole is taking about?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So much shaming and sanctimommy comments on this thread!

I’m a teacher who is home sick right now. I am 100% certain I got this from one of my classes, specifically from two kids who were too miserable to take their heads off their desks. I’ll admit I am very annoyed at their parents, who should have let those poor kids stay home. They were miserable, and here I am four days later, also miserable.

It’s selfish. You can say that getting sick is just part of my job, but that doesn’t change the fact that it is selfish to send your very sick children to school.

oh please you were going to get sick anyway at some point. It happens. Definitely a lot more things to stress over than this.

- a teacher

You are not a teacher.

Yes I am for over 15 years, which is why I would never sit at home and obsess over which exact kid and parents got me sick. Theres enough crap going on at school to stress over, I would not add that to my list. We get sick every year. - multiple times a year. And you probably have come to school sick with a tylenol sinus to tide you over because its too hard/stressful to get a sub. We probably get kids sick outselves when we do that.

So you willingly get kids sick? You’re making yourself look really bad.

Dp. Disagree. She’s making herself look normal, reasonable, and honest. This DCUM crowd who thinks only the wealthy and privileged should have children are the ones making themselves look bad.

Reasonable to get her students sick? Being honest about that doesn’t give her the right to do so.
One doesn’t need to be “wealthy” to take day off for illness.
I’m a teachers aide and teachers are allowed sick time off.
Your morals point south.

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry people can't take time off work every time their preschooler has a runny nose. It is a luxury only for SAHPs.

lol yes. Society shouldn’t be set up this way but unfortunately it is. I’d much rather stay home with muy kids and relax. I’d lose my job if I stayed home for all my kids runny noses.

Since you have a good job, you can afford to pay someone when you cannot take care of your kids. Or, your spouse can stay home.

Whew, yes, it's a good thing everyone with jobs has unlimited money

Money or no money, childcare for unwell children is not your schools problem. That is a responsibility you take on when you have kids.

Have you and your spouse been home with a toddler for at least one week of every month since summer 2021 due to either exposures/quarantines or every virus that laid low during covid precautions raring back? In the worst month, THREE weeks? Have you taken every inch of leave and flexibility your work would give you to the point that your boss's reaction out loud, when a new cold spread around the entire day care classroom last week, was "Again?!" I don't really want to hear that I'm not taking care of my kids because I can't wait more than a week for the postnasal drip cough to clear up before sending them back. This has been a BAD year and I don't think "parents not having enough individual responsibility" is the root issue here. Maybe we could set up a STRUCTURE where parents don't have to make bad choices.

PP here. I was home without childcare for my then 1.5yo the first six months of the pandemic while I worked remotely. Said child (who is now 4) has also been home for three days this week with a bad cold he picked up at school and gave to our baby. Yes, it’s not fun. He should be in school learning and socializing but instead I kept him home. His teachers don’t need to be exposed to contagious kids or caring for under the weather ones.

The so called structure you say should be in place should be flexibility in the workplace. No one except 1:1 caregivers should be responsible for caring for your sick kids. This is why having young kids is hard.

Do you think everyone can work from home?

No, but again, that isn’t your schools problem. It’s yours.

Exactly. You want to work in person in a less flexible job, you need to figure that out.

Ahh yes all these people who “want” to work in person to make minimum wage and have zero flexibility. I didn’t realize that was their preferred way to make money rather than sitting on their couch getting paid to scroll DCUM.

Where did anyone say that they want to work in person at minimum wage? Bold it.

For your reading pleasure: “You want to work in person in a less flexible job”.

Who exactly do you think this entitled a-hole is taking about?

That doesn’t answer the question. Where does it state what you said?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So much shaming and sanctimommy comments on this thread!

I’m a teacher who is home sick right now. I am 100% certain I got this from one of my classes, specifically from two kids who were too miserable to take their heads off their desks. I’ll admit I am very annoyed at their parents, who should have let those poor kids stay home. They were miserable, and here I am four days later, also miserable.

It’s selfish. You can say that getting sick is just part of my job, but that doesn’t change the fact that it is selfish to send your very sick children to school.

oh please you were going to get sick anyway at some point. It happens. Definitely a lot more things to stress over than this.

- a teacher

You are not a teacher.

Yes I am for over 15 years, which is why I would never sit at home and obsess over which exact kid and parents got me sick. Theres enough crap going on at school to stress over, I would not add that to my list. We get sick every year. - multiple times a year. And you probably have come to school sick with a tylenol sinus to tide you over because its too hard/stressful to get a sub. We probably get kids sick outselves when we do that.

So you willingly get kids sick? You’re making yourself look really bad.

Dp. Disagree. She’s making herself look normal, reasonable, and honest. This DCUM crowd who thinks only the wealthy and privileged should have children are the ones making themselves look bad.

How is it reasonable to knowingly get others sick?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry people can't take time off work every time their preschooler has a runny nose. It is a luxury only for SAHPs.

lol yes. Society shouldn’t be set up this way but unfortunately it is. I’d much rather stay home with muy kids and relax. I’d lose my job if I stayed home for all my kids runny noses.

Since you have a good job, you can afford to pay someone when you cannot take care of your kids. Or, your spouse can stay home.

Whew, yes, it's a good thing everyone with jobs has unlimited money

Money or no money, childcare for unwell children is not your schools problem. That is a responsibility you take on when you have kids.

Have you and your spouse been home with a toddler for at least one week of every month since summer 2021 due to either exposures/quarantines or every virus that laid low during covid precautions raring back? In the worst month, THREE weeks? Have you taken every inch of leave and flexibility your work would give you to the point that your boss's reaction out loud, when a new cold spread around the entire day care classroom last week, was "Again?!" I don't really want to hear that I'm not taking care of my kids because I can't wait more than a week for the postnasal drip cough to clear up before sending them back. This has been a BAD year and I don't think "parents not having enough individual responsibility" is the root issue here. Maybe we could set up a STRUCTURE where parents don't have to make bad choices.

PP here. I was home without childcare for my then 1.5yo the first six months of the pandemic while I worked remotely. Said child (who is now 4) has also been home for three days this week with a bad cold he picked up at school and gave to our baby. Yes, it’s not fun. He should be in school learning and socializing but instead I kept him home. His teachers don’t need to be exposed to contagious kids or caring for under the weather ones.

The so called structure you say should be in place should be flexibility in the workplace. No one except 1:1 caregivers should be responsible for caring for your sick kids. This is why having young kids is hard.

Do you think everyone can work from home?

No, but again, that isn’t your schools problem. It’s yours.

Exactly. You want to work in person in a less flexible job, you need to figure that out.

Ahh yes all these people who “want” to work in person to make minimum wage and have zero flexibility. I didn’t realize that was their preferred way to make money rather than sitting on their couch getting paid to scroll DCUM.

Where did anyone say that they want to work in person at minimum wage? Bold it.

For your reading pleasure: “You want to work in person in a less flexible job”.

Who exactly do you think this entitled a-hole is taking about?

Sounded like a dig at the teacher. Real classy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So much shaming and sanctimommy comments on this thread!

I’m a teacher who is home sick right now. I am 100% certain I got this from one of my classes, specifically from two kids who were too miserable to take their heads off their desks. I’ll admit I am very annoyed at their parents, who should have let those poor kids stay home. They were miserable, and here I am four days later, also miserable.

It’s selfish. You can say that getting sick is just part of my job, but that doesn’t change the fact that it is selfish to send your very sick children to school.

oh please you were going to get sick anyway at some point. It happens. Definitely a lot more things to stress over than this.

- a teacher

You are not a teacher.

Yes I am for over 15 years, which is why I would never sit at home and obsess over which exact kid and parents got me sick. Theres enough crap going on at school to stress over, I would not add that to my list. We get sick every year. - multiple times a year. And you probably have come to school sick with a tylenol sinus to tide you over because its too hard/stressful to get a sub. We probably get kids sick outselves when we do that.

So you willingly get kids sick? You’re making yourself look really bad.

Dp. Disagree. She’s making herself look normal, reasonable, and honest. This DCUM crowd who thinks only the wealthy and privileged should have children are the ones making themselves look bad.

Reasonable to get her students sick? Being honest about that doesn’t give her the right to do so.
One doesn’t need to be “wealthy” to take day off for illness.
I’m a teachers aide and teachers are allowed sick time off.
Your morals point south.

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I’m the sick teacher who posted above. I took off because I don’t want to spread the absolute misery I feel right now. That’s the right thing to do. I worked from home, commenting on my students’ sub work by popping into their Google docs. It isn’t ideal (and I had to take sick leave to work all day anyway), but I strongly believe in contributing positively to my communities. Knowingly and willingly spreading illness does not do that.

I have leave for this very reason. So do my coworkers. I don’t enjoy covering their classes when they are out sick, but I would rather them take off than get the rest of us sick.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So much shaming and sanctimommy comments on this thread!

I’m a teacher who is home sick right now. I am 100% certain I got this from one of my classes, specifically from two kids who were too miserable to take their heads off their desks. I’ll admit I am very annoyed at their parents, who should have let those poor kids stay home. They were miserable, and here I am four days later, also miserable.

It’s selfish. You can say that getting sick is just part of my job, but that doesn’t change the fact that it is selfish to send your very sick children to school.

oh please you were going to get sick anyway at some point. It happens. Definitely a lot more things to stress over than this.

- a teacher

You are not a teacher.

Yes I am for over 15 years, which is why I would never sit at home and obsess over which exact kid and parents got me sick. Theres enough crap going on at school to stress over, I would not add that to my list. We get sick every year. - multiple times a year. And you probably have come to school sick with a tylenol sinus to tide you over because its too hard/stressful to get a sub. We probably get kids sick outselves when we do that.

So you willingly get kids sick? You’re making yourself look really bad.

Dp. Disagree. She’s making herself look normal, reasonable, and honest. This DCUM crowd who thinks only the wealthy and privileged should have children are the ones making themselves look bad.

Reasonable to get her students sick? Being honest about that doesn’t give her the right to do so.
One doesn’t need to be “wealthy” to take day off for illness.
I’m a teachers aide and teachers are allowed sick time off.
Your morals point south.

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I’m the sick teacher who posted above. I took off because I don’t want to spread the absolute misery I feel right now. That’s the right thing to do. I worked from home, commenting on my students’ sub work by popping into their Google docs. It isn’t ideal (and I had to take sick leave to work all day anyway), but I strongly believe in contributing positively to my communities. Knowingly and willingly spreading illness does not do that.

I have leave for this very reason. So do my coworkers. I don’t enjoy covering their classes when they are out sick, but I would rather them take off than get the rest of us sick.

That’s awesome that you can get a sub- at our school, the kids get divided up and added to other classrooms. Don’t think that doesn’t influence how often teachers call in sick.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry people can't take time off work every time their preschooler has a runny nose. It is a luxury only for SAHPs.

lol yes. Society shouldn’t be set up this way but unfortunately it is. I’d much rather stay home with muy kids and relax. I’d lose my job if I stayed home for all my kids runny noses.

Since you have a good job, you can afford to pay someone when you cannot take care of your kids. Or, your spouse can stay home.

Whew, yes, it's a good thing everyone with jobs has unlimited money

Money or no money, childcare for unwell children is not your schools problem. That is a responsibility you take on when you have kids.

Have you and your spouse been home with a toddler for at least one week of every month since summer 2021 due to either exposures/quarantines or every virus that laid low during covid precautions raring back? In the worst month, THREE weeks? Have you taken every inch of leave and flexibility your work would give you to the point that your boss's reaction out loud, when a new cold spread around the entire day care classroom last week, was "Again?!" I don't really want to hear that I'm not taking care of my kids because I can't wait more than a week for the postnasal drip cough to clear up before sending them back. This has been a BAD year and I don't think "parents not having enough individual responsibility" is the root issue here. Maybe we could set up a STRUCTURE where parents don't have to make bad choices.

PP here. I was home without childcare for my then 1.5yo the first six months of the pandemic while I worked remotely. Said child (who is now 4) has also been home for three days this week with a bad cold he picked up at school and gave to our baby. Yes, it’s not fun. He should be in school learning and socializing but instead I kept him home. His teachers don’t need to be exposed to contagious kids or caring for under the weather ones.

The so called structure you say should be in place should be flexibility in the workplace. No one except 1:1 caregivers should be responsible for caring for your sick kids. This is why having young kids is hard.

Do you think everyone can work from home?

No, but again, that isn’t your schools problem. It’s yours.

Exactly. You want to work in person in a less flexible job, you need to figure that out.

Ahh yes all these people who “want” to work in person to make minimum wage and have zero flexibility. I didn’t realize that was their preferred way to make money rather than sitting on their couch getting paid to scroll DCUM.

Where did anyone say that they want to work in person at minimum wage? Bold it.

For your reading pleasure: “You want to work in person in a less flexible job”.

Who exactly do you think this entitled a-hole is taking about?

Regardless of who it’s talking about- minimum wage pancake flippers at IHOP, or a neurosurgeon- and I believe it’s talking about everyone, their sick kids are not the schools problem!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So much shaming and sanctimommy comments on this thread!

I’m a teacher who is home sick right now. I am 100% certain I got this from one of my classes, specifically from two kids who were too miserable to take their heads off their desks. I’ll admit I am very annoyed at their parents, who should have let those poor kids stay home. They were miserable, and here I am four days later, also miserable.

It’s selfish. You can say that getting sick is just part of my job, but that doesn’t change the fact that it is selfish to send your very sick children to school.

oh please you were going to get sick anyway at some point. It happens. Definitely a lot more things to stress over than this.

- a teacher

You are not a teacher.

Yes I am for over 15 years, which is why I would never sit at home and obsess over which exact kid and parents got me sick. Theres enough crap going on at school to stress over, I would not add that to my list. We get sick every year. - multiple times a year. And you probably have come to school sick with a tylenol sinus to tide you over because its too hard/stressful to get a sub. We probably get kids sick outselves when we do that.

So you willingly get kids sick? You’re making yourself look really bad.

Dp. Disagree. She’s making herself look normal, reasonable, and honest. This DCUM crowd who thinks only the wealthy and privileged should have children are the ones making themselves look bad.

Reasonable to get her students sick? Being honest about that doesn’t give her the right to do so.
One doesn’t need to be “wealthy” to take day off for illness.
I’m a teachers aide and teachers are allowed sick time off.
Your morals point south.

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I’m the sick teacher who posted above. I took off because I don’t want to spread the absolute misery I feel right now. That’s the right thing to do. I worked from home, commenting on my students’ sub work by popping into their Google docs. It isn’t ideal (and I had to take sick leave to work all day anyway), but I strongly believe in contributing positively to my communities. Knowingly and willingly spreading illness does not do that.

I have leave for this very reason. So do my coworkers. I don’t enjoy covering their classes when they are out sick, but I would rather them take off than get the rest of us sick.

I think the original intent of this thread was directed at preschool/daycare, and believe me, those teachers have way less leave than public school teachers. The courteous ones wear masks to cover up their colds though.