Why are you demanding 5 day in-person school now that the pandemic is getting more dangerous?

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Anonymous wrote:This is silly. Schools have been open in DC private ones throughout. Things have been fine. Meanwhile kids on my street haven’t done online school in months. The only thing this has helped is to widen the gap.

This has nothing to do with the school and EVERYTHING to do with the kid's parents. If your child's gap is widening then it is because you're not doing your job as a parent.

Um, no, it has to do with schools being closed. Kids would be in school (maybe they would skip here and there but they would be in school many days instead of 0 days).

Use logic, not knee-jerk attack (even attacking the wrong target).

Really? Because I'm an ER doctor and my wife is a nurse. We have been working around the clock for a year ad had all the hospital staff and without a vaccine until a few weeks ago. We cannot support our kids at all in vurtual learning. do you suggest people like us quit our jobs? our kids are luckily in a fully open private school, but we have many folks in the hospital who mske way less money than us who are great parents who continue to need to put food on the table.

[Anonymous]

Oh give me a break.

We want it because we are DONE bearing the burden for everyone else. Boomers have their vaccines. Teachers have their vaccines. We have our vaccines. It’s time for school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The sense I get is that the teachers union is just trying to run out the clock on this school year. They're not really interested in what is best for the children or their families.

They want tp get to their summer vacations. Now that they are all vaccinated and well rested from being in their homes, they are all set to travel.

I’m an APS teacher. None of us are “well rested” this year. What a stupid, ignorant remark. This year has been hell on earth. I wake up at 6, and work until 8 or 9 every night. I have my own family and kids to take care of on top of it. If this wasn’t temporary, I would leave my chosen profession, because a job that was already demanding is now off the charts. And then there’s people like you. I am so glad that my students’ parents have been supportive. You should be ashamed of yourself. I am definitely looking forward to summer, which means I will have survived this, and can go back to a normal fall. This concurrent stuff is not remotely fun for us, and we are really trying our best.

SO disparaging, to imagine anyone could think like this.

Maybe tell.your obnoxiously loud vaccinsted colleagues to stop their tantrums about returning to the classroom. Your colleagues don't give you are very good look.

Maybe you need to be smarter, and more considerate before attacking teachers. This is anonymous. Most of us aren’t interested in sharing our names. When you’re on social media, count the names. There’s a couple of teachers like that, not 6,000. You think APS is going to give them a second thought? Fall will be back to a “masked” normal.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The sense I get is that the teachers union is just trying to run out the clock on this school year. They're not really interested in what is best for the children or their families.

They want tp get to their summer vacations. Now that they are all vaccinated and well rested from being in their homes, they are all set to travel.

I’m an APS teacher. None of us are “well rested” this year. What a stupid, ignorant remark. This year has been hell on earth. I wake up at 6, and work until 8 or 9 every night. I have my own family and kids to take care of on top of it. If this wasn’t temporary, I would leave my chosen profession, because a job that was already demanding is now off the charts. And then there’s people like you. I am so glad that my students’ parents have been supportive. You should be ashamed of yourself. I am definitely looking forward to summer, which means I will have survived this, and can go back to a normal fall. This concurrent stuff is not remotely fun for us, and we are really trying our best.

SO disparaging, to imagine anyone could think like this.

They don’t have a clue. Probably don’t even work themselves or have an easy WFH job so they assume everyone’s job is easy if it’s WFH. I have never felt lower and more defeated than teaching online at home between November / January. Like, I was looking for other jobs. That’s how awful it was. If we ever go DL again I don’t think I can stay. It was awful. And they think we were chillin at home and well rested lmao. I will teach all day in person with unvaccinated kids before I ever do DL again .

Well that’s all anyone is asking. Full time in person school for those who want it. That’s it. I’m sorry that people are calling it a “vacation” for teachers, I know that’s largely not true. But there are definitely some vocal teachers who are putting in the bare minimum and getting used to the lazy Covid lifestyle and really advocating AGAINST returning. So that’s where some of this criticism is coming from. If it doesn’t apply to you don’t take it personally.

Some of you need to understand that a handful of loud whiny teachers doesn’t represent us all and quit denigrating an entire profession by painting us all with the same wide brush . Yeah, everyone worked hard this year. I’m not special in that sense. But very few other professions besides teachers have been derided for a YEAR for “not working” or “being on vacation” or “not teaching” or “being lazy” or “not caring about kids” while busting their a** the way other working parents trying to juggle it all have been.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The sense I get is that the teachers union is just trying to run out the clock on this school year. They're not really interested in what is best for the children or their families.

They want tp get to their summer vacations. Now that they are all vaccinated and well rested from being in their homes, they are all set to travel.

I’m an APS teacher. None of us are “well rested” this year. What a stupid, ignorant remark. This year has been hell on earth. I wake up at 6, and work until 8 or 9 every night. I have my own family and kids to take care of on top of it. If this wasn’t temporary, I would leave my chosen profession, because a job that was already demanding is now off the charts. And then there’s people like you. I am so glad that my students’ parents have been supportive. You should be ashamed of yourself. I am definitely looking forward to summer, which means I will have survived this, and can go back to a normal fall. This concurrent stuff is not remotely fun for us, and we are really trying our best.

SO disparaging, to imagine anyone could think like this.

They don’t have a clue. Probably don’t even work themselves or have an easy WFH job so they assume everyone’s job is easy if it’s WFH. I have never felt lower and more defeated than teaching online at home between November / January. Like, I was looking for other jobs. That’s how awful it was. If we ever go DL again I don’t think I can stay. It was awful. And they think we were chillin at home and well rested lmao. I will teach all day in person with unvaccinated kids before I ever do DL again .

Well that’s all anyone is asking. Full time in person school for those who want it. That’s it. I’m sorry that people are calling it a “vacation” for teachers, I know that’s largely not true. But there are definitely some vocal teachers who are putting in the bare minimum and getting used to the lazy Covid lifestyle and really advocating AGAINST returning. So that’s where some of this criticism is coming from. If it doesn’t apply to you don’t take it personally.

Some of you need to understand that a handful of loud whiny teachers doesn’t represent us all and quit denigrating an entire profession by painting us all with the same wide brush . Yeah, everyone worked hard this year. I’m not special in that sense. But very few other professions besides teachers have been derided for a YEAR for “not working” or “being on vacation” or “not teaching” or “being lazy” or “not caring about kids” while busting their a** the way other working parents trying to juggle it all have been.

That’s really kind of you. I think I worked a lot harder than my Arlington WFH neighbors this year. A hell of a lot harder.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The sense I get is that the teachers union is just trying to run out the clock on this school year. They're not really interested in what is best for the children or their families.

They want tp get to their summer vacations. Now that they are all vaccinated and well rested from being in their homes, they are all set to travel.

I’m an APS teacher. None of us are “well rested” this year. What a stupid, ignorant remark. This year has been hell on earth. I wake up at 6, and work until 8 or 9 every night. I have my own family and kids to take care of on top of it. If this wasn’t temporary, I would leave my chosen profession, because a job that was already demanding is now off the charts. And then there’s people like you. I am so glad that my students’ parents have been supportive. You should be ashamed of yourself. I am definitely looking forward to summer, which means I will have survived this, and can go back to a normal fall. This concurrent stuff is not remotely fun for us, and we are really trying our best.

SO disparaging, to imagine anyone could think like this.

They don’t have a clue. Probably don’t even work themselves or have an easy WFH job so they assume everyone’s job is easy if it’s WFH. I have never felt lower and more defeated than teaching online at home between November / January. Like, I was looking for other jobs. That’s how awful it was. If we ever go DL again I don’t think I can stay. It was awful. And they think we were chillin at home and well rested lmao. I will teach all day in person with unvaccinated kids before I ever do DL again .

Well that’s all anyone is asking. Full time in person school for those who want it. That’s it. I’m sorry that people are calling it a “vacation” for teachers, I know that’s largely not true. But there are definitely some vocal teachers who are putting in the bare minimum and getting used to the lazy Covid lifestyle and really advocating AGAINST returning. So that’s where some of this criticism is coming from. If it doesn’t apply to you don’t take it personally.

Some of you need to understand that a handful of loud whiny teachers doesn’t represent us all and quit denigrating an entire profession by painting us all with the same wide brush . Yeah, everyone worked hard this year. I’m not special in that sense. But very few other professions besides teachers have been derided for a YEAR for “not working” or “being on vacation” or “not teaching” or “being lazy” or “not caring about kids” while busting their a** the way other working parents trying to juggle it all have been.

That’s really kind of you. I think I worked a lot harder than my Arlington WFH neighbors this year. A hell of a lot harder.

Harder than in person neighbors, too- before anyone starts with that.

[Anonymous]

Pandemics are great for revealing the worst of human nature, aren’t they?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pandemics are great for revealing the worst of human nature, aren’t they?

Sure. Children pay while adults play.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Pandemics are great for revealing the worst of human nature, aren’t they?

Sure. Children pay while adults play.

Sure. Come watch me “playing” sometime.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Pandemics are great for revealing the worst of human nature, aren’t they?

Sure. Children pay while adults play.

Sure. Come watch me “playing” sometime.

How long can you hold your bladder? 🙂

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The sense I get is that the teachers union is just trying to run out the clock on this school year. They're not really interested in what is best for the children or their families.

They want tp get to their summer vacations. Now that they are all vaccinated and well rested from being in their homes, they are all set to travel.

I’m an APS teacher. None of us are “well rested” this year. What a stupid, ignorant remark. This year has been hell on earth. I wake up at 6, and work until 8 or 9 every night. I have my own family and kids to take care of on top of it. If this wasn’t temporary, I would leave my chosen profession, because a job that was already demanding is now off the charts. And then there’s people like you. I am so glad that my students’ parents have been supportive. You should be ashamed of yourself. I am definitely looking forward to summer, which means I will have survived this, and can go back to a normal fall. This concurrent stuff is not remotely fun for us, and we are really trying our best.

SO disparaging, to imagine anyone could think like this.

They don’t have a clue. Probably don’t even work themselves or have an easy WFH job so they assume everyone’s job is easy if it’s WFH. I have never felt lower and more defeated than teaching online at home between November / January. Like, I was looking for other jobs. That’s how awful it was. If we ever go DL again I don’t think I can stay. It was awful. And they think we were chillin at home and well rested lmao. I will teach all day in person with unvaccinated kids before I ever do DL again .

Well that’s all anyone is asking. Full time in person school for those who want it. That’s it. I’m sorry that people are calling it a “vacation” for teachers, I know that’s largely not true. But there are definitely some vocal teachers who are putting in the bare minimum and getting used to the lazy Covid lifestyle and really advocating AGAINST returning. So that’s where some of this criticism is coming from. If it doesn’t apply to you don’t take it personally.

Republican talking points that don’t even make any sense in VA. Lame.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The sense I get is that the teachers union is just trying to run out the clock on this school year. They're not really interested in what is best for the children or their families.

They want tp get to their summer vacations. Now that they are all vaccinated and well rested from being in their homes, they are all set to travel.

I’m an APS teacher. None of us are “well rested” this year. What a stupid, ignorant remark. This year has been hell on earth. I wake up at 6, and work until 8 or 9 every night. I have my own family and kids to take care of on top of it. If this wasn’t temporary, I would leave my chosen profession, because a job that was already demanding is now off the charts. And then there’s people like you. I am so glad that my students’ parents have been supportive. You should be ashamed of yourself. I am definitely looking forward to summer, which means I will have survived this, and can go back to a normal fall. This concurrent stuff is not remotely fun for us, and we are really trying our best.

SO disparaging, to imagine anyone could think like this.

They don’t have a clue. Probably don’t even work themselves or have an easy WFH job so they assume everyone’s job is easy if it’s WFH. I have never felt lower and more defeated than teaching online at home between November / January. Like, I was looking for other jobs. That’s how awful it was. If we ever go DL again I don’t think I can stay. It was awful. And they think we were chillin at home and well rested lmao. I will teach all day in person with unvaccinated kids before I ever do DL again .

Well that’s all anyone is asking. Full time in person school for those who want it. That’s it. I’m sorry that people are calling it a “vacation” for teachers, I know that’s largely not true. But there are definitely some vocal teachers who are putting in the bare minimum and getting used to the lazy Covid lifestyle and really advocating AGAINST returning. So that’s where some of this criticism is coming from. If it doesn’t apply to you don’t take it personally.

Republican talking points that don’t even make any sense in VA. Lame.

Full time in person school is a Republican talking point now? That’s sad. I remember when Democrats were the party of supporting public schools. Do you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The sense I get is that the teachers union is just trying to run out the clock on this school year. They're not really interested in what is best for the children or their families.

They want tp get to their summer vacations. Now that they are all vaccinated and well rested from being in their homes, they are all set to travel.

I’m an APS teacher. None of us are “well rested” this year. What a stupid, ignorant remark. This year has been hell on earth. I wake up at 6, and work until 8 or 9 every night. I have my own family and kids to take care of on top of it. If this wasn’t temporary, I would leave my chosen profession, because a job that was already demanding is now off the charts. And then there’s people like you. I am so glad that my students’ parents have been supportive. You should be ashamed of yourself. I am definitely looking forward to summer, which means I will have survived this, and can go back to a normal fall. This concurrent stuff is not remotely fun for us, and we are really trying our best.

SO disparaging, to imagine anyone could think like this.

They don’t have a clue. Probably don’t even work themselves or have an easy WFH job so they assume everyone’s job is easy if it’s WFH. I have never felt lower and more defeated than teaching online at home between November / January. Like, I was looking for other jobs. That’s how awful it was. If we ever go DL again I don’t think I can stay. It was awful. And they think we were chillin at home and well rested lmao. I will teach all day in person with unvaccinated kids before I ever do DL again .

Well that’s all anyone is asking. Full time in person school for those who want it. That’s it. I’m sorry that people are calling it a “vacation” for teachers, I know that’s largely not true. But there are definitely some vocal teachers who are putting in the bare minimum and getting used to the lazy Covid lifestyle and really advocating AGAINST returning. So that’s where some of this criticism is coming from. If it doesn’t apply to you don’t take it personally.

Republican talking points that don’t even make any sense in VA. Lame.

Full time in person school is a Republican talking point now? That’s sad. I remember when Democrats were the party of supporting public schools. Do you?

The local Democrat platform is essentially keep everybody home and strive for equitable mediocrity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The sense I get is that the teachers union is just trying to run out the clock on this school year. They're not really interested in what is best for the children or their families.

They want tp get to their summer vacations. Now that they are all vaccinated and well rested from being in their homes, they are all set to travel.

I’m an APS teacher. None of us are “well rested” this year. What a stupid, ignorant remark. This year has been hell on earth. I wake up at 6, and work until 8 or 9 every night. I have my own family and kids to take care of on top of it. If this wasn’t temporary, I would leave my chosen profession, because a job that was already demanding is now off the charts. And then there’s people like you. I am so glad that my students’ parents have been supportive. You should be ashamed of yourself. I am definitely looking forward to summer, which means I will have survived this, and can go back to a normal fall. This concurrent stuff is not remotely fun for us, and we are really trying our best.

SO disparaging, to imagine anyone could think like this.

They don’t have a clue. Probably don’t even work themselves or have an easy WFH job so they assume everyone’s job is easy if it’s WFH. I have never felt lower and more defeated than teaching online at home between November / January. Like, I was looking for other jobs. That’s how awful it was. If we ever go DL again I don’t think I can stay. It was awful. And they think we were chillin at home and well rested lmao. I will teach all day in person with unvaccinated kids before I ever do DL again .

Well that’s all anyone is asking. Full time in person school for those who want it. That’s it. I’m sorry that people are calling it a “vacation” for teachers, I know that’s largely not true. But there are definitely some vocal teachers who are putting in the bare minimum and getting used to the lazy Covid lifestyle and really advocating AGAINST returning. So that’s where some of this criticism is coming from. If it doesn’t apply to you don’t take it personally.

Some of you need to understand that a handful of loud whiny teachers doesn’t represent us all and quit denigrating an entire profession by painting us all with the same wide brush . Yeah, everyone worked hard this year. I’m not special in that sense. But very few other professions besides teachers have been derided for a YEAR for “not working” or “being on vacation” or “not teaching” or “being lazy” or “not caring about kids” while busting their a** the way other working parents trying to juggle it all have been.

That’s really kind of you. I think I worked a lot harder than my Arlington WFH neighbors this year. A hell of a lot harder.

Oh here we go another whiner that is going to her imaginary gold in the misery Olympics.

You are not educating anyone. And your crybaby peers speak for you since you seem to be mute on the topic in the public platform. Parents who care are going behind you picking up slack. You simply cannot effectively do your job from behind a computer screen . I don't care how much you spin your tires. If any kid gets educated this year it's because of parents who are not only full time working, but full time.educating.

If a few teachers spoke up you'd have the respect you claim to deserve.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The sense I get is that the teachers union is just trying to run out the clock on this school year. They're not really interested in what is best for the children or their families.

They want tp get to their summer vacations. Now that they are all vaccinated and well rested from being in their homes, they are all set to travel.

I’m an APS teacher. None of us are “well rested” this year. What a stupid, ignorant remark. This year has been hell on earth. I wake up at 6, and work until 8 or 9 every night. I have my own family and kids to take care of on top of it. If this wasn’t temporary, I would leave my chosen profession, because a job that was already demanding is now off the charts. And then there’s people like you. I am so glad that my students’ parents have been supportive. You should be ashamed of yourself. I am definitely looking forward to summer, which means I will have survived this, and can go back to a normal fall. This concurrent stuff is not remotely fun for us, and we are really trying our best.

SO disparaging, to imagine anyone could think like this.

They don’t have a clue. Probably don’t even work themselves or have an easy WFH job so they assume everyone’s job is easy if it’s WFH. I have never felt lower and more defeated than teaching online at home between November / January. Like, I was looking for other jobs. That’s how awful it was. If we ever go DL again I don’t think I can stay. It was awful. And they think we were chillin at home and well rested lmao. I will teach all day in person with unvaccinated kids before I ever do DL again .

Well that’s all anyone is asking. Full time in person school for those who want it. That’s it. I’m sorry that people are calling it a “vacation” for teachers, I know that’s largely not true. But there are definitely some vocal teachers who are putting in the bare minimum and getting used to the lazy Covid lifestyle and really advocating AGAINST returning. So that’s where some of this criticism is coming from. If it doesn’t apply to you don’t take it personally.

Some of you need to understand that a handful of loud whiny teachers doesn’t represent us all and quit denigrating an entire profession by painting us all with the same wide brush . Yeah, everyone worked hard this year. I’m not special in that sense. But very few other professions besides teachers have been derided for a YEAR for “not working” or “being on vacation” or “not teaching” or “being lazy” or “not caring about kids” while busting their a** the way other working parents trying to juggle it all have been.

That’s really kind of you. I think I worked a lot harder than my Arlington WFH neighbors this year. A hell of a lot harder.

Oh here we go another whiner that is going to her imaginary gold in the misery Olympics.

You are not educating anyone. And your crybaby peers speak for you since you seem to be mute on the topic in the public platform. Parents who care are going behind you picking up slack. You simply cannot effectively do your job from behind a computer screen . I don't care how much you spin your tires. If any kid gets educated this year it's because of parents who are not only full time working, but full time.educating.

If a few teachers spoke up you'd have the respect you claim to deserve.

Literally LOL at teachers *speaking up* here and you shutting them down. We are working parents trying to help our kids while doing our jobs too. You are no different or better than any other working parent on this planet doing that right now.