Take off a week in school year to go to disney

[Anonymous]

Wrong to take kids out of school to go to Disney. Education should be priority at every age through graduation. Only exception should be extended family event where dates are determined by someone else without influence of MCPS family.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wrong to take kids out of school to go to Disney. Education should be priority at every age through graduation. Only exception should be extended family event where dates are determined by someone else without influence of MCPS family.

Absolutely. If you truly value education, then there’s no “it’s only elementary school.” You either prioritize education or you don’t.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wrong to take kids out of school to go to Disney. Education should be priority at every age through graduation. Only exception should be extended family event where dates are determined by someone else without influence of MCPS family.

So it’s not okay, unless you decide it’s okay?

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Anonymous wrote:Teachers: You ABSOLUTELY cannot go on a one week trip to Disney. It will disrupt your education and will take too much time for me to catch your kid up to speed.

Also Teachers: We aren't coming to school for two years because we are scared of COVID and when we come back, we want Fridays off. Your kids will NOT get behind and will be fine.

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Dumbest argument I’ve ever seen on DCUM. That’s a feat, congratulations. It’s also 2023. Move on like the rest of the world has.

Okay, teacher. Let me break it down. You did NOT care when my kid was sitting at home staring into a camera for two years while you flew to the beach and went on a bunch of other personal trips taking full advantage of the virtual schooling environment YOU advocate for - not because it was what was best for kids but what was most convenient for YOU. MCPS kids are behind in math and MAP scores tanked because YOU did not want to come to school. So now, I don't give a rat's you know what about how you feel about me taking my kid out of school for a week. This isn't Harvard, they will catch up on all of the "work" (*cough, cough*) worksheets.

AP teacher who posted above.

I resent this. I went nowhere during Covid. I was too busy working, hosting extra tutoring sessions online to make sure my students were keeping up. I worked HARDER than my usual hard job requires.

You will not sit here and spew this nonsense without pushback. And you’re welcome, by the way, for all the extra time and energy I put into my job, which is far more than I get paid for.

This is why we’re quitting in droves. Nonsense like this.

Plenty of your colleagues flouted the rules. can’t you understand why parents are upset at the double standard?

I work more then 40 hours which is what I’m paid for. So you’ll get no sympathy from me for working extra hours. We all do it. Teachers are not special.

Never said we were. We sure do take a ton of heat and criticism from people who just love to complain, however. Does that happen regularly at your work?

If you don’t want sympathy and head pats for working additional hours / putting in extra effort, why did you mention it?