White House formally declaring teachers essential workers

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Trump is trying to woo the White, college educated, suburban women. Will he be successful yet again? I don't know.

How this would woo them I can’t imagine? More like REPEL

There is literally NOTHING Donald Trump could do between now and Election Day that would convince this white, college educated, suburban woman to vote for him, and even if there was, this wouldn’t be the way to do it.

[Anonymous]

If essential, get back in the classroom. They can't have it both ways.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Back to work bitches wear a mask and stop day drinking teachers

You obviously never went to school.
This is a ploy to keep schools open through outbreaks. Even if COVID takes down several kids in a class, the school can just keep humming along with the virus spreading to other classes on the school bus, in the bathrooms, in the hallways, and through contacts. These kids will go home and infect their families, who will spread the virus at work and to their own contacts. This will increase community spread exponentially, if states decide to use this designation. This is disgusting and dangerous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Back to work bitches wear a mask and stop day drinking teachers

You obviously never went to school.
This is a ploy to keep schools open through outbreaks. Even if COVID takes down several kids in a class, the school can just keep humming along with the virus spreading to other classes on the school bus, in the bathrooms, in the hallways, and through contacts. These kids will go home and infect their families, who will spread the virus at work and to their own contacts. This will increase community spread exponentially, if states decide to use this designation. This is disgusting and dangerous.

Exactly. I feel bad for the people living in states with Trumpster governors. However, even if they attempt this, the whole thing will fall apart within a month. Cases will once again skyrocket and pressure to close will mount. I'm glad to live in Massachusetts. Our Governor wants to open, but he's not insane. I have no doubt he would stamp out that nonsense about teaching while exposed but asymptomatic in a minute. We're trying to organize mobile testing units for schools. Hmmm....what would be helpful in this effort? I know! A functioning national government.

[Anonymous]

This will play out in two ways:

1. staunch Rs who are Trump cult members will use this as a way to force everyone back to normal.. it's just like the flu

2. all others who care about people's lives will ignore his directive and continue with following medical advice

So, in other words, nothing will change. Trump just likes to sound authoritative, and he knows his cult followers love to take direction from their cult leader. That's all this is about. The rest of us will just ignore and move one.

[Anonymous]

Teachers, healthcare workers and other essential workers, are also parents and taxpayers. During a pandemic, under a corrupt and tyrannical government, these people can do what ever the hell they want to protect themselves and their families first. Will they receive necessary PPE, funding for portable HVAC units in every classroom and disinfectant products for every classroom?

🖕🏻that 🤡

Signed - not a teacher, but a parent who is tired of all of you shi**ing on teachers

[Anonymous]

So where are all the " I want schools open NOW! Teachers are slackers." crowd? Funny how they disappeared.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So where are all the " I want schools open NOW! Teachers are slackers." crowd? Funny how they disappeared.

There is a difference between wanting schools to open with relevant safety precautions, and saying that people exposed to COVID should continue reporting to work (I don't think anyone advocates for that).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:White House formally declaring teachers
essential workers

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/20/politics/white-house-teachers-essential-workers/index.html

How do you feel parents & teachers!

The imbecile occupying the WH would not have graduated college, and possibly not even graduated high school, if Daddy hadn't financially greased the wheels, so this latest windbag proclamation will be given exactly the amount of credibility it deserves. None. Zero. Zip. Nada.

By the way, essential worker teachers HAVE been working every contracted day since March, and will continue to (essentially) work every contracted day in the coming semester -- safely from home, just like millions of other Americans, as they are essential educators, not essential babysitters.

The bolded part is important (even though the latter point is BS, many many parents consider in person education to be superior as education, not as babysitting). Essential workers do not all have to show up in person every day if there are safer compromises. For instance, telemedicine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So where are all the " I want schools open NOW! Teachers are slackers." crowd? Funny how they disappeared.

There is a difference between wanting schools to open with relevant safety precautions, and saying that people exposed to COVID should continue reporting to work (I don't think anyone advocates for that).

This is actually the norm for some essential workers -- the ones that are immediately essential, or "critical," like health care providers: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/critical-workers/implementing-safety-practices.html . You would not have working hospitals in the hotspots if exposed people had to stay home. Most interstate travel quarantines also have some exemption for essential and/or critical workers.

I don't think it's clear where teachers fall, although I agree with you that it would be a mistake in this case. However, I can guarantee that there will not be a 100% consensus among parents about whether teachers should not stay in the classroom if one child gets sick, nor would there be 100% consensus that all the exposed kids should stay home until adequately screened negative (which takes a few days after exposure, at least, even with the best tests, because you won't shed it right away).

[Anonymous]

I don't think this means anything, anyway. The decisions to open - or not - still rest with local jurisdictions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Back to work bitches wear a mask and stop day drinking teachers

Too late, they all just quit. Good luck educating your kids on your own.

[Anonymous]

By the way, essential worker teachers HAVE been working every contracted day since March, and will continue to (essentially) work every contracted day in the coming semester -- safely from home, just like millions of other Americans, as they are essential educators, not essential babysitters.

I'm sure that is true of many essential worker teachers. But, three of my sixth grade son's teachers never did another thing after schools closed their doors in March. Two were great and did a ton. But, it is ridiculous that three did nothing at all. There is no way that they could have all had family emergencies or been on leave.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Has the WH declared COVID an essential problem?

This.

This.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Back to work bitches wear a mask and stop day drinking teachers

Too late, they all just quit. Good luck educating your kids on your own.

Then just quit already. Until you stop taking those paychecks you're just bluffing here.

4/20 teachers at my elementary school retired early or resigned this summer. We have only filled one of the positions. The other three will be filled with long terms subs, if any can be found willing to sign up to do distance teaching/hybrid this year for $20 an hour.