Another pregnant teacher

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I left work at 6 weeks. I was so sick I couldn’t even get out of bed. You don’t know her condition or history, maybe it’s a baby she’s been trying to have for a long time. Maybe the doctor ordered rest. It’s her life and she can leave work if she chooses. Not your business.

She’s 24….. not even married yet, not sure how long she was trying, and I asked her how’s she felling she said good!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I left work at 6 weeks. I was so sick I couldn’t even get out of bed. You don’t know her condition or history, maybe it’s a baby she’s been trying to have for a long time. Maybe the doctor ordered rest. It’s her life and she can leave work if she chooses. Not your business.

She’s 24….. not even married yet, not sure how long she was trying, and I asked her how’s she felling she said good!

Next time you feel the need to respond, read the PPs last two sentences again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You say they won’t return after Spring break which is in April. This is no big deal. It’s the last quarter. They take SOLs and stop teaching anyway. Who cares?

+1. All of the teaching will be ✅ done!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:3rd year teacher is pregnant and won’t be back after Spring Break. They will try to find a long term sub for her, but who knows if they will. She is only 12 weeks pregnant and doesn’t have any issues with the pregnancy. i just don’t understand why doesn’t she stay till the end since the baby won’t be due for another 6 months…

Are you saying teachers shouldn't have families? You don't know her medical condition. Little Billy will be fine with a subsitute.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I left work at 6 weeks. I was so sick I couldn’t even get out of bed. You don’t know her condition or history, maybe it’s a baby she’s been trying to have for a long time. Maybe the doctor ordered rest. It’s her life and she can leave work if she chooses. Not your business.

She’s 24….. not even married yet, not sure how long she was trying, and I asked her how’s she felling she said good!

I guess that tells you everything you need to know! She should get back to the classroom until contractions start.

[Anonymous]

She’s 24….. not even married yet, not sure how long she was trying, and I asked her how’s she felling she said good!

News flash: she is not going to tell a parent, who is essentially a stranger, her private health information. Not to mention things can change—we had a teacher who went from “no complications” to “bed rest” in one doctor appointment.

And her being unmarried has NOTHING to do with any of this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I left work at 6 weeks. I was so sick I couldn’t even get out of bed. You don’t know her condition or history, maybe it’s a baby she’s been trying to have for a long time. Maybe the doctor ordered rest. It’s her life and she can leave work if she chooses. Not your business.

She’s 24….. not even married yet, not sure how long she was trying, and I asked her how’s she felling she said good!

MYOB

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:3rd year teacher is pregnant and won’t be back after Spring Break. They will try to find a long term sub for her, but who knows if they will. She is only 12 weeks pregnant and doesn’t have any issues with the pregnancy. i just don’t understand why doesn’t she stay till the end since the baby won’t be due for another 6 months…

I thought they have contracts?

Teachers aren't literal slaves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Probably because she doesn’t want to be punched or kicked in the tummy or stabbed with scissors and risk her pregnancy. Frankly I can’t say I blame her.

Yep, this

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s her prerogative to leave. Just wish her the best.

Nobody would be asking this question if she were in another profession.

NP. I don’t think teachers have an obligation to stay through the end of the year, but I’m a lawyer, and if someone left when they were 12 weeks pregnant, we would all wonder why. We would essentially wonder why if she were in the middle of a trial or a project of some kind that had a deadline in June and she decided to go ahead and leave in March instead of seeing it through. Yeah, we’d all talk about that.

Yes if something bad happened to her or the baby because she stayed than would you still judge her for "not taking care of the baby?" Women should do what is best for them and their family. That's what men do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s her prerogative to leave. Just wish her the best.

Nobody would be asking this question if she were in another profession.

NP. I don’t think teachers have an obligation to stay through the end of the year, but I’m a lawyer, and if someone left when they were 12 weeks pregnant, we would all wonder why. We would essentially wonder why if she were in the middle of a trial or a project of some kind that had a deadline in June and she decided to go ahead and leave in March instead of seeing it through. Yeah, we’d all talk about that.

Who the hell cares if you and your miserable lawyer coworkers “all talk about it?”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ugh. My daughter had two years back-to-back of young teachers leaving for maternity leave. The subs were AWFUL. The teachers were dishonest and played the school district. One took a year off and then quit & never came back. And the other said she would be gone just six weeks (lol!), and then decided to take an additional semester off.

Start by paying teachers more and giving them respect. Why should teachers risk their lives if they know that parents don't care? After all, most parents parrot "those who can't teach"

You reap what you sow

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:3rd year teacher is pregnant and won’t be back after Spring Break. They will try to find a long term sub for her, but who knows if they will. She is only 12 weeks pregnant and doesn’t have any issues with the pregnancy. i just don’t understand why doesn’t she stay till the end since the baby won’t be due for another 6 months…

I don’t understand why you keep voting for a school board who cares nothing about classroom safety. Do you?

Stop making this political you Republican hack. Maybe you should get your governor to work on changing some of the laws, because the vast majority of this started with a Republican president and governor in the 1980s and 90s.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I left work at 6 weeks. I was so sick I couldn’t even get out of bed. You don’t know her condition or history, maybe it’s a baby she’s been trying to have for a long time. Maybe the doctor ordered rest. It’s her life and she can leave work if she chooses. Not your business.

She’s 24….. not even married yet, not sure how long she was trying, and I asked her how’s she felling she said good!

WOW, OP, judgmental, much? You sound awful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, this is for you:

In 1967, my married mother worked at a Sears Dept. Store outside Dayton, Ohio and was expecting her first baby. Once she was about 5 months pregnant and obviously pregnant, her male manager removed her from the sales floor and had her work in a back office so that customers wouldn’t see a pregnant lady.

Prior to this position, our mom worked for an electric company as a legal secretary-recruited out of high school. The company refused to hire married women. This was from 1955-1965.

What does this have anything to do with the pregnant teacher leaving??

PP and clearly OP wants a return to the past: do not hire women of childbearing age. Problem solved.