Private School Teachers are Scared

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Private school teachers are about to be out of a job when their private schools go out of business due to lack of enrollment after this utter catastrophe

To be clear - the catastrophe here is the pandemic. If schools go under, it is because of the pandemic - not because of teachers, administrators, or county leaders.

The catastrophe is the teachers putting their histrionics ahead of all else and abandoning their students while apparently still expecting to get paid. Until this I had the utmost respect for teachers and supported them financially and emotionally whenever possible. No more. Thanks for nothing, private school teachers.

You are a whiney brat.

Says the person who wants to stay home and not do her job and get paid. I’ve been working 50-60 hours a week since March while teaching my children since the teachers are not doing it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I won’t say which school I’m affiliated with but just want you to know that many are scared to come back and they are making it known to their Heads of School. Our teachers are not unique; this is the general sentiment among private school teachers I this area who are having to teach in person. Those of you who think it will be sunshine and roses and business as usual are sorely mistaken. Think no papers collected from students, all assessments done online, no library books either from the regular school library or the classroom library, etc.

I don't think anyone thinks this. It's just better than the even worse alternative of DL for young kids. We both work FT and one of us is a frontline health worker, no family in the area, and can't easily afford tutors/nanny.

this is my exact situation.

[Anonymous]

so over these threads

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:so over these threads

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Private school teachers are about to be out of a job when their private schools go out of business due to lack of enrollment after this utter catastrophe

To be clear - the catastrophe here is the pandemic. If schools go under, it is because of the pandemic - not because of teachers, administrators, or county leaders.

The catastrophe is the teachers putting their histrionics ahead of all else and abandoning their students while apparently still expecting to get paid. Until this I had the utmost respect for teachers and supported them financially and emotionally whenever possible. No more. Thanks for nothing, private school teachers.

You are a whiney brat.

Says the person who wants to stay home and not do her job and get paid. I’ve been working 50-60 hours a week since March while teaching my children since the teachers are not doing it.

And some lawyer keeps posting that he gets to WFH, as if he speaks for all lawyers. He does not. Not all lawyers are WFH. Plenty are and plenty have been working in person throughout the pandemic. It depends on your firm and the industries you represent.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Private school teachers are about to be out of a job when their private schools go out of business due to lack of enrollment after this utter catastrophe

That would be a huge overreaction by parents to a temporary situation.

Temporary? I am paying 70K for remote learning for a year. How do you define temporary?

I'm saying it is temporary in the broad view; the number of years in your child's entire education that will be different from the all other other years. I view it the way parents whose kids get stuck with the year the school is being renovated have to view those less than perfect construction years. For us, our school is worth paying for even if this year isn't in person. And, yes, we will donate extra this year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Private school teachers are about to be out of a job when their private schools go out of business due to lack of enrollment after this utter catastrophe

To be clear - the catastrophe here is the pandemic. If schools go under, it is because of the pandemic - not because of teachers, administrators, or county leaders.

The catastrophe is the teachers putting their histrionics ahead of all else and abandoning their students while apparently still expecting to get paid. Until this I had the utmost respect for teachers and supported them financially and emotionally whenever possible. No more. Thanks for nothing, private school teachers.

You are a whiney brat.

Says the person who wants to stay home and not do her job and get paid. I’ve been working 50-60 hours a week since March while teaching my children since the teachers are not doing it.

And some lawyer keeps posting that he gets to WFH, as if he speaks for all lawyers. He does not. Not all lawyers are WFH. Plenty are and plenty have been working in person throughout the pandemic. It depends on your firm and the industries you represent.

Besides being totally irrelevant. Apples and oranges

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Private school teachers are about to be out of a job when their private schools go out of business due to lack of enrollment after this utter catastrophe

To be clear - the catastrophe here is the pandemic. If schools go under, it is because of the pandemic - not because of teachers, administrators, or county leaders.

The catastrophe is the teachers putting their histrionics ahead of all else and abandoning their students while apparently still expecting to get paid. Until this I had the utmost respect for teachers and supported them financially and emotionally whenever possible. No more. Thanks for nothing, private school teachers.

You are a whiney brat.

Says the person who wants to stay home and not do her job and get paid. I’ve been working 50-60 hours a week since March while teaching my children since the teachers are not doing it.

I'm not a teacher; I'm a parent who is sick of other other parents acting like infants over this situation.

[Anonymous]

is the OP actually a teacher? our preschool is still using papers and books.

[Anonymous]

First, I find it telling that people have argued that teachers should teach in potentially hazardous conditions just like people in "medical" or in grocery stores. The message that this sends is that since our government was so irresponsible in preparing for this pandemic that if one particular group of people in a profession worked in dangerous conditions, everyone should have to do so. The fact is that our federal government failed our local governments, causing doctors and other health professionals to lack enough PPE. Then, the fiasco regarding testing and Trump's obvious resistance to mandating thorough and rapid testing, made the situation worse. It is horrible that these people had to put their lives on the line to serve us, especially those people who barely make a living wage. I find it so rich that so many people on this board more than likely are in lucrative, professional fields that allow them to work from the safe confines of their multi-million dollar homes or their well-ventilated law firms, to complain that teachers and school staff should risk their health and wellbeing so their children can sit in a room, facing forward, only to be reminded never to talk loudly, sneeze, cough, touch other children, or fidget with their masks. My second point is that what some parents don't seem to understand is that distance learning takes two or three times more to prep and execute lesson plans than teaching in person. Believe me, DL is no treat for teachers at all. Some of you seem to have this very dated idea of teachers who long to sit on divans, eating bonbons and watching their serialized stories. Rest assured, last spring and this year teachers will burn the candle at both ends to ensure we are educating your kids as well as we can. A little good faith on your part would help, or you can choose to suffocate on your own bile.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:First, I find it telling that people have argued that teachers should teach in potentially hazardous conditions just like people in "medical" or in grocery stores. The message that this sends is that since our government was so irresponsible in preparing for this pandemic that if one particular group of people in a profession worked in dangerous conditions, everyone should have to do so. The fact is that our federal government failed our local governments, causing doctors and other health professionals to lack enough PPE. Then, the fiasco regarding testing and Trump's obvious resistance to mandating thorough and rapid testing, made the situation worse. It is horrible that these people had to put their lives on the line to serve us, especially those people who barely make a living wage. I find it so rich that so many people on this board more than likely are in lucrative, professional fields that allow them to work from the safe confines of their multi-million dollar homes or their well-ventilated law firms, to complain that teachers and school staff should risk their health and wellbeing so their children can sit in a room, facing forward, only to be reminded never to talk loudly, sneeze, cough, touch other children, or fidget with their masks. My second point is that what some parents don't seem to understand is that distance learning takes two or three times more to prep and execute lesson plans than teaching in person. Believe me, DL is no treat for teachers at all. Some of you seem to have this very dated idea of teachers who long to sit on divans, eating bonbons and watching their serialized stories. Rest assured, last spring and this year teachers will burn the candle at both ends to ensure we are educating your kids as well as we can. A little good faith on your part would help, or you can choose to suffocate on your own bile.

No, I am a frontline healthcare worker in a hospital making about the same as a seasoned teacher. I’ve been working nonstop for 25 years.

[Anonymous]

I'm a teacher and I think opening in person is unsafe. Not because I'm scared for myself, but because I think putting 500 bodies together will be a disaster, regardless if they are kids or adults. You can distance classrooms all you want, but during transition times kids are going to all be breathing the same air.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:First, I find it telling that people have argued that teachers should teach in potentially hazardous conditions just like people in "medical" or in grocery stores. The message that this sends is that since our government was so irresponsible in preparing for this pandemic that if one particular group of people in a profession worked in dangerous conditions, everyone should have to do so. The fact is that our federal government failed our local governments, causing doctors and other health professionals to lack enough PPE. Then, the fiasco regarding testing and Trump's obvious resistance to mandating thorough and rapid testing, made the situation worse. It is horrible that these people had to put their lives on the line to serve us, especially those people who barely make a living wage. I find it so rich that so many people on this board more than likely are in lucrative, professional fields that allow them to work from the safe confines of their multi-million dollar homes or their well-ventilated law firms, to complain that teachers and school staff should risk their health and wellbeing so their children can sit in a room, facing forward, only to be reminded never to talk loudly, sneeze, cough, touch other children, or fidget with their masks. My second point is that what some parents don't seem to understand is that distance learning takes two or three times more to prep and execute lesson plans than teaching in person. Believe me, DL is no treat for teachers at all. Some of you seem to have this very dated idea of teachers who long to sit on divans, eating bonbons and watching their serialized stories. Rest assured, last spring and this year teachers will burn the candle at both ends to ensure we are educating your kids as well as we can. A little good faith on your part would help, or you can choose to suffocate on your own bile.

No, I am a frontline healthcare worker in a hospital making about the same as a seasoned teacher. I’ve been working nonstop for 25 years.

But the point remains: just because people like you and other health care professionals were put in a dangerous position because of political malfeasance doesn't mean everyone should have to.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm a teacher and I think opening in person is unsafe. Not because I'm scared for myself, but because I think putting 500 bodies together will be a disaster, regardless if they are kids or adults. You can distance classrooms all you want, but during transition times kids are going to all be breathing the same air.

I understand your point, but you have not reviewed the plans of every private school in the area. Many are not planning to put 500 people in a building on a single day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm a teacher and I think opening in person is unsafe. Not because I'm scared for myself, but because I think putting 500 bodies together will be a disaster, regardless if they are kids or adults. You can distance classrooms all you want, but during transition times kids are going to all be breathing the same air.

Are you aware of the work conditions many others are facing every day? If the schools choose to adopt a hybrid schedule, it would limit the number of people you come into contact with. If we don’t send kids, especially elementary kids, back to school, we may as well just give up and accept that we will have a generation of un/undereducated children with little chance of catching up.