Lets Just Call It How It Is...

[Anonymous]

I like my kids' teachers. They are kind and patient when I'm ready to smack even my own kids, much less someone else's brats. I'm glad that we have them. If you believe in flying spaghetti monsters and the like, you could say I'm even blessed.

With out a doubt, the younger the child, the more important in person learning is. 1st grade and lower just need that extra help to get into basic math, reading, and writing. There is also the need for socialization so we don't have a bunch of really weird adults in 12 years. But the older kids seem to do okay. They talk on the phone. They seem happy to turn down the class volume when the teacher is just reiterating and get ahead on their work. There is actually a semblance of control in a crazy restricted world in which it feels like we have less and less control over anything.

I supported the teachers sick-out. Not because I give a damn about the teacher's health and safety. At least where my kids go to school, I don't see a lot of older and overweight teachers. Most are younger females. There is no real direct reason for a health concern. (They may have underlying at risk conditions I do not know about or live with family who is at risk though).

I supported the teachers because I think partial back to school is COMPLETELY moronic. Putting a random selection of kids in person while the rest of the kids have bigger classrooms and may lose their teacher? WTF really? Who thought this was a good idea?

Even if my children won such a chance, sitting in an awkward classroom surrounding by plexiglass and 6 ft away from each other while still consuming the majority of their education on a computer doesn't help at all. They can raise their hand I guess. But they aren't getting better instruction; they aren't getting any sane amount of socialization, and it puts them at a health risk thats not necessary.

Reading the various posts on this forum has provided some great perspective. There are kids who aren't lucky enough to have a parent who can help. Or don't have access to food. Or are special needs children. But my children are not in those groups. I can only imagine the stress and frustration that being one of those parents must be. I don't know how I would handle it.

And yet.

As liberal as I am... as liberal as the district is... I'm going to say what every one of us truly deeply feels, despite all the posturing and white-liberal guilt:

I DON'T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT YOU OR YOUR KID. And I know you don't give a f**k about mine.

If you are a SN needs family, you don't give a shit what other kids will lose out on because of your demands. You don't care about the teachers wishes or what their situations are. And I don't care about your SN needs if it means my kids get less.

And I'm fully aware that I am better off than you and your child. I wouldn't have it any other way. And if you were in my shoes neither would you. You wouldn't sacrifice whats best for your child for everyone else. Thats against everything evolution has programed into us since the dawn of time. You aren't in my clan. We don't share DNA. Your success matters less than mine. Period.

I have empathy for you. I have empathy for the teachers. But at the end of the day, I will do whats best for my family long before I do whats best for yours.

So there. I said it. 99% of people feel the same way but in polite society they won't say it. It's easier to hide behind our votes, our donations, or our marches for BLM (even though the rest of our collective actions don't seem to support such things). Moral superiority is just as important of a currency as anything else today.

Our district, with our insanely large number of blue voters gives us a first hand chance to experience this reality every day.

Continue your high horsing about COVID and teachers. Or your SN kids. Or whatever. If you won't cowardly admit the deep truth to an anonymous forum like I did, at least admit it to yourself.

Sincerely,

A selfish piece of shit, just like you

[Anonymous]

wow. ok well thanks for admitting you’re motivated by being a piece of sh*t. and are you bipolar, because that post seemed a little manic.

[Anonymous]

I agree with you. I care about myself and my family first. I don't give any shits about other people's children more than the usual happy/healthy. People who refuse to admit this are lying to themselves.

[Anonymous]

yep, and that's also why the childless and the elderly who already raised their kids don't care about spending more of their tax dollars on school-aged children (schools, childcare, etc.).

[Anonymous]

Guessing you are voting for Trump? If you aren’t, you should because y’all have equal values and mindsets.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Guessing you are voting for Trump? If you aren’t, you should because y’all have equal values and mindsets.

You're ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Guessing you are voting for Trump? If you aren’t, you should because y’all have equal values and mindsets.

Really? I essentially compared the lunacy of believing in jesus (the #blessed crowd) to the flying spaghetti monster. Use your brain rather than just reciting the garbage the two parties and their media counter parts have squished into your head.

[Anonymous]

OP I think you are right and yes, everyone feels the same way.

But the plan sucked as we all know it. I feel certain that with some more time and cooperation DCPS could put together a much better plan that addresses SN needs without sacrificing other students and gets more kids infront of live teachers full stop.

[Anonymous]

I don't think I am selfish. I think all parents who want their children in person should be given hybrid. Teachers who will teach in person should be able to.

I thought the CARES idea was good if it was allowed for all families.

I'm also not white, not do I experience white privilege. However I do have the privilege of marrying someone who makes enough to support our family if I decide to take a few years off teaching.

I think my students deserve an in person teacher but surprisingly all my families said they want to continue DL with me, and I teach self contained btw.

So while I am not white, I am blessed. I think a solution is to see how many families at each school want DL vs in person.

Why have we not started at the most basic place to see what supports we need for schools that don't have enough live teachers?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I like my kids' teachers. They are kind and patient when I'm ready to smack even my own kids, much less someone else's brats. I'm glad that we have them. If you believe in flying spaghetti monsters and the like, you could say I'm even blessed.

With out a doubt, the younger the child, the more important in person learning is. 1st grade and lower just need that extra help to get into basic math, reading, and writing. There is also the need for socialization so we don't have a bunch of really weird adults in 12 years. But the older kids seem to do okay. They talk on the phone. They seem happy to turn down the class volume when the teacher is just reiterating and get ahead on their work. There is actually a semblance of control in a crazy restricted world in which it feels like we have less and less control over anything.

I supported the teachers sick-out. Not because I give a damn about the teacher's health and safety. At least where my kids go to school, I don't see a lot of older and overweight teachers. Most are younger females. There is no real direct reason for a health concern. (They may have underlying at risk conditions I do not know about or live with family who is at risk though).

I supported the teachers because I think partial back to school is COMPLETELY moronic. Putting a random selection of kids in person while the rest of the kids have bigger classrooms and may lose their teacher? WTF really? Who thought this was a good idea?

Even if my children won such a chance, sitting in an awkward classroom surrounding by plexiglass and 6 ft away from each other while still consuming the majority of their education on a computer doesn't help at all. They can raise their hand I guess. But they aren't getting better instruction; they aren't getting any sane amount of socialization, and it puts them at a health risk thats not necessary.

Reading the various posts on this forum has provided some great perspective. There are kids who aren't lucky enough to have a parent who can help. Or don't have access to food. Or are special needs children. But my children are not in those groups. I can only imagine the stress and frustration that being one of those parents must be. I don't know how I would handle it.

And yet.

As liberal as I am... as liberal as the district is... I'm going to say what every one of us truly deeply feels, despite all the posturing and white-liberal guilt:

I DON'T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT YOU OR YOUR KID. And I know you don't give a f**k about mine.

If you are a SN needs family, you don't give a shit what other kids will lose out on because of your demands. You don't care about the teachers wishes or what their situations are. And I don't care about your SN needs if it means my kids get less.

And I'm fully aware that I am better off than you and your child. I wouldn't have it any other way. And if you were in my shoes neither would you. You wouldn't sacrifice whats best for your child for everyone else. Thats against everything evolution has programed into us since the dawn of time. You aren't in my clan. We don't share DNA. Your success matters less than mine. Period.

I have empathy for you. I have empathy for the teachers. But at the end of the day, I will do whats best for my family long before I do whats best for yours.

So there. I said it. 99% of people feel the same way but in polite society they won't say it. It's easier to hide behind our votes, our donations, or our marches for BLM (even though the rest of our collective actions don't seem to support such things). Moral superiority is just as important of a currency as anything else today.

Our district, with our insanely large number of blue voters gives us a first hand chance to experience this reality every day.

Continue your high horsing about COVID and teachers. Or your SN kids. Or whatever. If you won't cowardly admit the deep truth to an anonymous forum like I did, at least admit it to yourself.

Sincerely,

A selfish piece of shit, just like you

have you ever heard of projection

[Anonymous]

I am a DCPS teacher, A parent, and a lifelong liberal. Thank you for saying what so many people truly feel.

FWIW - I want to be back in person ASAP - but not with that stupid plan.

[Anonymous]

I actually do give a damn about other kids. It's insulting to think that all of us are like you, OP? I think the DCPS plan was dumb because it was obvious that not enough thought went into it. What is the point of announcing something if there is no real plan to it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am a DCPS teacher, A parent, and a lifelong liberal. Thank you for saying what so many people truly feel.

FWIW - I want to be back in person ASAP - but not with that stupid plan.

It’s the teachers who are being stupid, not the plan.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP I think you are right and yes, everyone feels the same way.

But the plan sucked as we all know it. I feel certain that with some more time and cooperation DCPS could put together a much better plan that addresses SN needs without sacrificing other students and gets more kids infront of live teachers full stop.

DELUSION. You get zoom school all year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am a DCPS teacher, A parent, and a lifelong liberal. Thank you for saying what so many people truly feel.

FWIW - I want to be back in person ASAP - but not with that stupid plan.

It’s the teachers who are being stupid, not the plan.

No the plan is real dumb