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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because parents don't have to see what the conditions are like in the schools. They don't have to deal with how filthy or understocked schools are. [b]Parents don't have to contend with the incredibly unrealistic expectations that children will sit still for seven hours a day[/b] in a mask. They won't be the ones trying to control a classroom full of kids who are frustrated and bored and restless from a day with no gym, no recess, no games, and none of the things that keep kids motivated to do academic work. They don't have to watch twenty kids without a break while simultaneously educating them, assessing them, and keeping them safe from a deadly virus.

My district is going back. If it is a nightmare, then I will leave. I don't have the emotional bandwidth to teach my special education students in this dystopian nightmare. None of my colleagues do. I know that none of this will work for my students, but we are supposed to smile and pretend that it will. I can't plan because they have given us absolutely no information about who, what, or how we will be teaching. The summer has been so full of anxiety and dread. On top of that, I see parents pitching fits about how they want teachers to be fired and an enormous amount of vitriol being expressed towards us. It's discouraging and it is starting to impact my mental health, on top of all the stress and uncertainty we are ALL experiencing.[/quote]

Oh, yes, we do.  We are now being forced to contend with the incredibly unrealistic expectations that children will sit still for seven hours AT HOME and will learn just fine, all while we're trying to do our jobs, either at home or outside the home.  That you can't see what is being asked of parents undermines your entire argument.

I am so tired of the vitriol being expressed at parents.  It goes both ways.[/quote]
So you have twenty kids in your house, surrounded by their friends who they haven't seen for months? Your child has the chance to get up and run around outside in your yard or to walk to lunch in a nearby park, or even just do a Gonoodle in your living room. The kids in school are literally confined to their seats for the entire day, including lunch. They can use the bathroom only on a schedule. There is no outside time and we can't do movement breaks because they won't want the kids winding up close together or breathing heavily. 
Being in the house for seven hours is not the same-not even close. Your child does not have to sit in one spot with no breaks. Your child does not have to wear a mask. They can use the bathroom as needed. It is NOT the same thing. Pretending that the conditions are the same doesn't make it so.[/quote]

No one is running their school this way, ninny.

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