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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]There is no childcare for sick children. You can't send them to daycare or school. Period. As a parent, it is YOUR job to care for your child when they are sick. Exclusively. Period. It is the fault of YOUR boss and YOUR job if you can't take a sick day to care for your child. It is ridiculous to suggest we should have "school" (babysitting) available for 365 days a year to accommodate your employer. Do you know how much that would cost taxpayers? We are not a babysitting service, and we are certainly not an infirmary. As a teacher, I'm absolutely not responsible for advocating for your sick leave, nor would you advocate for teachers to get additional sick leave to account for all the illnesses we contract being exposed to your sick children. I already see threads here complaining every time their child's teacher calls out, as if it is any of their business why. In the past, I have reached out to let parents know I would be out on x day (as a courtesy, not a requirement), and had them ask me the reason for the absence. Totally inappropriate.[/quote]

Is anyone else floored by the tone of this post?  I mean, the complete contempt for parents and kids is just stunning.  The complete lack of empathy for parents who aren't privileged enough to have sick leave and backup childcare is just stunning.  And I tend to agree that sick kids should be kept home whenever possible.

This attitude, right here, is why parents are losing patience with teachers.[/quote]

I'm a parent. And I get absolutely LIVID when people send their kids to school sick. Not a cold, but sick. My child has had all sorts of illness b/c selfish parents can't be bothered to keep their kids home when sick.

EVERY. SINGLE. YEAR until this year, I've had 1 or more emails sent home admonishing parents for sending their kids to school with diarrhea, fevers, etc., but on meds to get them through the initial day. They go to the clinic and MAYBE parents pick them up. In the meantime, they've infected half the school. It's ridiculous.

I don't care what you think of my tone. [/quote]

Fevers, vomitting, etc. Fine. They should stay home. Cold - no (at least pre-COVID).

The person in the article complained about snotty kids coming to school.  That's a cold and that is a selfish, unjustified demand (before COVID) that all kids with cold symptoms like a runny nose be kept home from school. [/quote]

Exactly. I'm sure there are parents who send in their kids anyway with a dose of Tylenol, but they are either hard pressed at work or just truly irresponsible. I think the former is more likely. But in classic DCUM fashion, things here are always extreme and then you have people demanding that kids stay home with a sniffle.

High school is a whole different ball game and that's on the teachers. I am a high school teacher and I have heard so many sick kids telling me why they can't possibly stay home because they'll get so behind. [b]So teens will drag themselves in with fevers and bad coughs. Teachers with unreasonable make up policies are often very callous in service to some "hard knocks life" ethos that helps no one, except themselves in some cases.[/b] [/quote]

Thank you!  That's so true. Maybe there are policies that can be developed to encourage teachers to be more receptive when students ask for make up work? I know it's a pain for teachers, which is why kids want to avoid it. But what is the alternative? Higher level classes move pretty quickly anyway, do if you miss a week of school, it just isn't possible to make that up immediately when you recover and get right back on track.  That's another thing I hope will come of the pandemic. If districts develop virtual academies, can they be used in situations when in person students  have longer absences to avoid having them get so far behind?[/quote]

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