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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is the most selfish, irresponsible reason for keeping schools closed or staying distance learning.

Because you are privileged and lucky - or maybe your kids are awkward socially and prefer not to interact - is not a good reason that thousands of children should get a subpar education. Many are left alone all day long because their parents have to work. Most children whose parents don't have the resources for tutors and extra help are not learning a thing. Children are gaining weight and getting depressed from not leaving their houses all day - not everyone has a park or a big backyard they can go to.

So at least on this board, can we agree that just because you prefer it, it doesn't make it better? [/quote]

Kids should not get subpar education in any circumstance.  Those who think that subpar education is happening because of remote learning are delusional. My kids are not getting subpar education. Their teachers are doing great (Montgomery County) and I am very appreciative of how they are going above and beyond. The school that my kids go to is the top school in Maryland.

If your kids are getting a subpar education then I can assure you that it is because of several things that existed before pandemic and remote learning -
- Your kid is not the best student and learner. They were always lagging behind and had knowledge gaps
- You are a negligent parent who was using the school as a babysitter and only are waking up now when the onus is on you
- Your teacher was subpar and did not care about being organized and consistent
- Your district had bad curriculum and academic standards but only your PTA leaders were fighting for these issues. The rest of the parents were complicit and lazy ass.

I am thinking that the majority of you are "ALL OF THE ABOVE"[/quote]

It is KNOWN that in person education is superior for the majority of kids. This is the reason that in-person is the default. I challenge you to find any peer-reviewed research which suggests that DL provides a superior education for general K-12 education purposes.

Yes, your child might be doing alright. But, hopefully you can use your imagination to realize that many are not. And you seem to be implying that if a kid is not "the best" student and learner that it's their fault. No. An adequate education is the right of all children, whether or not they're in the top fifth percentile. And you bring up the fact that parents may be negligent if they can't supervise and supplement their kid's education sufficiently. I hope you realize this is a classist and racist argument. Frankly there are plenty of kids of low-wage essential workers who do not have the time to do this. There are parents who themselves have not received an education sufficient to supplement. There are parents who have been neglected by the school system or who cannot adequately communicate as a result of language barriers.

And finally, there are some kids with negligent parents. Those kids are entitled to an adequate education anyway. They are not at fault. How selfish of you to think otherwise.[/quote]

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