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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t have much sympathy for entitlement. I have sympathy for low SES families trying to survive. [b]Strange how they don’t complain about DL [/b]and yet you do.

I honestly wish the WTU asked for more, at least when we’d come back in person all kid’s schools could have working lights, toilets, opening windows, working heat/air, etc.

While they were at it they should have asked for more pay for teachers on the caveat they are deemed essential workers, unless they have a condition or someone in their immediate family who lives with them.

I acknowledge my privilege, it doesn’t mean I don’t suffer, DL is hard for us all but I’m not worrying about how to pay my bills.  [/quote]

What percentage of low SES families are just not doing DL?  (DCPS statistics suggest the number is significant.)  Why would they be complaining if they’re not bothering with it in the first place?[/quote]

Many may be too busy working multiple jobs to pay attention to how their kids are doing or simply not have the human and cultural capital to discern how their children are doing school. That’s one reason we have compulsory schooling. Don’t use low income kids as a justification to stay home and bake.[/quote]

This idea that everyone has time to be watching their kids do DL all day is nuts.  Lots of parents work out of the home and it’s older siblings or relatives or no one with the kids all day.  And I know everyone’s voice matters but there are some baseline expectations for all children in terms of school.  For instance I’ve had parents tell me they don’t think their kid should have to go to school on Fridays so they can have a longer weekend.  That is the parent’s opinion but it’s wrong in terms of their child learning.  And that kid ended up pregnant at 16 and dropped out of school.  Extreme example? Maybe.  But not everyone actually knows what’s best for kids to learn ( and this example is not from DC).[/quote]

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