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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Vaccinate  teachers.

Just, literally,  SHUT UP and vaccinate the teachers and then your kids will be out of your hair and  your daycare needs will be met, because,  let's face it, that's what this is about.

Stop using dumb isolated incidents,  your level  of comfort,  and  dumb-brained  whataboutisms to support something that  everyone understands,  even YOU, that is very risky right now.  Teachers are not going to be sacrificed for your comfort and  job concerns. They are already working harder than most.

But, in the end, the  sizeable CHASM caused by the endless complaining by parents  and vitriol about everything  summarily dumped in the teachers' laps has already irreversibly damaged the school- home connection, any trust whatsoever,  and  the future of this profession.

No, I am not currently teaching, so I have no horse in this game.  I have  been retired for 5 years. I am in contact with many families and their  children,  and I  have also raised children.  The parents, generally, are wrong here  and the help required,  financial  and otherwise, needed to come from the Federal government. I am so glad for the parents who do understand,  and  there are many of them,  thank  goodness.

Teachers are not the answer to your parenting and financial issues.  The worst  part is using suicide as examples. As teachers,  all of us can sadly illuminate incidence of child suicide having nothing to do  with a pandemic.

Public schooling will never be the same after this. No union can save it now. But, go ahead and sue...waste your time and  money.  [/quote]

You are 1000% wrong. Money doesn't make teachers safer. In-person learning will not "sacrifice" teachers' lives. Asking for in-person learning is not for my "comfort". There is plenty of disdain and vitriol from teachers. Expecting a safe return to schools is not a reflection of "parenting issues". It is in the best interest of a child's dedication. Child suicides are a direct result of forced virtual learning. Teachers and the entire system are complicit and are to blame. [/quote]

You think teachers and schools are more responsible for a child’s mental health than that child’s parents?  Talk about neglecting parental responsibilities.

The subject of this forum is “legal action” against FCPS for those who hold the schools and teachers responsible for whatever they think their children should be getting and are not getting.  Apparently, that is a range of services beyond just a “free education” if the children’s lives depend on school being in session and in person.

I am sorry confronting your own parental deficiencies is so difficult for you.  Learn how to do it, though, if you really want to help your kids.[/quote]

Actually, you’re right. And, it has been For 9 months, I was nice. I had Grace. I tried to see the other persons point of view.  I told myself it was hard all around in a pandemic.  And I told my kid to do the same. And I waited for other people— teachers, the SB, Brabrand, to develop a coherent plant to get kids fully back and start prioritizing their needs.  That was a parenting deficiency.   And when Kim  started on until my kid is vaxxed— probably spring of 2022– it hit me, I could have Grace for another year and let the damage keep mounting.  And we still would be DL or concurrent.

My kid has no vote and no real voice. And no one in FCPS going to voluntarily do what’s in her best interest.   And why should I expect the SB to fight for my kid if I won’t?  I don’t want to be this angry. And I don’t want to fight the teachers I once thought were my allies.  But I will. Because my willingness to sit back and trust FCPS hurt my child.

So, I’m done having Grace. And I’m done being nice, and I’m going to do my job as parent and fight for her educational needs.

And yes, I’m angry at myself for being so passive and trusting to my kids detriment. [/quote]

What, exactly, do you think FCPS gives your child that you cannot give yourself?  I think you are expecting more than an education, here.  You are your child’s first teacher and primary caregiver.  Rather than fighting the system, start spending quality time with your child.  She needs you, not the version of you that is off jousting windmills.[/quote]

DP.  Why have public schools if you think there is nothing FCPS can give students that parents can't?  Are parents expected to be their kids' first [b]physics, calculus, biology, trigonometry...[/b]teacher?  Do you think spending quality time with kids will help with those classes if the parent has no professional background in those subjects?  Do you think parents should have to take college courses in all high school subjects so they can be their kids' first teacher in every subject?  What exactly is the teacher's job then?  [/quote]

We are teaching those subjects. Prior to the pandemic, we used mostly smart boards and document cameras, which are like the videos you get in DL except the print was smaller and image often had poorer contrast and was more blurry. I know that my students in the back of the room were often craning their necks trying to see the board. If you didn't write down everything in time and didn't speak up, your notes were incomplete. If you did speak up, you were effectively holding back the majority which already wrote down everything.

Some teachers group students in tables of four facing each other (which I never understood)  and which forces at least half of the students to turn around in their seats to see what the teacher is teaching. Unless you're teaching Honors or AP classes were a good proportion of the students have at least a clue, group work or independent work time basically meant that you had the blind leading the blind and I completely disagree with this practice.

Also, your student might get 5 minutes of individualized attention from me once a week--maybe. Some students--often those who are completely lost--refuse one on one help because they've given up, don't like the subject and just want to be done, figure they'll deal with it later, or don't want to be embarrassed in front of their peers. They don't come for help at other times either. I make my way among the other students who have questions, and can't spend much time on any given student or question since I'm trying to accommodate as many as possible.

Since we didn't put the lessons or videos online, you were more or less on your own trying to catch up if you were absent. Even if you came to study hall to get caught up, I would have another 10 students there seeking help on various things, and couldn't reteach you the lesson.

It's true of course that we can't have real labs. My high schoolers are missing theirs too. We're in a pandemic. They'll live.

My observation has been that students who were well prepared for the classes they signed up for, participate in class, ask questions and do their homework on time are doing really well. Unfortunately, school involves a fair amount of coercion for most students. The more coercion required for a given student, the worse that student is doing in this setting. This is compounded by the fact that we aren't allowed to assign homework more than once week and have to limit the amount we assign, that we can't penalize for lateness, and that we have less instruction time, none of which most of us were on board with, ever. But no one asked us.[/quote]

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