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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What I'm seeing on this forum is very interesting.  Teachers are saying that they are working hard to maintain DL and some parents are denying it.  Parents are saying that DL is not working for their child and some teachers are denying it.  Both of these things can be true.  Teachers can be working hard and DL can also not work for everybody.  Trash-talking parents and teachers for trying their hardest doesn't help anybody in this situation and only leads to an adversarial relationship with resentment on both sides.  Ultimately, both "sides" want the same thing, for students to receive an education.

Should teachers get 4 days to set up their classroom?  I have no idea.  But I do know that both parents and teachers are working really hard and are reaching a point where they feel like they are burning out and that's it's just easier to blame somebody else.  It is possible for both groups to feel the same way, but for different reasons.[/quote]

I like you, rational poster. [/quote]

I'm a working parent who is not burned out at all. My kids are getting straight A's. But they should be in school right now.

And I still think it's pathetic that MCPS teachers are teaching four days a week, for about five hours a day. That's not a full-time job. And they do not spend the rest of the time preparing for anything. Believe me, I listen to my kids' classes, and there's nothing special going on.

So I think it's time for teachers to stop accusing parents of not parenting their kids. That's not the issue here. The issue is that you need to reopen schools. Especially after Biden just reiterated it about half an hour ago. There is NO meaningful spread through smartly open schools, and I'm sick of my kids falling behind all of their friends in privates who have been at school all year.

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You realize there is much more to to being a teacher than just teaching live.  Nothing special goes in in person either but the difference is you just don't know about it.

Many of us aren't teachers commenting that parents need to step up more.  Stop accusing teachers as you are out of line.

If private is better, send them to private.  You have that option.

There is meaningful spread in the schools.  And, it spreads between families.  And, part of that spread is individual choices.[/quote]

Cite your sources on the meaningful spread of Covid in schools please.  Thanks! [/quote]

Google is your friend.[/quote]

So that is Zilch. Nada. Zero. [/quote]

The Wall Street Journal reported on January 16 that “recent studies and outbreaks show that schoolchildren, even younger ones, can play a significant role in spreading infections.” A Calder Center study released in December of Michigan and Washington found that “reopening schools in areas with higher caseloads, though, does spread the virus.”

[url]https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00139-3[/url]

“ we are not able to assess how much these steps might help because we do not have information on safety protocols in individual schools or whether schools are following those protocols.”

“ A new study found results similar to ours when examining hospitalizations – that in-person instruction was associated with more nearby hospitalizations when existing COVID-19 rates were high, but that there was no such correlation when rates were low.”

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