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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op, I have no idea what most teacher thing but anecdotally,[b] I can tell you that one teacher wants to stay home because it is much more convenient . She is only pissed now that she will actually be required to teach live during school normal hour[/b]s - she wishes it was like during spring, or conversely, like in Mexico where they just have to post a video, have the students watch it and come to class with questions. She is really upset that she will have to actually sit down and teach during school hours.

[b]If the borders were open, she would move to some other country during this time and try to enjoy it while "teaching." [/b]Hopefully, she is in the minority, but she is so tone deaf that it hurst sometimes. I have to contain myself to not come out to blows since at the end of the day, *I* had great experience with my own children's teachers during spring and I am pretty sure I will have again given our school principal.[/quote]

Thank you for these insights.  Motivations around convenience and personal lifestyle (like wanting to travel and work from the beach) are perfectly valid.  Digital nomads in IT have done it for years to great success.  I only wish teachers generally approached this discussion with more honesty and transparency, instead of hiding behind commentary like "I don't want to die!" and "Parents must really hate their kids!"[/quote]

Oh my god. We aren’t hiding. We are scared. Teachers returning to work is not the same as people who work in individual offices returning to work. My husband is not returning to his office and he is not a teacher. They actually may never return to their office, because working remotely works for their industry. Teachers cannot wait until it is safe enough to return because this is not the way that we know how to teach. Distance Learning is more stressful and challenging for us, too. We have kids too. We want those kids to go back to school. Both of my kids want to go to school. I want to go to school. It’s just not safe yet. [/quote]

How do you get to speak for 100% of teachers?  Do you have a crystal ball?  As the PP noted, for some teachers wanting DL is actually more about personal convenience or lifestyle.[/quote]

Show me the source. I’m speaking for myself and my co-workers. That person is writing conservative copypasta.[/quote]

Dude, it's all over social media.  Also, what's wrong with acknowledging the obvious that some teachers want DL for simple personal convenience?  You actually undermine your own credibility when you pretend it could only be about the shrill fear of death.[/quote]

[b]That just isn’t what I’m seeing/hearing in my teacher groups. Teachers want to teach. They also want to stay safe[/b].[/quote]

Well of course. Teachers aren’t dumb enough to admit it. I [b]prefer to teach virtually from home[/b], but aside from DH, I’m not going to admit that anywhere outside of an anonymous message board. [/quote]

[b]Why? I’m just curious.[/b]

My grade level team was texting about this yesterday. Out of 7, 5 of us think we will opt for teaching from the classroom. One might, depending on what care is available for her own kids on a given day, and one will teach from home since she has a newborn. Reasons given included access to materials and separation of the workspace from home. During a staff meeting this week one grade level team asked if they could meet in the building to plan.

I don’t think I’ve heard from anyone who prefers distance instruction over in person instruction.[/quote]

Why?  Seriously?  You really can’t think of any reason I’d rather work from home??
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Yes. Just wondering why that is your preference. For me I prefer to teach from the classroom. My thought is everything I can do from the home I can do from the classroom plus I have easy access to materials, more space, I won’t clutter the house with school stuff, I will see some other adults in person even if just for brief periods of time, and it gets me out of the house. My commute is only about 4 minutes and it will give some separation between home and work.

Maybe you save on a long commute. Maybe you have kids at home. Sure I can think of reasons. I was just wondering what they are and why you wouldn’t admit your preference outside of an anonymous board.[/quote]

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