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    School is, of course, childcare, and our entire economy is built around that assumption. I have no idea why DCUM is obsessed with this fiction.

EXACTLY. Of course [b]one of the functions that school serves is to take care of children[/b]. I, too, think DCUM is[b] weirdly obsessed[/b] with thinking this isn't the case and there is something wrong with a parent who took a job assuming their kids would be in school during certain hours M-F.
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Um, no.

People who say "school is not childcare" are trying to remind parents that teachers are not simply glorified childcare providers who they can look down their nose at. They are licensed professionals who work very hard to develop lessons for their students, provide learning, and support students socially and emotionally. Yes, other parents depend on the school day as a place where their children are cared for during the day. But it is not a "weird obsession" to remind certain uppity DCUMers that teachers are highly trained professionals and not their nannies.
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And those people need to get off their high horses and accept they’re both childcare and educators. [/quote]

That’s ridiculous. When I take my daughter to highly specialized music lessons, a positive externality is that I get “childcare” for 2 hours. That does not make her violin teacher a nanny. Same for ballet. Same for school.

YOU need to get over yourself.

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I used to be an elementary teacher. A more level-headed one than the DCUM set apparently. [/quote]

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