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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a professor, I had essentially three days to convert my in person classes to online DL classes.  It was really hard but I did it.

Now, this summer, I am completely revamping my classes so I will have both a regular, in-person version of class and an online version of class ready to go.  I am on a 9 month contract, like most professors, and so I am spending my unpaid time preparing for teaching in the fall, whether it be DL, F2F, or hybrid.   We honestly don't how what it will be, so we are ALL preparing for any circumstances.

So if I can do prepare for a very uncertain fall, why can't k-12 teachers?  Most college professors don't make much more than senior-level teachers;  we have serious writing and research loads along with our teaching obligations;  and most of us also have major administrative work.  So our workloads are similar too.  What makes teachers so entitled, besides the thug-like backing of their unions?    [/quote]

Why? It’s because I don’t make enough money during the school year to pay my bills. Like many teachers, I work in the summer. I’m also taking a course so I can renew my certification. So no, I am not spending my weekends during the summer doing school related work. I already spend many hours during the school year working on the weekends grading and planning. Thats nice that the PP can afford to revamp his curriculum to make it accessible online but I don’t. At least half of the time, my grade level is changed from June to August so I’m not planning anything for a grade I may not end up teaching. [/quote]

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