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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not all workplaces are created equal, and people have a right to fear for their lives.[/quote]
Sure. And you have the right to decide whether or not you go to work. You don't have the right to decide that your employer will continue to pay you. It is the same for all of us.[/quote]

So what are you going to do when teachers retire or quit rather than go to work, and they can't be replaced (at all, or in time for the school year)?  What are you going to do when teachers do go back to work, and then get sick, and then schools have to be closed?  What are you going to do when there are no subs, because subs are quite often older women (often retired teachers), and they don't want to work, either?  Treating it like a purely individual decision is missing the point.  It's a systemic issue that needs a systemic solution.  [/quote]
I'll do the same thing I am doing now. My kid hasn't been to school since February, I figured it out then. The solution isn't to waste more tax money paying teachers not to teach.  You can argue all you want, but online school is in no way an equivalent service and should be priced accordingly. [/quote]

In an environment where teachers and staff are worried for their health and lives and those of their loved ones and constantly having to enforce safety for themselves and their 20-30 students, how much of a better education do you think those kids will get vs the ones learning at home with teachers who are not under the same stressors? In person schools during a pandemic will serve mainly as babysitting and food for working parents. [/quote]
How do you think your trash gets collected? How do you think your groceries appear? What exactly do you think the rest of the world has been doing? Where do you think those kids are now? Their parents are at work and they are in congregate child care settings where workers who are no less important than you care for them.  Why do you believe that you get a pass by saying that you're going to half-ass it no matter what?  [/quote]
Stop equating the risk level of catching COVID for all jobs. Trash collectors don't sit in a room with thirty kids (and other adults) for seven hours a day. They're in a truck with one other person and their job is performed outside. The people in the grocery store are currently sitting behind plexiglass and stores have the right to refuse entry/service to people not wearing a mask. Teachers are going to be stuck in un-airconditioned, unventilated classrooms for hours at a time with groups of people who may or may not be wearing a mask, who require physical assistance with activities such as tying shoes and blowing their noses, and who don't respect social distancing. Just because you pretend that everyone is facing the same risks doesn't make it true.[/quote]

You cannot possibly think teachers are the only jobs at risk. There are a lot of people who simply cannot work from home and have been going in to work this whole time. People who are exposed to 10, 50, 100 other people every day.  Think about gym employees, wait staff, people who need access to classified networks. There are countless employers who are open and the employee has a choice - go to work, or quit.  Teachers are no different. Do your job or quit. That’s my choice right now, why are teachers special??[/quote]

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