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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I really hate how the phrase degrades the valuable work of childcare providers, who are nearly all women.

When teachers union leaders say this, it comes across as incredibly out of touch and degrading. I don't understand why they do not see how awful they sound when they talk like this.[/quote]

Agree. That’s another reason it’s cringey[/quote]
Except teachers themselves are predominantly women and childcare providers are not expected to write legal documents, take data, conduct assessments, prepare children for state tests, etc. 
If childcare providers want to become teachers, they are certainly free to work through school to make that happen. I was a nanny and I got my transitional license, went to school at night, and worked my way through my certification. The two jobs are not the same, and one of them requires a master's degree, while the other does not require any educational qualifications. That's reality.[/quote]

Just stop.  [/quote]

I know.  Lol. The 2nd to last sentence tipped it over the edge...[/quote]
Why, because you think it's unkind to point out that some jobs require qualifications and degrees while others do not? Because it's true, and it isn't an opinion. Just like you can become a restaurant worker, a factory worker, or a bus driver without a diploma but you can't become a doctor, a nurse, a lawyer, an accountant, or many many other professions. If daycare providers decide they want the high salaries and prestige of teachers (sarcasm) then they should become teachers. The primary function of daycare is childcare, the primary function of school is education. That is the difference. It's not like daycare workers are primarily women and teachers are primarily men. 
Lots of people who want to cry that school closures are a feminist crisis while conveniently ignoring the people who actually run our schools. [/quote]

You keep demonstrating the point by being insulting and degrading. You should really think about how you come across.[/quote]
There was no point to demonstrate. "Just stop" is not an argument and has no basis in fact. That's your opinion. I did not say anything insulting or degrading. I did not use pejoratives or name call anyone (unlike the people on here constantly bashing teachers for being "lazy" and "whiners"). It is fundamentally true that daycare is childcare and school is for educational purposes. If you find it upsetting to acknowledge that different jobs require different qualifications and serve different functions, then we won't get anywhere. Do you also pretend that you "don't see color"? [/quote]

I didn't say "just stop." And as for you, after that utterly out of touch and unaware ramble, you segue into an outright insult (your last sentence), so I think you've neatly made the point that people who say "school isn't childcare" come across as entitled and pejorative for me, thanks.[/quote]

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