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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Teachers aren't nannies and schools aren't daycares, but millions of working parents structured their work and family planning and lots of other aspects of their lives around the fact that we have mandatory education and that children go to school during the day.  And they aren't calling for the schools to reopen because they hate their kids, or because they see teachers as nannies, but because they work to pay their bills and they are worried about being able to keep the jobs that feed and house and clothe their children.

And none of this has anything to do with OP's situation anyway.  [/quote]

Thank you.  The whole discussion is madness.[/quote]

Here’s the crux of it for me: do you think teachers should have to bear the health risks of being around large groups of children if it means getting the rest of society back to work?[/quote]

I mean... sort of?  Society going back to work will mean a lot of things.  People in recirculated air, people on public transportation, kids going back to school then coming home to families, etc.  There's no evidence that school buildings are any more risky than any other public space - in fact, they may be less so since kids rarely have symptoms and often have a lower viral load, as well.  If you are a teacher and immunocompromised, by all means, take leave.  But I'm not sure what response you're looking for here.[/quote]

I wasn’t looking for any particular answer, but it was bothering me that no one was considering teachers’ health. Going back to work is a big plus for people now at home and a big minus in some ways for teachers. We will need to come to some sort of compromise that gets the country started, educates kids, and protects teachers.[/quote]

I don't know that "no one" was considering teacher's health -- I've seen many discussions of just that.  But it's not just teachers -- lots of workers are already bearing the health risks of their jobs -- meatpackers, warehouse workers, FedEx/UPS/USPS workers, nursing home workers, restaurant and delivery staff, etc.  And we have to figure out ways to protect the health of people who can't work from home, and teachers and students shouldn't just be thrown to the wolves.

But that's different from the use of "school isn't childcare" to shame and silence parents who need childcare to work, which was already a thing I saw a lot on these boards pre-pandemic, and am seeing now, and it's just a way to discount their real issues by suggesting that they don't care about their kids (or their kids' teachers) or whatever.  [/quote]

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