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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think a big part of the complaints is that teaching attracts a certain personality type--someone who loves human interaction and thrives on relationships but is comfortable doing essentially the same thing for their entire career.  Teachers inherently aren't risk takers and haven't sought out a career where they are expected to make big leaps in their skills, but more of a slow evolution as they acquire new methods via continuing learning.

Those of us in corporate America are routinely told to adapt or make way for the next generation.  We're expected to take on new positions and learn on the job.  We have significant career risk, not job security with a union and a pension.  Those in many essential fields, e.g., healthcare or law enforcement, proactively sought out fast paced fields where they would have to adapt on the fly and take on risk.

The best example I have is that our corporation rolled out Microsoft Teams the day we shut down--Friday, March 13--with zero advanced warning.  By Monday, every single person was using Teams with very few snags.  It was seamless.  By contrast, APS also rolled out Microsoft Teams in March.  In mid-April I was still getting messages from teachers about needing training courses and how hard it is to use.  They still had issues signing on and finding the mute button.  My first grader was giving her teacher instruction on  how to share her screen well into May.  (No comment on teaching--purely her ability to use basic software.)

Teacher's complaints are largely that they are unreasonably being asked to do something they haven't been trained to do and to take on risk that they fundamentally aren't used to taking.  Those of us in other fields find it ridiculous as we are asked to do these types of things every day, including during this pandemic.[/quote]

How do you explain the concerns of career changers like myself, my DH, and many of my teacher friends. My DH was a Marine! [/quote]

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