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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I read a great post on FB from Christine Esposito

I get it. I do. You need schools to open because...holy crap you’re not getting anything done, your kids need to see other kids, you have a job to do, and you just plain need a break. I get it. I do. 
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Actually I need schools to open because my kids, and everybody else's kids, need an education.

So maybe that person actually doesn't get it.[/quote]

[b]6 months to one year is not going to harm your kids.[/b] Unless youre suggesting that you give them no simulation and they have no interests of their own to enjoy or learn about.  And as stated in her post

"We’re going to be facing kids who are dealing with layer upon layer of trauma, we need to make time and space for that, so stop telling me kids are behind. They’re not any further behind than anyone else. They’re behind some arbitrary lines we drew in the sand so long ago we’re not sure we remember why we drew them. We need to meet our kids where they are. I don't want to hear one word about testing, unless it involves a nasal or throat swab. Not. One. Word."

What exactly do you mean by education? Testing, checking off boxes? Or learning- because students can do that without risking others. Because what happens to your kids education when the teachers are out sick from COVID and they end up having a long term sub, if they can even find one? Or teachers leave because they cant put their own children or family members at risk? Do you think there is a never-ending supply of educated and experienced teachers to teach your children, and everyone else's kids? Because you would be wrong. There was already a shortage of teachers prior to the pandemic as it is highly underpaid and undervalued. And Im sure if I were to suggest that you quit your job and become a teacher- you would bemoan that you're job pays too well or you dont possibly have the patience for 30 kids x 4-5 periods. You either respect them or you dont and if you just want childcare then I guess it really wont matter who watches your kids, but if you want them to get an education you'll value what teachers- the ones actually in the classrooms and taking on the risks- have to say. [/quote]

My kids are in high school. One of them will be a senior. I don't need childcare. My kids do need to have high school.[/quote]

I am beginning to understand the snowflake term. Just to be clear- you want all schools to open so your senior can have a normal senior year? Would you feel differently if you knew that some recovering patients were being diagnosed with T1D?

Just a newsflash, if your high school kids cant get anything out of DL, then college will be a really big shock. Besides labs and graduate level research courses, I basically never had anything but medium to huge lecture hall classes and/or online learning. Think of it as preparation for them! [/quote]

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