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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why should teachers have the choice to return? Everyone else has been told to get on with it or get out. What about police force, supermarket workers, nurses and the rest. Teachers are being far to precious. Get on with the job you are paid for. Children are paying the price.

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If so many other professionals can work from home and get paid for the work that they do, why can’t teachers do the same? Most of you guys are sitting at home working and getting a paycheck. But you are up in arms when teachers want to do the same? Smh[/quote]

Your argument is fundamentally flawed.

I am a professional who works from home, but the difference is I work with ADULTS, not children, who are fully capable of using technology to do their day-to-day jobs. In my experience, 6 year olds are not experts in using Word, PowerPoint, Zoom, or interacting only with other people via computer.

Young children were not meant to use computers all day. Are educators now condoning the use of screens for 6+ hours a day for a 6 year old? Last time I checked, I thought there was some guidance that suggested this much screen time was inappropriate for developing brains, but I'm not the expert :)

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Have you even thought that teachers are moms, too? My SIL is one and she has elementary school kids at home. She can't leave them alone all day and the dad is overseas. [/quote]

Ummm... what do millions of working moms do that work in positions that can't be done at home? You need to get childcare. There are plenty of centers open that can care for elementary children and help them with distance learning. I know, because I am in this category and can't leave my kids home alone while I DO MY JOB.

Don't forget, school is not daycare! :)

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:lol:  Seems school is childcare when the parent is a teacher.  Cause they don’t get paid enough to afford it, or something.[/quote]

Can you please point to a center like this in AA? I'm in VA and we don't have anything like you described for ES, unless it's a pod or private school. And yes, she can't afford private school, because her salary is miserable.  [/quote]

They're paid programs, and fairly expensive. But the point is that that is what other working parents have been forced to use because schools are closed. A nurse can't demand to telework so they can watch their own kids and expect to keep their job.[/quote]

Exactly. Retail workers, health aides at a nursing home (who ALL make much less than teachers BTW) need to arrange similar care for their children. I am so sick and tired of teachers saying "what do I do with my kids when I am working?" They need to do the same thing millions of other working moms need to do because the teachers refuse to open schools.

In Anne Arundel County, there are multiple options. Many of the elementary schools opened up the onsite SACC program facilities to children, so my kids are actually going back to school each day (because it's safe ... if you pay!) and attending their online classes AT THE SCHOOL. We pay $180 per child per week, and several of the kids in the program are children of teachers.

Additionally, many of the local churches have opened virtual learning centers, and the local daycares have expanded their programs to care for elementary aged children. There are many options.

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