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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]thank g-d the mainstream media is accurately reporting on school closures. finally!!![/quote]

I was a teacher and now I work in staffing. A lot of what I staff is for sub school nurses and teachers. Everyone wanted the Friday after Veterans Day off and today off…. I know teaching is stressful, so like I sympathize there but they’re given days off that many people just don’t get. Most people don’t get Veterans Day, Columbus Day, president’s day, MLK day off, never mind the days before and/or after those holidays or the whole week!! It’s super hard to find subs for those days and I do roll my eyes thinking “can’t they just hold on for one more day when they literally have all these other days off coming up??” But I’m obviously bias bc I don’t get those days or weeks or months off anymore.

Teaching is HARD!! But I find it a big selfish when teachers think they have the most important or hardest EVER. Yes, it’s very important. Yes, it can be SO hard and SO stressful! But imagine being a lawyer, nurse, doctor, surgeon, EMT, police officer, etc (could name more but will stop) and dealing with people’s LIVES and freedom at stake, and then the schools close last minute bc the teachers with weeks off coming up just can’t be bothered to not all request the day after Veterans Day off. Like that could possibly cause issues in hospitals and such. I’m sure that’s a rare stretch and professionals find childcare, but it can seem really selfish.

If teaching feels so stressful that the scheduled days off aren’t enough to rest and recover, then I’d suggest looking into other jobs. Many people work jobs that stress them out and they can’t get time off. Hospitals and police stations and fire houses and offices don’t just shut down bc everyone wants to request the minor holidays and the days after them off, and all the parents aren’t able to request every School vacation week off.

I really see both sides bc teaching is stressful, but rather than admin allowing everyone to take all those days off that aren’t scheduled, maybe just don’t let everyone take the same days before minor holidays and vacations off? Bc closing the schools bc no one wants to go in isn’t a good look. Sure the education system is a MESS, but many systems that employ people are. Education is up there for sure, but I think teachers who haven’t worked full time outside of teaching ever (or in a while) don’t really get it. [/quote]

Exactly. I have a very stressful job and while I can mostly take off when I want, I never get a day truly off because when something comes up on a day off, I have no choice but to drop everything to take care of it. Yesterday was a perfect example. I took the day off but a million things came up that had to be taken care of yesterday as it would greatly affect others that are working on Friday. Does it suck, kind of… but I knew this signing up for the job.

Also anyone who said education isn’t at least somewhat about childcare is lying to themselves. This country is structured so that the vast majority of families need 2 incomes to exist. School has not adjusted in the least. It is a societal expectation that schools are open roughly 8-3, allowing parents to work (albeit scrambling because the schedules don’t match up). For teachers to be shocked/mad that parents are upset about a last minute closure is honestly really tone deaf. What if their kid’s school did that but they still had to work? It’s honestly not that hard to understand.[/quote]

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