Reply to Apparently its racist to hire tutors and form pods, we must all suffer equally?

Forum Index » Schools and Education General Discussion

Reply to "Apparently its racist to hire tutors and form pods, we must all suffer equally?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The problem is that it’s a rich get richer phenomenon. Kids growing up with privilege are already far ahead of those without even before the pandemic. The opportunity to set up pods means that those kids will get even further ahead. There’s no easy solution to this as we’re in a society that promotes individual good rather than collective. But know in doing so you are furthering inequity. That’s the point [/quote]

It’s true but also true by reading a lot to my young kids and serving them healthy food I am widening the gap.  I’m not being snarky it’s a terrible problem but I don’t think it is one where we will make much headway at the parent level. [/quote]

of course you can make headway on the parent level. all you have to do is devote some time and resources to organize to make sure that the less privileged kids in your school or city get access to resources. [/quote]

But at what cost? Am i supposed to pay the other family’s share of the tutor? Their transportation to the pod? The cost of technology so they can adequately participate? Spend my own time teaching them because their parents don’t have the time? All of that would be at a cost to my family. Why would I do that? I will lobby and speak out for change and organize events to help change, but I’m not going to put my family at a disadvantage to help another family, particularly during an epidemic. But it’s the same for a well-to-do family. I purposefully wild not pod with a family whose parent(s) is/are doctors or other essential workers who have to go into work everyday or who need to take public transportation. I’m simply unwilling to take that risk for my family. And I’m not alone in that...[/quote]

I don’t know lady - I can’t tell you what to do.  But if in this time of crisis that is disproportionaly hitting minorities you circle the wagons even more and don’t help others ... that’s a problem. [/quote]

[b]It's really not.  I prioritize the kids that I chose to birth/adopt, and others get the energy and money that I can spare.  If this situation means I have none to spare, so be it.  
[/b]
[/quote]

exactly. [/quote]

There are comments on every thread telling parents they chose to have kids and they need to take care of them.  Now parents are trying to do that and they are being told it leads to inequity and it’s a problem. People cannot win.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics