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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm curious about the situations of the people on here who are adamant that teachers and kids of middle and high schoolers should immediately or near-immediately return to school?  Are the people who are having a really rough time with this here:

* work from home parents who have high powered jobs and are having trouble either balancing everything or hiring additional people to come in and managing that exposure (or maybe pay their nannies more); 
* same, except essential workers who have to report to work;
* parents who have lost their jobs and need everything to get back to normal so they can find work;
* stay at home parents who are good people but are just out of their depth assisting with virtual school;
* parents who are working relatively low wage jobs and cannot afford to go on like this much longer;
* parents who have seen their kids academic performance severely deteriorate and just really need help from teachers to get things back on track.
* parents of three or more kids who could manage this for a while but all the demands, all the meals at home, all the homework help, all the tech help, multiplied by however many kids there is just too much at this point.
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Wow I fit multiple of your criteria:
— work from home but demanding job and having trouble balancing.  Already took a step back at work and getting very close to quitting.  Can’t afford to lose my salary though and still live here.
— one of my kids who used to be advanced in reading is now below grade level.  Not sure how to help.  His teacher is too overwhelmed to offer any concrete paths forward.
— having trouble managing my three kids distance learning (and my preschooler who at least is out of the house).  Lunch, homework help, etc is just difficult to manage during the work day without blowing off work.[/quote]

I fit none of your criteria. We can afford to pay for help and we have done so, and we have local family support too. I think kids need to go back to school immediately because I watch what is happening in my kids' virtual school and it is not school and not acceptable. It is isolating, weird, has a dumbed down curriculum, my children never participate (my K student occasionally cries at having to turn video on), and there is zero of the socialization and structure that elementary school also teaches in addition to the three R's. Then balance this reality against the fact that everyone, everywhere is saying it is safe to go back with mitigation, which we have.

That's it. That's the whole answer. This is bad for kids and it is time we stopped doing it. [/quote]

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