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Yes teachers are just like doctors what with all the respect, support and money they get from society. Everyone wants someone else to make the sacrifice for them, but god forbid Larla has to be sad and her parents have to sacrifice for her. [/quote]

I'd say teachers get more respect and money than supermarket workers. And yet the latter are doing their jobs despite some risk.[/quote]

Retail workers, home health care aides, other medical workers who aren't doctors, bus drivers, delivery people, construction workers, truck drivers, warehouse workers, food manufacturing workers, building services workers, mail carriers...

And it's not about Larla's sadness, or at least not only about Larla's sadness (though mental health is also a public-health factor, just like covid). It's about Larla's education.

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So you think that teachers should be treated like delivery people, truck drivers, or warehouse workers? None of those jobs require prolonged exposure to other people in a small enclosed space, day after day. None of those jobs require them to literally touch other people's bodily fluids, except home health aides. They also don't require any formal education at all. I'm sorry, I didn't work my way through undergrad and graduate school to be fold sweaters or stock shelves in a supermarket. Forgive all our student loans and just throw us in the building with the kids and I'll keep them alive, then. They can watch movies, color, whatever they want. Either I'm a babysitter or I'm an educator. I'm not both. [/quote]

DP (and the one who said that other essential workers haven’t complained this way):

-There are many, many essential workers who absolutely are in small enclosed spaces with *other adults* (aka the ones most likely to spread COVID) all day
-Stop looking down on people who have less education than you
-You can’t teach people while providing care?  Really?  Inherent in the job of teaching children, especially young ones, is providing oversight.  Is the issue that you think you’re better than a “babysitter”?
-I really hope you can develop more appreciation for the emotional work of teaching.  Part of the reason I respect (some) teachers so highly is because they get how important their role is.  They don’t haughtily describe themselves as “educators” only and ignore the very real emotional care they provide to children[/quote]
And I only respect some parents. Some of them just can’t be bothered to do any work at all with their children (the majority of my class) and are angry that they’ve lost their free full time care. I don’t think they’re doing their job supporting the emotional or educational needs of their children, which is an enormous personal failure on their part. We absolutely will not be pushed back to the classroom under unsafe conditions. We’ve worked hard for our rights and we aren’t going to sacrifice them to make your life easier. 
You assume that you can tell me that you don’t respect me, and then turn around and say that I don’t value other people’s work. You don’t see the irony there? Good luck treating teachers like they owe you a place to deposit your child 5 days a week during a pandemic. They don’t. [/quote]

You: “I didn't work my way through undergrad and graduate school to be fold sweaters or stock shelves in a supermarket.”

I get it.  You have nothing but contempt for the parents who work low-paying jobs—often more than one—to make ends meet, and therefore can’t supervise their children when schools shut down.  You’re entitled to that belief, you just can’t expect that anyone will respect you for it.  (Boy, I hope you’re a troll, but I doubt it.)

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They surveyed parents and found that lower income parents were less likely to want face to face instruction for the fall. It is actually YOU who is disrespecting people who are lower SES by telling them what they want and need. You're entitled to act like a white savior, but you can't expect that anyone will respect you for it.

Things I've heard parents on here saying: "I just want to be able to telework productively", "MY child will be showing up at school in the fall without a mask to receive their free and appropriate public education", "Fire all the teachers and replace them with all the millions of smart unemployed people who would be happy to take their jobs", "Teachers need to start doing their part and sacrificing during the pandemic", "I should be paid to help my child with their school work", "We should get our taxes back because DL is a failure", "Teachers are whiners"

A lot of the parents in my class don't work in any capacity. I don't know their life story-whatever they do to make ends meet isn't my concern. But don't try to tell me that you speak for the working class. [/quote]

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