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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We will be back. No one is going to tolerate this lock down anymore. This summer social distancing will stop & we will by default adopt the herd immunity model. Then- life goes on. 
For teachers who are truly uneasy, give them a year- at paid salary to invest in a new training/career.

Folks gotta move on. And teachers need to realize their job comes with inherent health risks. We are around little kids all day! Kids are always sick! If this is no longer a risk some teachers want to take- support them in retraining & finding a new profession. 
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I'm laughing at your idea of a teaching profession that's more like the chicken-processing industry: Hey, you're pretty likely to get a debilitating disease working here, and we don't care! Classroom colds, Covid-19, it's all about the same, right? We'll just get another random body to take your place, gotta keep parents' employers happy.

What kind of workforce do you think we'd see in classrooms under this model? Only people who're so desperate for a job they're willing to risk their long-term health.[/quote]

I would rather my kids be in school w/ any literate adult who can pass a background check (re: safety) than at home doing "distance learning." So, there's that.[/quote]

I don’t believe you.  No parent wants to have the bad teacher.  Yes we all know some schools have that one or two bad teachers and every parent does everything they can to stay out of that class.  Now you will suddenly volunteer your kid to be in the class with the teacher who doesn’t teach and you won’t complain?  That’s nonsense [/quote]

What? If the alternative is literally that my kids won't have school, I absolutely would. Of course I'd rather have a real, good teacher and no I wouldn't volunteer my kid for the new, rando teacher class; I just think you're misguided if you don't think parents will take basically anything over DL in the younger grades. At the less extreme end, for instance, I would be 100% fine with my kid having any specials teacher at their ES for a primary class teacher next year if that was needed to make full time school work, even one of the gym teachers. They're nice people, good role models, good with kids. The quality of the academic experience they provide is low on my list of concerns for my K-er if the alternative is "DL" at home that I supervise, while watching my 2 other younger kids (one of whom is doing PK3 DL, whatever the hell that is), while doing a FT professional job and while my DH is at work outside the house 50%+ of the days (he's a healthcare provider). In short: a warm, safe body watching my kids in a classroom space with appropriate learning materials while they interact with their peers sounds pretty good to me. [/quote]

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