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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a teacher, I am so incredibly embarrassed for my profession right now. We have spent years trying to be seen as important, essential, professional, up to tackling challenges, etc. Now most of my colleagues are ranting dramatically and nonsensically all over social media while going on beach vacations and taking their kids to sports practices. I will be exiting this profession as soon as I possibly can. The whole show has been disgraceful. [/quote]

Agreed.  It just seems like no one was willing to make the sacrifices needed to return to in person learning this fall- or just didn't make the connection until it was too late.

However, IME those who were advocating against in-person learning are not necessarily the same ones complaining about DL now.  Many teachers with younger school-aged kids simply wanted to return to the classroom and now are really scrambling to figure out the logistics.  And there should have been more training this summer to help some of the non-technology savvy teachers navigate remote teaching.  [/quote]
"The sacrifices needed"-you are literally talking about people dying. Let's be clear here.[/quote]

By sacrifices needed, I meant no parties, no vacations, minimal store trips, no play dates. It’s not just teachers, it’s people across the board. Because so many have been doing all of these things, infection rates are now out of control again.  [b]But it rings a bit hollow when a teacher posts on social media that they are scared to go back to school after a week at Disney, you know?[/b][/quote]

This x a billion[/quote]
It is such a joke that people keep referencing things like the opening of Disney world, as if it has anything at all to do with schools. Where is your data that teachers are flooding Disney? Oh right, you don't have any. Anyone going to Disney World right now is a fool who deserves to get sick. It flies in the face of all common sense that they would open up during Florida's out of control outbreak. It's a totally made up conspiracy that all teachers are running around, not social distancing and trying to avoid going back to school. What's with all the posts on here saying you see a teacher posting pictures on facebook of x activity? You think one person is indicative of the entire educational community? Guess you never took stat.

My family has been quarantining since March and now that is all going to be for absolutely nothing. I work in NYC. We've had 30,000 deaths. We are going back to school in a hybrid model. More of us will die. I don't know if it will be me, or my high risk family members. Teachers here can't opt out of teaching in person unless they qualify for a medical accommodation. I know teachers with newborns, family members who have cancer (spouses and children), family members who have Cystic Fibrosis-and they don't qualify to teach remotely under the guidance released by the Department of Education. These teachers can't just quit-they will lose their health insurance and income during a pandemic. People are angry and afraid. People are tired of being jerked around and used as political pawns. We have no interest in propping up an economy that cares so little for us, and has failed to provide for us.

I do see plenty of parents on here saying things like, "Why do people think we are still in quarantine? I've been going to Orange Theory and loving it. We are going on vacation next week. We need to get back to our lives, we can't hide from COVID forever." But wait, is that not all parents? That can't be true, if your logic applies here. [/quote]

I mean, if you teach in NYC, which is doing well with case numbers, and you’re doing a hybrid model, which means reduced class sizes, why shouldn’t you go back to work likes thousands of other professions? Why are teachers the only super protected class? [/quote]

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