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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is it just me, or are others getting the sense that many teachers will battle returning to class even if we had every safety measure in place. Feels like it will never be enough. [/quote]

That’s my sense too.  If we don’t get schools reopened this year, I expect teachers will fight for them to remain closed next year too.[/quote]

Why though?? Is it because they are too comfortable WFH? I just can't figure out why so many teachers are making the return extremely difficult. 
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I think it’s a bunch of factors. Yes, working from home is a lot more comfortable. There are far fewer disciplinary issues and behavioral management issues that come with 100% DL. It’s like having all the bad/disruptive kids out of your class and just the calm, compliant ones. With the standards so far relaxed for this year to the point where there’s basically no accountability to prove the students are actually learning anything, it’s easy to rely on the continued closures/all DL as a convenient crutch. Say “it’s not safe” but really you don’t care if it’s safe or not because distance learning is working for some teachers and they’ll fight tooth and nail to hang onto it.

Then there are some who are really paranoid about the virus. Maybe they’re actually high risk, maybe they’re not.

Then there are some who don’t want to make any changes that might be required if they go into schools. These are the ones who are traveling, seeing friends, and/or relying on older people in their lives for child care. With more exposure in the schools, they’d have to make lifestyle changes as a result and they just don’t want to do that. [/quote]

This is awful. Especially point #1. [/quote]

My kids are loving school without the behavior problems.  I cannot tell you how happy they are that all the bad kids are sidelined.  It is like a totally diffferent experience for them without having their classes constantly disrupted by some random kid who is acting out.[/quote]

Your child must not be in elementary. My daughter's teacher spends half her time redirecting kids who are not paying attention or didn't listen to instruction. It's a constant disruption from the actual teaching. [/quote]

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