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Anonymous wrote:Hi small business owner! Are you also demanding invitation from your government- that gave small business loans to the NBA? And Nordic countries are your goal post? I’ll take it. See how America’s $2400 stimulus checks rank next to how other country workers were supported.
Americans relationship with their government is abusive. Instead of asking why our government & employers don’t support us- we ask everyone else (teachers, grocery store workers, nurses) to pick up the slack.

This exactly. The other countries are handling the virus better; our economy is not going to rebound because we open schools?? We need people to feel safe and shop and work and spend.

Anonymous wrote:Right, but if we don't adapt as a society, we're handing victory in the pandemic to our economic competitors, and overseas trade partners, who do to re-oopen schools safely, e.g. Germany, the Nordic Countries, Taiwan.

DC, MD and VA political leaders, work with public health officials to innovate to figure out how to re-open schools. Make that you top priority. Tweak regulations on how schools should run and serve students to make this happen. Don't be stuck in the past, with hide-bound dept. of ed official calling the shots as the economy crashes out.

No, I'm not a Republican. I'm a flaming liberal. But I'm also a small business owner whose getting crushed financially, who can't home school effectively who worries about the low SES kids in my neighborhood who clearly aren't learning much right now, or eating enough either.

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Anonymous wrote:It's unfair to compare the American system to Nordic or other countries in Europe. They have free and accessible healthcare and significant financial support from their governments. Their countries are small and they have much more control over their people who in some cases have less freedom.

Two or three generations ago, were the rich country that innovated far more than others. We were the country that won two world wars and sent humans to the moon first. Now we're fairly pathetic. Unfair to compare us to countries where kids return to in-person teaching...sitting in chairs in a circle in public parks? Apparently, this is what's happening all around Denmark. In Germany, kids sit in class in coats because classroom windows and doors are left open all day. In Australia, kids are returning to class in shifts, slowly. All that works.

Come on, get your act together already America - most of the kids need to return to class to really learn.

Anonymous wrote:It's unfair to compare the American system to Nordic or other countries in Europe. They have free and accessible healthcare and significant financial support from their governments. Their countries are small and they have much more control over their people who in some cases have less freedom.

Anonymous wrote:Hi small business owner! Are you also demanding invitation from your government- that gave small business loans to the NBA? And Nordic countries are your goal post? I’ll take it. See how America’s $2400 stimulus checks rank next to how other country workers were supported.
Americans relationship with their government is abusive. Instead of asking why our government & employers don’t support us- we ask everyone else (teachers, grocery store workers, nurses) to pick up the slack.

Anonymous wrote:I think teachers just want to feel heard. We are never part of any decision making and are never asked our opinions. I want to feel like decisions were made with our safety in mind as well it’s scary to think that I will be back in a class of 30 within inches of kids who don’t cover their mouth with they cough or sneeze. The last week we were in school I had a student in class who spent the night in the emergency room for a high fever, cough and chills. This is in Upper NW. Her parents dropped her off at school and told her to try and make it through the day. That type of behavior scares me when we go back. I understand parents are frustrated. I have kids too and it is so hard. I don’t know what the right decision is but at least acknowledging that we need to change something would help.