Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Really? I’m a teacher, it would never have crossed my mind to keep my camera off during a lesson. Your child has had three classes, right? Maybe she has a baby who needed to be breastfed at the worst possible time? (If that had been me, I would have come up with some explanation for the kids and emailed parents immediately after the class, but that’s me.)

I would see what happens in the next class. If it happens again, I would email her. I’d probably go with a “don’t know if you know this but your camera is off” route. If the response indicates that she is intentionally keeping it off and plans to continue to do so, I would probably stop sending my kid to the class and let the principal know that, given the likelihood of continued DL this fall, my child wouldn’t do well in this teacher’s class for this reason.

To other parents reading this, please know that most teachers really are trying to think of ways to make DL better than it was this spring. We did what we could with what we had (no autonomy, no preparation); the fall will be better.

EBer here, so highly supportive, but what would the teacher have done prior to covid?

The entitlement among teachers at the moment is INCREDIBLE. They don't have to work, but they shouldn't be getting paid until they're willing and able to do their jobs. Period. Each teacher needs to decide for him/herself and then notify their principal. The idea of keeping full pay while arguing about which conditions you're willing to work under is outrageous. In every other situation, people don't get paid while they're negotiating whether they're going to take a job or not. You do the negotiating, accept the job, start working, and THEN get paid.

Anonymous wrote:I remember a column online that recommended people cope with their body dysmorphia by turning off the camera. The columnist was not speaking specifically to teachers, but people who were WAH in general and experiencing a lot of anxiety.

I do not have body dysmorphia, but I am much less nervous when I can’t see myself.

Even little kids are accustomed to celebrity voice over narration for films and commercials. Unless a child is DHOH and relying on lip reading the teacher (unlikely), I think it’s fine.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Really? I’m a teacher, it would never have crossed my mind to keep my camera off during a lesson. Your child has had three classes, right? Maybe she has a baby who needed to be breastfed at the worst possible time? (If that had been me, I would have come up with some explanation for the kids and emailed parents immediately after the class, but that’s me.)

I would see what happens in the next class. If it happens again, I would email her. I’d probably go with a “don’t know if you know this but your camera is off” route. If the response indicates that she is intentionally keeping it off and plans to continue to do so, I would probably stop sending my kid to the class and let the principal know that, given the likelihood of continued DL this fall, my child wouldn’t do well in this teacher’s class for this reason.

To other parents reading this, please know that most teachers really are trying to think of ways to make DL better than it was this spring. We did what we could with what we had (no autonomy, no preparation); the fall will be better.

EBer here, so highly supportive, but what would the teacher have done prior to covid?

The entitlement among teachers at the moment is INCREDIBLE. They don't have to work, but they shouldn't be getting paid until they're willing and able to do their jobs. Period. Each teacher needs to decide for him/herself and then notify their principal. The idea of keeping full pay while arguing about which conditions you're willing to work under is outrageous. In every other situation, people don't get paid while they're negotiating whether they're going to take a job or not. You do the negotiating, accept the job, start working, and THEN get paid.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Really? I’m a teacher, it would never have crossed my mind to keep my camera off during a lesson. Your child has had three classes, right? Maybe she has a baby who needed to be breastfed at the worst possible time? (If that had been me, I would have come up with some explanation for the kids and emailed parents immediately after the class, but that’s me.)

I would see what happens in the next class. If it happens again, I would email her. I’d probably go with a “don’t know if you know this but your camera is off” route. If the response indicates that she is intentionally keeping it off and plans to continue to do so, I would probably stop sending my kid to the class and let the principal know that, given the likelihood of continued DL this fall, my child wouldn’t do well in this teacher’s class for this reason.

To other parents reading this, please know that most teachers really are trying to think of ways to make DL better than it was this spring. We did what we could with what we had (no autonomy, no preparation); the fall will be better.

EBer here, so highly supportive, but what would the teacher have done prior to covid?

The entitlement among teachers at the moment is INCREDIBLE. They don't have to work, but they shouldn't be getting paid until they're willing and able to do their jobs. Period. Each teacher needs to decide for him/herself and then notify their principal. The idea of keeping full pay while arguing about which conditions you're willing to work under is outrageous. In every other situation, people don't get paid while they're negotiating whether they're going to take a job or not. You do the negotiating, accept the job, start working, and THEN get paid.

Anonymous wrote:Really? I’m a teacher, it would never have crossed my mind to keep my camera off during a lesson. Your child has had three classes, right? Maybe she has a baby who needed to be breastfed at the worst possible time? (If that had been me, I would have come up with some explanation for the kids and emailed parents immediately after the class, but that’s me.)

I would see what happens in the next class. If it happens again, I would email her. I’d probably go with a “don’t know if you know this but your camera is off” route. If the response indicates that she is intentionally keeping it off and plans to continue to do so, I would probably stop sending my kid to the class and let the principal know that, given the likelihood of continued DL this fall, my child wouldn’t do well in this teacher’s class for this reason.

To other parents reading this, please know that most teachers really are trying to think of ways to make DL better than it was this spring. We did what we could with what we had (no autonomy, no preparation); the fall will be better.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bandwidth shouldn't be a problem because MCPS is providing internet for the those who don't have it.

DD's teacher is doing this in summer school too. Parents are very annoyed and it's unprofessional. I understand if she needs to do it sometimes due to her having her own kids at home or some other issue that comes up but to do it as a matter of policy is pretty lazy.

This is THE silliest comment I've read on here.

Do you know anything about bandwidth?

Chiming in about a subject that you clearly have little to no knowledge in, isn't just "pretty lazy" it's downright ignorant as well.

Anonymous wrote:Bandwidth shouldn't be a problem because MCPS is providing internet for the those who don't have it.

DD's teacher is doing this in summer school too. Parents are very annoyed and it's unprofessional. I understand if she needs to do it sometimes due to her having her own kids at home or some other issue that comes up but to do it as a matter of policy is pretty lazy.