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Anonymous wrote:I, too, want to be back in person. Last year was exhausting. I am on the teacher FB group and I haven’t seen any posts about teachers wanting to start virtual nor have I heard anyone from my school say this.

There is a discussion about how nervous everyone is.

Curious if these were teachers who were in person in spring? I was nervous (despite believing being in-person was the right thing and intellectually knowing the risks were low) until I set foot in school and then it was easy to be there. I have been assuming this year would be similar. You just have to do it.

THIS. People who haven’t been out much in 18 months are far more nervous than people who have. It’s not some big bogey man.

This is absolutely true. It’s a real thing, called anxious avoidance. And the longer you avoid doing something he worse you build it up in your head. Any clinical psychologist will tell you that avoiding something you are nervous about is pretty much the worst thing you can do in terms of contributing to your anxiety level about it.

I’m not suggesting people throw caution to the wind. But I think some people on the most extreme end are going to need something akin to exposure therapy in order to avoid having a panic attack when they venture out in public. Past pandemics in other countries have provided us data on this.

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Anonymous wrote:Our family started in Mississippi today. No masks on anyone. Guess we will see what really happens in the next few weeks.

The attitudes, fears, and worries between them and us is pretty crazy. It is like living in two different worlds completely.

Comparing low vaxxed / high case / non-masked Mississippi to Fairfax County is a fools errand.

We don't prepare for hurricanes like they do in Costal Florida, or prepare for snow storms like they do in Buffalo NY.

Common sense people!!

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Anonymous wrote:I, too, want to be back in person. Last year was exhausting. I am on the teacher FB group and I haven’t seen any posts about teachers wanting to start virtual nor have I heard anyone from my school say this.

There is a discussion about how nervous everyone is.

Curious if these were teachers who were in person in spring? I was nervous (despite believing being in-person was the right thing and intellectually knowing the risks were low) until I set foot in school and then it was easy to be there. I have been assuming this year would be similar. You just have to do it.

THIS. People who haven’t been out much in 18 months are far more nervous than people who have. It’s not some big bogey man.

Anonymous wrote:Well, the virus is more contagious now. Good thing you got the vaccine. Even without long-term effects the unvaccinated could miss 1-2 weeks of work. I just don’t get why some people don’t get the vaccine.

Anonymous wrote:Our family started in Mississippi today. No masks on anyone. Guess we will see what really happens in the next few weeks.

The attitudes, fears, and worries between them and us is pretty crazy. It is like living in two different worlds completely.

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Anonymous wrote:All of these “concerned” posts are from the same one or two people. Either a troll or a teacher with a long commute who is super pissed they have to go to work.

Delta cases are down 70% in the UK, 90% in India and are starting to turn over in southern states now. The Delta “surge” will be on a steep downward slope right around when schools start here. https://twitter.com/scottgottliebmd/status/1423026055049273345?s=21

The only way Youngkin has a chance this fall is if he makes huge gains in Fairfax / Loudon. The only way that happens is if schools are closed. This is a off year election and every Democrat in the country will be watching. The national party won’t let a couple of yahoo’s on the school board blow this election by letting schools to close.

We’ll be fine, enjoy the last few weeks of summer

Chap Petersen basically promised #openFCPS the bolded last summer. Every D delegate will be breathing down the necks of our SB to keep things open this fall, at least through Election Day.

Not just the state delegates. The entire National party is watching this (it helps being close to DC). McAuliffe is as hooked into DNC leadership as you can get. He isn’t going to let the incompetence of Karl Freish and Laura Cohen screw his chance at a 2nd term or give the GOP a opening for midterms.

My neighborhood in Fairfax is covered in Youngkin signs. There was one Trump sign last year and it’s absolutely covered in Youngkin signs this year.

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Anonymous wrote:I, too, want to be back in person. Last year was exhausting. I am on the teacher FB group and I haven’t seen any posts about teachers wanting to start virtual nor have I heard anyone from my school say this.

There is a discussion about how nervous everyone is.

Curious if these were teachers who were in person in spring? I was nervous (despite believing being in-person was the right thing and intellectually knowing the risks were low) until I set foot in school and then it was easy to be there. I have been assuming this year would be similar. You just have to do it.

That’s an interesting thought. I taught from my classroom from day one last September because I absolutely did not want to work from home all day. There were basically a few from each grade level who chose that option. As others started to come back into the building with students you could tell a difference in comfort between those who had been in the building for months and those who had not.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I, too, want to be back in person. Last year was exhausting. I am on the teacher FB group and I haven’t seen any posts about teachers wanting to start virtual nor have I heard anyone from my school say this.

There is a discussion about how nervous everyone is.

Curious if these were teachers who were in person in spring? I was nervous (despite believing being in-person was the right thing and intellectually knowing the risks were low) until I set foot in school and then it was easy to be there. I have been assuming this year would be similar. You just have to do it.

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Anonymous wrote:All of these “concerned” posts are from the same one or two people. Either a troll or a teacher with a long commute who is super pissed they have to go to work.

Delta cases are down 70% in the UK, 90% in India and are starting to turn over in southern states now. The Delta “surge” will be on a steep downward slope right around when schools start here. https://twitter.com/scottgottliebmd/status/1423026055049273345?s=21

The only way Youngkin has a chance this fall is if he makes huge gains in Fairfax / Loudon. The only way that happens is if schools are closed. This is a off year election and every Democrat in the country will be watching. The national party won’t let a couple of yahoo’s on the school board blow this election by letting schools to close.

We’ll be fine, enjoy the last few weeks of summer

Chap Petersen basically promised #openFCPS the bolded last summer. Every D delegate will be breathing down the necks of our SB to keep things open this fall, at least through Election Day.

Not just the state delegates. The entire National party is watching this (it helps being close to DC). McAuliffe is as hooked into DNC leadership as you can get. He isn’t going to let the incompetence of Karl Freish and Laura Cohen screw his chance at a 2nd term or give the GOP a opening for midterms.

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Anonymous wrote:Man any teacher calling for virtual start needs to GTFO. I’m a teacher and last year almost took all of us out. Kids, teachers, admin, parents. It’s a no. Cannot do again. No reasonable person wants virtual. They for real need to quit this time if they STILL can’t stomach going into school . The rest of us are going.

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Same.

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Anonymous wrote:I, too, want to be back in person. Last year was exhausting. I am on the teacher FB group and I haven’t seen any posts about teachers wanting to start virtual nor have I heard anyone from my school say this.

There is a discussion about how nervous everyone is.

Curious if these were teachers who were in person in spring? I was nervous (despite believing being in-person was the right thing and intellectually knowing the risks were low) until I set foot in school and then it was easy to be there. I have been assuming this year would be similar. You just have to do it.

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Anonymous wrote:The teachers aren’t the nervous ones. Parents of elementary schoolers are nervous and wanting a virtual option.

I have a 1st grader and kindergartner. We did virtual K last year.

The only thing I am nervous about is the no talent ass clowns on the school board once again caving to teacher associates and forcing us back into virtual.

Home school your weirdo bubble kids if the thought of in person education truly scares you.

I hope your children aren’t assh*les like you.