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Post by randomparent on Jul 21, 2020 11:27:10 GMT -5
Clearly you do not know any teachers in real life. I promise we are not able to tell our employers what we want to do. I have put 20 years of blood, sweat, and more tears than I can count, into my school that I teach at. Please excuse me if I don’t want to actually put my life on the line for my career. I never thought it would come to that, but because I am high risk, that’s what I will be doing in order to continue to pay my bills. My system isn’t even requiring masks as of now. It is “optional” and our class sizes are going up because of budget cuts. Until you know a teacher personally and have a conversation with them, do not lump us all into one category. Well not to spill out all my personal info on a public forum, but I in fact have several teachers in my family. One in my immediate family actually. None of them are complaining, and they will do exactly what they are told to do. I also run into about 10x other teachers online on social media that are doing nothing but whining and complaining. Those people are giving you guys and my family members a bad name. I am an essential worker as well, and had no choice in the matter. The grocery clerk sees just as many people if not more people than teachers in any given shift and they are considered essential and I know they make way less money than teachers. There are teachers unions and some teachers being very vocal right now and it is turning a lot of people off including myself. I have wondered when are we going to start reducing the number of teachers / administrators / etc. in our school system now that we are moving to virtual learning? Our entire educational system was built on kids going to school, the number of desks you can fit in a classroom, etc. and it seems like a complete rework of this system should begin to give all children an opportunity to be successful and learn. I really don't understand if a 3rd grade teacher does a lecture over zoom why we just can't record it and show that recording to every third grader, then have some type of support system to help answer questions afterward. This would be an incredible opportunity to take those cost savings and apply them to lower income areas to provide more support for the kids that need it most. Sadly most of the people that want virtual learning are anti science. Pediatricians almost universally except in extreme hot spots like Miami are encouraging kids to go back to school in person. I really wish the people pushing virtual learning would embrace science. |
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Post by atlfutboldad on Jul 21, 2020 12:37:46 GMT -5
There is truth to this. Honestly, if you're doing it online, you could just setup a youtube channel (that would actually make money on clicks) for every year/subject/level. And then as you said, a support system to answer questions. Just re-record it every year or two as needed.
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Post by mistergrinch on Jul 21, 2020 15:46:05 GMT -5
There is truth to this. Honestly, if you're doing it online, you could just setup a youtube channel (that would actually make money on clicks) for every year/subject/level. And then as you said, a support system to answer questions. Just re-record it every year or two as needed. You know all those people who already think kids spend too much time with their noses buried in electronics? Yeah, lets not make it worse. |
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Post by rifle on Jul 21, 2020 15:52:02 GMT -5
Blame unions if you want but it didn’t help that (I heard) a Fulton County school board member was SICK with C19 about two weeks ago.
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Post by soccerparent02 on Jul 21, 2020 16:40:51 GMT -5
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Post by footyfan on Jul 21, 2020 19:01:43 GMT -5
Have any of the school districts asked the teachers if they want to go in? Some, like some of the general population, might be ok going in to teach. See if any of the substitute teachers want a full time face to face teaching job. Put out ads across the southeast for teachers that will teach in school during the epidemic. Then do the same for the bus drivers, cafeteria workers, etc.
Let the rest of the teachers support kids with parents who prefer the online option.
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Post by kidsocceruber on Jul 21, 2020 19:05:55 GMT -5
Have any of the school districts asked the teachers if they want to go in? Some, like some of the general population, might be ok going in to teach. See if any of the substitute teachers want a full time face to face teaching job. Put out ads across the southeast for teachers that will teach in school during the epidemic. Then do the same for the bus drivers, cafeteria workers, etc. Let the rest of the teachers support kids with parents who prefer the online option. Kinda like a scab? That will go over really well... |
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Post by slickdaddy96 on Jul 22, 2020 6:54:15 GMT -5
Have any of the school districts asked the teachers if they want to go in? Some, like some of the general population, might be ok going in to teach. See if any of the substitute teachers want a full time face to face teaching job. Put out ads across the southeast for teachers that will teach in school during the epidemic. Then do the same for the bus drivers, cafeteria workers, etc. Let the rest of the teachers support kids with parents who prefer the online option. Kinda like a scab? That will go over really well... Frankly who gives a crap if it goes over well or not. Public Sector unions should not exist. Their employer is the tax payer. I understand why Private Sector Unions exist, but public sector unions have no reason to exist and are the reason why many Government sector groups of employees such as mail carriers and teachers is a bloated bureaucracy with so much unfunded liabilities. Teachers unions are one of the biggest reasons education in America sucks so bad. They don't care about the kids, they care only about their member's jobs and making sure nothing jeopardizes that (ie. competition in the way of vouchers, etc...) I'm happy that in GA all we have to deal with is the liberal teacher lobby groups since in GA you are not required to join a union thus public sector unions really don't exist in GA. We go back to school and if some teachers don't want to come back that don't have a genuine health condition with this, then you fire them. You allow the ones that are older or have genuine health conditions to teach online if they don't want to come back and then you fill sub jobs as quickly as possible with the millions of Americans that don't currently have a job. In fact you could go one step further and do one of the following: 1) Have some teachers remote in via video while a substitute is in the classroom physically and the class still be taught that way in person. 2) There are plenty of students going for education degrees right now that have to have teaching experience in the classroom. Why not kill two bird with one stone and have these student teachers in classes and have a certified teacher there via video as well to guide the student teacher. Neither one of those are the most ideal solution compared to fully normal school, but it gives the parents an option other than just online or nothing. |
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