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This comment shows an astounding lack of anything resembling human empathy. Teachers do not want to return to work because the outbreak is getting worse in many
by csb6 6y ago
This comment shows an astounding lack of anything resembling human empathy. Teachers do not want to return to work because the outbreak is getting worse in many places, and the already underpaid job of being a teacher would become even more dangerous. Ask any teacher (especially grade school) during normal times: they get sick constantly, and kids constantly pass around colds/the flu. In AZ, the emergency room ICUs are so full that patients are having to be flown to New Mexico. Huh, I wonder why teachers are concerned. Probably just union BS.
America’s children not receiving education isn’t the fault of teachers. It is the fault of a failed state that is unable to protect public health. Instead, you (and probably a large portion of older, affluent Americans) will celebrate as our already underpaid teachers are forced to seek other work rather than kill their students/families. Before the pandemic, many teachers in my district were forced to work second jobs (e.g. at restaurants). This is a breaking point.
America has truly lost any sense of community solidarity or just the barest altruism. Everything has become individualized and treated like a business cost that needs to be cut off like some sort of tumor in order to boost some shitty education startups that is “innovative” or “focused on shareholder value” or some shit. Teachers have an interest in not seeing their students/students’ families die, so it seems pretty obvious why they would be reluctant to pack a bunch of children in a classroom setting. But hey, maybe we can all create tutoring startups and unbundle public education into 40 SaaS apps.
- tathougies 6y ago> Instead, you (and probably a large portion of older, affluent Americans) will celebrate as our already underpaid teachers are forced to seek other work rather than kill their students/families. Before the pandemic, many teachers in my district were forced to work second jobs (e.g. at restaurants). This is a breaking point. Yes. Teachers at private schools are paid much less but produce better outcomes, despite having similar demographics. For example, Catholic school teachers earn much less (and catholic schools spend much less per pupil than similar pupils at public schools). Yet the outcomes are better. This is not a problem with pay. The public school system and teachers who are complicit in it have failed our students. And to be clear.. I am not older. I have soon-to-be school age children. My mother was a teacher. We have seen the rot in the system, and our children will not be attending. Especially as a minority, we cannot let our children be subject to the silent and self-denying racism inherent in the public school system. Sorry you don't get to ruin my kid's life as people like you forced my mother to ruin other children's lives be following the edicts of the public school system.