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Our School Reopening Plans

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  • 89th8 Offline
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    89th
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    #29

    @brenda agreed, it could (likely) be warnings of what may be to come.

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    • Doctor PhibesD Offline
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      #30

      My experience with high school teachers has been the same - ours worked their asses off last year to try and get lessons out to the kids. It didn't always work, and some were clearly better at it than others, but they were all trying. Quite a few of them also had kids of their own at home, which wouldn't have made it any easier, and I'm sure not all the kids were as appreciative as they might have been.

      I was only joking

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      • 89th8 Offline
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        Yeah for teachers with kids as well, I can't even imagine...trying to take care of your kids at home while teaching a dozen kids via your laptop all day. Probably why booze sales are up.

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        • OptimisticO Offline
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          Optimistic
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          #32

          Additionally, it has to be noted how many teachers are working their asses off right now, during the summer, to be better once their job starts up again. Attending online conferences, completing online trainings, continuing to answer work emails and attend Faculty Zoom calls, completely overhauling their courses so that material can be taught in person, online, or (more likely) both. These (summer) are not months that we are paid for.

          I´d love to be reading more books and watching movies on Netflix. Instead I´m working part time (unpaid).

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          • OptimisticO Offline
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            #33

            That being said, I do feel like I need to add that I´m not trying to drum up any sympathy. I love my job, I love my workplace, and I´m even a little excited at the opportunity to get the training (at my school´s expense) to build my skills. But like 89th said, even when the final product is not as good as it would be under normal conditions, and even when it looks like "canned" plans and like not much effort went into it, more likely than not a lot of effort did go into figuring out how to reach the students and how to teach the students and how to maintain those relationships from a distance.

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            • 89th8 Offline
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              #34

              Keep up the good hard work @Optimistic !!

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              • OptimisticO Optimistic

                That being said, I do feel like I need to add that I´m not trying to drum up any sympathy. I love my job, I love my workplace, and I´m even a little excited at the opportunity to get the training (at my school´s expense) to build my skills. But like 89th said, even when the final product is not as good as it would be under normal conditions, and even when it looks like "canned" plans and like not much effort went into it, more likely than not a lot of effort did go into figuring out how to reach the students and how to teach the students and how to maintain those relationships from a distance.

                Aqua LetiferA Offline
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                Aqua Letifer
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                #35

                @Optimistic said in Our School Reopening Plans:

                That being said, I do feel like I need to add that I´m not trying to drum up any sympathy. I love my job, I love my workplace, and I´m even a little excited at the opportunity to get the training (at my school´s expense) to build my skills. But like 89th said, even when the final product is not as good as it would be under normal conditions, and even when it looks like "canned" plans and like not much effort went into it, more likely than not a lot of effort did go into figuring out how to reach the students and how to teach the students and how to maintain those relationships from a distance.

                A couple of my interwebs friends are teachers. Without a doubt, their situation is asstastic. School's open? Okay, how do they not get COVID? School's not open? Okay, prepare for more work, not less, and a mountain of hangups as everyone gets used to that kind of learning environment.

                What makes me feel a little better about all this is that the entire working world is in some type of difficult situation; everyone's dealing with this, one way or another. Means there's a lot more incentive for understanding and flexibility. Bad management can't claim ignorance about he pandemic.

                Please love yourself.

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                • AxtremusA Offline
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                  #36

                  @Optimistic sorry if I missed it ... are you a teacher now?
                  That’s cool! May I ask what grade levels or subjects do you teach?

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                  • 89th8 89th

                    Keep up the good hard work @Optimistic !!

                    taiwan_girlT Offline
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                    @89th said in Our School Reopening Plans:

                    Keep up the good hard work @Optimistic !!

                    Agree!!!!!!

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                    • AxtremusA Axtremus

                      @Optimistic sorry if I missed it ... are you a teacher now?
                      That’s cool! May I ask what grade levels or subjects do you teach?

                      OptimisticO Offline
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                      #38

                      @Axtremus I´ve been teaching Spanish (and French the past few years) in middle school; just finished my 7th year 🙂

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                      • jon-nycJ Offline
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                        #39

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                        Only non-witches get due process.

                        • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                        • 89th8 Offline
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                          89th
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                          Ok that made me LUL

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                          • jon-nycJ Offline
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                            #41

                            Did you hear it in Homer’s voice?

                            Only non-witches get due process.

                            • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                            • 89th8 Offline
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                              89th
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                              1000000% if such a percentage was possible.

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                              • 89th8 Offline
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                                89th
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                                In fact, after I saw it I thought "why did I just say that in Homer's voice in my head?"

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                                • George KG Offline
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                                  George K
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                                  Seen on FB - don't know if it's true, but LA public schools have a good safety plan proposed:

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                                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                  • Aqua LetiferA Offline
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                                    Aqua Letifer
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                                    I sense a political motive as poorly masked as the populace.

                                    Please love yourself.

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                                    • CopperC Offline
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                                      #46

                                      It looks accurate

                                      OMG

                                      This from 10 days ago

                                      The Los Angeles Teacher’s Union is one of the largest in the state, and the “United Teachers Los Angeles” say public schools should not reopen unless their demands are met.

                                      Their demands include implementing a moratorium on private schools, defunding the police, increasing taxes on the wealthy, implementing Medicare for all, and passing the HEROES Act, which allocated and additional $116 billion in federal education funding to the states.

                                      The unions demands also took aim at charter schools.

                                      https://www.kusi.com/a-los-angeles-teachers-union-says-public-schools-should-not-reopen-unless-their-demands-are-met/#:~:text=Their demands include implementing a,education funding to the states.

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                                      • George KG George K

                                        Seen on FB - don't know if it's true, but LA public schools have a good safety plan proposed:

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                                        brendaB Offline
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                                        brenda
                                        wrote on last edited by
                                        #47

                                        @George-K

                                        I just found five or six news sources reporting about this list. They seem to think it's real.

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                                          The comment.

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                                          Only non-witches get due process.

                                          • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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