re: 65% of teachers are ‘uncomfortable’ with returning to school, survey from AEA says

That’s a lot lower than I expected.

Well it isn't true about smart people and yes in teaching you have some lazy people but you continue to classify all teachers as uneducated and lazy.

Hell in every profession you have people that others consider dumb, lazy, etc but for some odd reason your hate for teachers has clouded your judgement.

I don't buy it to be honest, the survey of my parish and neighboring parishes had over 70% ready to return to work.


It's like the teachers union here came out and said 60% of teachers don't want to return to work out of fear, however, they had less than 15k responses. However those 15k include support staff, parents, and fricking students. So I take it with a grain of salt.

Teachers are so overvalued. This is what happens when you let a certain group get praised for years for simply just doing a job that anyone of us can do. Muh Heroes!

quote:

---

doing a job that anyone of us can do

---

Yea honestly I’m not against implementing more virtual learning options. That just can’t be the only thing we do. School aged kids don’t have the motivation of college kids to stay on top of things on their own. This past spring our district “froze” grades so we couldn’t lower students grades only raise them. Out of 118 kids I had in all my classes 14 did anything for me. Like 3 finished the work.

This thread seems to be filled with angry people who don’t know much about the profession. Honestly, it sounds like angry parents botching because their child will be home more throughout the day.

The concerns for teachers are legit:

1. People on this board want you to think that teachers are in favor of sitting on their asses and doing nothing. False. Many teachers want to work online. It didn’t work last time because it was done in haste. I’ve spent a large portion of my summer transitioning music education to online instruction. It’s tough, and less efficient, but can still work.

2. The concerns I have are not with the virus, more so with the protection I get from the district. Will I have access to enough sanitizer? Will social distancing be enforced...or can kids get away with ignoring it the same way they ignore cell phone policies and the like?

I’m not sure why people can’t understand that some teachers are capable of working from home for a portion of the year.

quote:

---

Teachers are so overvalued. This is what happens when you let a certain group get praised for years for simply just doing a job that anyone of us can do.

---

One of the dumbest statements in this thread. The attitude that ‘anybody can teach’ is exactly why our education system has suffered as a whole.

Sorry but anyone can teach my friend. I went to a private school and they just read out of a textbook for 4 years. If you can read and make sure kids have their shoes tied, you’ll be alright

Would you like to come to Wichita and take over my class for a week so you can put that statement to the test sir?