This is one of those "I have to say something" posts, sorry. Just listen to this perspective. Agree/disagree and move on.
The; "F*** school teacher's, get back to work assholes" & "Grocery store employees have been working this whole time!"
Consider the possibility the Wuhan Virus is real, and it's contagious. And consider the possiblity it kill ~0.05% of infected adults.
Now please understand this as a fact; High Schools are germ sharing, cold/flu infested environments. At any given point in January, about 25% of my students were sick. The whole damn school got sick in about a 4-6 week period. Including myself. I had the most ass kicking cold ive ever experienced. I had to go home one day during work because i was so whipped out. (I'm not rambo, but i've never skipped work over a cold) [Wuhan Virus, perhaps?]
With that said;
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(just consider the possibility of 0.05% mortality, I KNOW THIS STAT IS VERY POSSIBLY WRONG) For every 200 teachers infected, 1 would die.
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I have a Master's degree (196 total college credit hours). Some of the best classes I took in college were online. I am confident, online classes are an awesome pathways to education.
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one of our educators died this summer from Covid.
So, Why is it worth risking the lives of students and teachers? What's wrong with teaching online until we have a vaccine?
P.S. I am a conservative high school government teacher. Politically, I am behind enemy lines daily. Our English department spews liberal thought process all day every day. My Government lead and "assigned mentor" is hard left. She considers CNN an unbiased news source. The list of liberal indoc in my school goes deep. (and I teach in an affluent community)
I do my best to be an un-biased Government teacher. I give my kids as much information and perspective of both sides as possible. And I encourage them to think for themselves and make their own decisions.
Teachers are shockingly lazy and stuck in their ways.
In quarter 4 this year, Our online class structure and curriculum was mandated and it was a joke. I could have converted my class online in a week and it would of been highly engaging. Instead, we chose to give a maximum of One 15 minute assignment per week. It was a JOKE.
That's frustrating to hear. My son was actually in Shanghai when the virus started. After a bit of a struggle with his Dad, I got him state side February 4th. He continued his schooling remote to China the rest of the year. So when my youngest son's school started discussing remote options I offered a ton of insight of the pros and cons that my other son experienced in his classes. The local school district did not care at all. I refused to limit my children. So implemented spelling tests, group reading and time math tests. We even built a small robot. I would have done the extra STEM related activities anyway but would have expected more of a challenge on the school end. I understand that not all children have parents that go above and beyond. I am a stay at home Mom because we just moved to a new state. So I have the time, BUT even when I was a working parent education was a priority in our home.