Quakers03
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10-23-20 12:11 PM - Post#315297
In response to Jeff2sf
But the reality ALSO is that a lot of kids AREN'T doing fine. They don't have parents who can support them while the parent works from home. And the parents may well be downshifting out of their career (women especially).
I hate to say it, but this isn't much different than in non-COVID times. The students with support at home do well and others struggle.
As for being short-sighted, to me short-sighted is just writing off the long-term effects of something we still know very little about. Short sighted is when 80% of parents in my district (many of them stay at home parents who just want their kids back in school) are choosing to send their students back to school in the beginning of November, right as this is about to explode again. While I hear your argument that they could have potentially opened in September and October, again I blame our national leadership. Had we used those months (both early when he hid it and then all summer when we saw what was coming) to plan, we could have come up with solutions like outside lessons or other actions that would have made all of us feel safer. As someone with a wife who teaches 4th grade, I had NO interest in her going back. Maybe that makes me selfish, but I tend to think choosing health isn't exactly selfish. Certainly not like those who still won't wear masks.
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