Post by minx on Jan 13, 2021 9:07:01 GMT -5
Several of my friends are teachers.
One in Alabama is on her 4th quarantine - this time she, her husband (who's a principal) and their granddaughter all tested positive, and her husband has symptoms.
Her daughter (also a teacher) tested positive at the beginning of December. All are teaching full in-person school, but otherwise don't go out places.
One in Texas teaches hybrid - she's in the classroom with about 12 students, and the rest are at home.
So she gets the joy of trying to do three things at once - teach a traditional lesson to the kids in the class, modify that same lesson so it can be understood via video conference, and monitor both the kids in the class and those at home to make sure that everyone is learning. Plus of course, dealing with the glitchy technology, parents and trying to track down kids who aren't logging in.
They were told Monday that one of the little darlings in her class tested positive on Friday. He had been coming in all last week, even though he was all stuffed up and tired. I guess the school did call mom, but she said it was just allergies, and they didn't make her show proof of a negative test.
Another kid in the class went home sick yesterday, but she's still expected to be in bright and early today to teach.
I have yet to talk to any teacher or parent who has anything positive to say about hybrid school (except that the kids can at least see each other in person twice a week), and most say it's the worst of both worlds.
At the same time, virtual learning is a slice of hell on earth from what I've been told.
Whole thing sucks, and updating schools or hiring more teachers is the bottom of every single politician's priority list.
Same with updating hospitals or looking at new ways to deliver medical care.
One in Alabama is on her 4th quarantine - this time she, her husband (who's a principal) and their granddaughter all tested positive, and her husband has symptoms.
Her daughter (also a teacher) tested positive at the beginning of December. All are teaching full in-person school, but otherwise don't go out places.
One in Texas teaches hybrid - she's in the classroom with about 12 students, and the rest are at home.
So she gets the joy of trying to do three things at once - teach a traditional lesson to the kids in the class, modify that same lesson so it can be understood via video conference, and monitor both the kids in the class and those at home to make sure that everyone is learning. Plus of course, dealing with the glitchy technology, parents and trying to track down kids who aren't logging in.
They were told Monday that one of the little darlings in her class tested positive on Friday. He had been coming in all last week, even though he was all stuffed up and tired. I guess the school did call mom, but she said it was just allergies, and they didn't make her show proof of a negative test.
Another kid in the class went home sick yesterday, but she's still expected to be in bright and early today to teach.
I have yet to talk to any teacher or parent who has anything positive to say about hybrid school (except that the kids can at least see each other in person twice a week), and most say it's the worst of both worlds.
At the same time, virtual learning is a slice of hell on earth from what I've been told.
Whole thing sucks, and updating schools or hiring more teachers is the bottom of every single politician's priority list.
Same with updating hospitals or looking at new ways to deliver medical care.
