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Scrivener7

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89. I am not a teacher. I worked with the kids in a medical capacity,

Wed Dec 4, 2024, 05:20 AM

Dec 4

so I was talking to the families over video and getting to know them in a way I never had before. I will say that about 95% of them were amazing and did a wonderful job in a really difficult situation.

But, man, that 5% broke my heart.

I retired after a year of it.

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Just overheard a conversation from a teacher on school closings during the pandemic [View all] ClimateHawk Dec 3 OP

At the time I was working in a huge urban school system. Scrivener7 Dec 3 #1

EXactly. That guy is a moron. Sounds like he listens to RFK jr. too much. brush Dec 3 #52

Wonder what his thoughts are on home schooling. nt in2herbs Dec 3 #60

My nephews and nieces stayed home as I did. Their moms and dads were glad riversedge Dec 3 #77

Yep. I have friends who are teachers and have/had young families at home. Hassin Bin Sober Dec 3 #79

I am not a teacher. I worked with the kids in a medical capacity, Scrivener7 Dec 4 #89

He might be right about the educational outcomes, LakeVermilion Dec 3 #2

Fewer parents and grandparents to take of those school kids too Sanity Claws Dec 3 #10

He was speaking in terms of educational outcomes ClimateHawk Dec 3 #35

It did. Kids just disappeared afterward. LeftInTX Dec 3 #54

He's a moron. Kids are resilient. So what if they graduate a year later. brush Dec 3 #58

They didn't hold them back a year, they just promoted them to the next grade whether they learned the material or not. MichMan Dec 3 #68

My point was there should've been nationwide shutdowns... brush Dec 3 #70

Any state governor could have acted as you say without the Federal governments permission. MichMan Dec 3 #73

Such a policy should've come from the federal government, not state of local entities... brush Dec 3 #74

Does the Federal government have the authority to shut down schools in 50 states? MichMan Dec 3 #80

The pandemic was a dire, national emergency. A competent president... brush Dec 3 #83

and how does suddenly becoming an orphan affect test scores? DBoon Dec 3 #62

Hard to accumulate any test scores from dead kids and dead teachers Hekate Dec 3 #75

Also dead kids Rebl2 Dec 3 #66

Kidless, so I really don't know. Dennis Donovan Dec 3 #3

I'm childless too ClimateHawk Dec 3 #39

I didn't keep my kids home. Shell_Seas Dec 3 #4

Once Abbott is gone... rasputin1952 Dec 3 #45

I just read that someone posted an OP Bernardo de La Paz Dec 3 #5

For people who bitch about clickbait, some DU'ers are mighty fond of it. Especially trolls? usonian Dec 3 #15

Are you OK? ClimateHawk Dec 3 #32

Something occurred to me Bernardo de La Paz Dec 3 #36

Lol yup😹 Meowmee Dec 3 #37

As it turns out, I was not being alone in being bored enough to click on the title. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Dec 3 #38

I changed the title ClimateHawk Dec 3 #44

I am happy for you and your readers. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Dec 3 #53

Damn, I missed it Polybius Dec 3 #78

"Just heard someone say this". If signed in, click on 'Info' at lower left of original post, then 'Show all' nt DontBelieveEastisEas Dec 3 #88

I would say that is a very ignorant or delusional assessment of American history. RockRaven Dec 3 #6

If I were part of that conversation, my question to this person would be: LuckyCharms Dec 3 #7

I think the only thing they should have done is kept kids jimfields33 Dec 3 #27

My response would be, How many lives were saved! MacKasey Dec 3 #8

I can see his point from his 'teacher' point of view... Think. Again. Dec 3 #9

My wife is a college Professor.... Happy Hoosier Dec 3 #11

I have noticed some of this too Redleg Dec 3 #19

I agree... that's why I said these kids have PTSD. Happy Hoosier Dec 3 #21

When you add in the possibility... rasputin1952 Dec 3 #47

Yes, it ain't "Morning in America" Redleg Dec 5 #91

Good points. Redleg Dec 5 #90

It could be deepening effects of social media coccooning, perhaps much more so than Covid Bernardo de La Paz Dec 3 #42

Good points about social media. Redleg Dec 5 #92

This message was self-deleted by its author haele Dec 3 #49

COVID PTSD is a real situation we all have in one degree or another. haele Dec 3 #55

Well, with the return of the orange man Bettie Dec 3 #12

Don't think we did everything right with Covid, but we did the right things knowing what we knew then and Silent Type Dec 3 #13

There are three teachers in my immediate family... MiHale Dec 3 #14

Tells me that these stupid bastards didn't learn a lesson of COVID. bluestarone Dec 3 #16

Hindsight is 20/20 Redleg Dec 3 #17

Four kids here DeepWinter Dec 3 #18

Hindsight is 20/20 Johnny2X2X Dec 3 #20

The decision to close schools was hard LogDog75 Dec 3 #22

I think authorities did the best they could phylny Dec 3 #23

The kids might have survived Covid, but their parents and grandparents...not so much. Baitball Blogger Dec 3 #24

there's no doubt it hurt educational outcomes maxsolomon Dec 3 #25

I agree about the educational impacts ClimateHawk Dec 3 #40

I missed 30 days of school one year Farmer-Rick Dec 3 #65

When schools were closed, we didn't know how to reduce or prevent the spread of COVID-19 Trekologer Dec 3 #26

Say what you will about Cuomo, but he created a rational plan so we in NY Scrivener7 Dec 3 #61

We are inclined to think in dichotomies - where there is a right and a wrong side to any decision bhikkhu Dec 3 #28

How many more people would have died?? unblock Dec 3 #29

If they had gotten Covid they would have been Demobrat Dec 3 #30

Wasn't the goal of the closures to slow down the soread of Covid and keep our hospitals open? dem4decades Dec 3 #31

The recons want to murder people. Let them murder each other. onecaliberal Dec 3 #33

Children can recover from a lapse in their education. The greater need was to slow the spread of COVID. patphil Dec 3 #34

Geography matters in this argument Sundance1220 Dec 3 #41

Kids were big COVID spreaders. It was best Emile Dec 3 #43

Worse than voting for Trump? Twice? Iggo Dec 3 #46

Yes It was necessary but it was bad GusBob Dec 3 #48

Another factor, which teachers had told me GusBob Dec 3 #59

I was teaching high school special ed during COVID indigovalley Dec 3 #50

We all would have preferred not to have a pandemic. yardwork Dec 3 #51

The pandemic was the orange psycho's worst crime Meowmee Dec 3 #56

Oz made some comment about the death rate of children if they kept school going. He deleted it. keithbvadu2 Dec 3 #57

We saved a good number of students and their family by closing the schools LetMyPeopleVote Dec 3 #63

It's not simple is it? Quantitative vs Qualitative and we're still in the middle of the fallout, so Maru Kitteh Dec 3 #64

Keeping kids at home during The Pandemic most likely no_hypocrisy Dec 3 #67

"ClimateHawk" executes a successful troll. 617Blue Dec 3 #69

How does reporting what I hear/see in my red area make me a "troll"? ClimateHawk Dec 3 #71

Me being dead would have greatly affected Johonny Dec 3 #72

I believe it was the responsible thing to do. La Coliniere Dec 3 #76

Interesting, considering pushes (by some) to home-school kids, and to subsidize that. Drum Dec 3 #81

We homeschooled for a year - TBF Dec 3 #82

Kids did change after the pandemic kimbutgar Dec 3 #84

My kid did very well, but some did not JCMach1 Dec 3 #85

CACA. My kids did fine because I made sure they kept up with their work. harumph Dec 3 #86

Some suggestions for the teacher you mentioned . . . . hatrack Dec 3 #87

It was definitely hard on my sons, Crunchy Frog Dec 5 #93

It was a very tough call Algernon Moncrieff Dec 5 #94