Via John
Can
you spell "a year long paid vacation?" Medical workers, gas station
workers, supermarket employees, truck drivers, etc. have been working
all through the pandemic. Why? Because they are considered to provide
essential societal services. ALL the medical and educational expertssay children MUST be in school
- but teachers don't seem to think the their kids, and by extension,
their jobs, are "essential." If we following their reasoning
that teaching jobs are not essential jobs, then they should do what
other non-essential
workers have done; get laid off and collect unemployment. The public
should not be on the hook for paying non-teaching teachers. This is
really outrageous and once again shows how little regard unionized
teachers have for the taxpayers, their students, parents and even their
own profession. I would pay working teachers a premium this fall, and
at the same time, I would terminate those teachers who feel the world
owes THEM a living (for no apparent reason). Let them go flip burgers
-another job which is also considered essential. I would allow older
teachers (55+) with a previously diagnosed and verified comorbidity to
find an alternate way to contribute to education and keep their jobs.
Clearly this is emblematic of why we pay more for education than any
other nations, and have the worst results to show for it. If that isn't a
damning indictment all by itself, then I do not know what is. Send this
message EVERYWHERE. Teachers will bitch and moan when they read this,
but too bad - either your job is essential, or it isn't.
My
advice to teachers. take your pick, but by all means, get ready to go
back to your essential work and stop embarrassing yourselves.
With public school districts nationwide beginning to cancel in-person
learning for the fall semester in answer to COVID-19 transmission
fears, a number of teachers unions already are moving the goalposts.
According to
The New York Times, educators in the hard-hit states of Florida and California might be “wary of returning to class” this
back-to-school season, but that concern hasn’t stopped them from shooting down alternatives such as virtual learning.
Widely promoted as the logical alternative to traditional learning,
online video instruction was a go-to for many public institutions when
coronavirus-related lockdowns first took effect in late March. Several major
teachers unions
now argue, however, that the practice was stressful, distracting and
detrimental to learning — and they want to see their educators provided
with alternatives or a reduction in labor hours this fall should virtual
learning become the standard.
