Wayward Edward

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Boldini, Giovanni 1842-1931 (15)

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The teacher has provided a very thoughtful analysis of issues that must be addressed BEFORE we can SAFELY reopen PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

One of the big things my state has been championing for going back to school is using larger rooms such as theaters, gyms, etc.

My mother’s Theater seats 120 people, which is on the bigger side for a public high school. Here is what that 6 feet apart looks like in the seats.Each white X marks a seat that cannot be used. The blue post-its are where they can.

16 seats. Out of 120. We measured the stage as well, to try and find room for kids to sit on-stage. 15 seats. This is one of the biggest rooms on the campus, not including the gym. 30 students, not including the teacher.

Average class size in her school before the pandemic started is 35 at the lowest. I’ve been in high school classes that range closer to 45.

There is an extremely confusing schedule still being hammered out that would involve class sizes being shrunk and finagled around, the semesters changed to quarters etc. etc. The expectation is that the teachers will sanitize their classrooms between the classes. Which is a pain, but teachers will absolutely do that. Good teachers go way above and beyond for their students.

And then the district told them that they have to provide their own PPE.

I live in a big city. You still can’t find good masks around here, gloves are in short supply. Hand sanitizer has finally been swooping back in, lysol wipes or anything like that are not. As of 7/8/2020, their union is still fighting tooth and nail for PPE to be provided. All while our Covid-19 cases continue to explode up.

I’m in California. She’s in a really good district, with decent funding and a great facility. We’re literally in one of the best-case scenario areas. I can’t imagine how the fuck these negotiations are going elsewhere, places with less funding in states run by fucking idiots.

- a parent or childcare professional (like a nanny) could be available throughout the day to supervise the kid and provide assistance

- parents would have to supply the computer and Internet needed

- the kid has to have had good enough grades prior to going online that they aren’t considered a risk for falling behind

The obvious problem with these guidelines is that they favor rich, well-off parents who can afford to cover these conditions. My mother lives in a poor state, so a large swath of kids aren’t going to fall into that category. That’s why the teacher was reporting on it, because it’s unfair and quite possibly illegal.

But on the other hand, I can understand why the school is considering these guidelines. In rural areas where it’s “too expensive” for companies to provide high speed Internet, online instruction has been impossible. Even my mother, the teacher, doesn’t have internet at her house fast enough to stream video, and it has a tight data cap. She would have to go into school anyway just to record her lessons, and then only half the class or so would be able to watch them without going into the public library or somewhere else with public wifi, which is something we’re trying to avoid.

The fact is that systemic issues have brought us to this point. Public schools are underfunded. Teachers are not being paid overtime for the extra work they’re having to put in to change to online instruction (for example, in case they move online my mother’s school made her move to a new software program, and unlike the last one this one doesn’t allow you to import lessons plans so she has to retype them all by hand, not just this year but EVERY year, and that takes hours, which she usually has to spend during her own unpaid time because elementary teachers do not get adequate breaks to do everything they have to during paid school day time). Internet, despite being at this point indispensable to modern life, is not provided to all people in our country because it’s still considered a product and not a utility. And all these problems have collided and they’re coming down on teachers’ heads.

The high school I just graduated from provides all students with a laptop, as does the middle school, and the elementary school gives each kid a tablet.

Rich as fuck.

We are in one of the easiest situations to switch to online learning, so why aren't we?

The band doesn't want to. The football team doesn't want to. The volleyball team doesn't want to.

A kid in the low brass group chat talks about commitment, and says people shouldnt be slacking off, that if you cant be committed to going to school, you wont be committed to going to band practice.

My sister and I have autoimmune diseases, and we could die, but screw us, right? Sacrifices have to be made for the economy.

I live with my grandparents, and they are afraid.

I work in fast food, and if I see you without a mask, know that you disgust me.

I don't hate the rude customers who complain about wait times, I dont hate the picky customers who want me to make their food in such a way that one sandwich takes me 20 minutes, I dont hate the people who leave a mess.

I hate you. I hate you for endangering me and not caring, I hate you for endangering my family and friends. I hate you for refusing to do the bare minimum.

I'm not even asking you to stay home. I'm asking you to put on a fucking mask.

You may be watching a bit too much Law & Order: SVU because the truth is that for every 1,000 rapes, 384 are reported to police, 57 result in an arrest, 11 are referred for prosecution, 7 result in a felony conviction. Rapists already do whatever the fuck they want.