some public school teachers make $30k/yr in random unremarkable shit districts for a reason while others teach at Highland Park, Glenbrooks North, Scarsdale, etc. also for a reason.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4580498&forum_id=2#40577751)

i'm sure there will be some parents who wont want to send their kids. why not run a home-school for a small number of controlled families?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4580498&forum_id=2#40577771)

There is an unholy alliance of young non-kid-havers and boomers against kidhavers. nobody gives a shit about kidhavers.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4580498&forum_id=2#40577828)

Who was saying pay them more, LOL

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4580498&forum_id=2#40577800)

teachers, being literal morons, took that to mean they are uniquely special and omg are so underappreciated and underpaid.

but teachers neglected to understand that parents were now (i) running a household, (ii) many both working full time from home, and (iii) effectively operating a home school for multiple kids at different grade levels, since distance learning was a dumpster fire. and that's not to mention parents who had not only jobs and kids in school, but also YOUNGER kids who need to be looked after every second.

what parents really meant was -- we have a newfound appreciation for getting the kids out of the house because we have lots of responsibilities and can't be doing 3 things at once all day.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4580498&forum_id=2#40577830)

many of those tutors were teachers who were not nearly filling their days with "distance learning". so some not insignificant portion of teachers was earning MORE money during the school closure. not surprisingly many of those same teachers are now quite concerned about the "risks" of going back to school in the fall.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4580498&forum_id=2#40580903)

They are, however, drawing the exact wrong conclusion from this. The virus is going to spread because the costs of staying locked in our home for several years are too astronomical. We open the schools in September, knowing a bunch of olds and sicks are going to die. Yeah, that sucks, but public policy isn't all rainbows and kittens.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4580498&forum_id=2#40580709)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4580498&forum_id=2#40580768)

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/07/school-openings-across-globe-suggest-ways-keep-coronavirus-bay-despite-outbreaks

In a broader study of COVID-19 clusters worldwide, epidemiologist Gwen Knight at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and her colleagues collected data before most school closings took effect. If schools were a major driver of viral spread, she says, “We would have expected to find more clusters linked to schools. That’s not what we found.” Still, she adds, without widespread testing of young people, who often don’t have symptoms, it’s hard to know for sure what role schools might play.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4580498&forum_id=2#40580791)

if they want to close schools for a year, do so and refund all school taxes for that year.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4580498&forum_id=2#40580932)

I'm talking about threads where posters who hate modern schools suddenly turn aghast at the idea of having to parent their kids during the day

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4580498&forum_id=2#40580980)

however what we shouldn't have a system where we are paying taxes for full-time school, but where parents effectively have to home school as well.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4580498&forum_id=2#40581032)