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06.11.20, 23:01 PM General Topics
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At this point, I feel sorry for all the public school parents with unionized teachers. It is very clear to me that this is the reason they won't have school in the fall. [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
General Topics 06.11.20, 11:01 PM Flag
 

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Stop. The teachers are doing their best under very difficult circumstances. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.11.20, 11:04 PM Flag
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Come on. They don't want to go back in the fall. That's a fact! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.11.20, 11:04 PM Flag
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That is not a fact. Where did you even get that. Every teacher I know wants to go back. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.11.20, 11:25 PM Flag
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Many teachers I know are saying it's not safe to go back and they didn't sign up to take that kind of risk. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.11.20, 11:28 PM Flag
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Right, there are teachers all over the spectrum. They are not a monolith and that it is not a fact that they all want to stay home. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.11.20, 11:30 PM Flag
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Oh please. The Gristede's clerk signed up for this risk? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.11.20, 11:38 PM Flag
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But they are going back? What are you talking about? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 10:48 PM Flag
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I do live therapy all day...parents/kids don't show despite reminders daily. I am tired of this. The ones that do show are in their underwear with the TV blasting, no table, in bed it s awful [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 12:05 PM Flag
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My kid signs in to work his specialist teacher 3x a week. 80% of the time she isn't there. He sits waiting for 15-20 minutes and then I tell him he can just close the computer. I wish he had you to help him. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 02:06 PM Flag
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work *with*, sorry. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 02:06 PM Flag
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So you would agree, then, that in person school and therapy is better than online, right? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 11:03 PM Flag
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I don't think anyone is doubting that. But full time in person school is not feasible right now. Blended is the best we can do. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 11:24 PM Flag
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My friend's son is a at a Park Slope middle school THe social studies teacher disappeared, and there's been nothing much happening in the other courses. maybe some teachers are doing the best they can. Most not. No learning, I'm told, by a mom who cares. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.11.20, 11:55 PM Flag
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which school? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 11:52 PM Flag
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do you think the private schools are going to do something different? what kind of liability would they carry if they did? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.11.20, 11:07 PM Flag
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Yes, I think they will be able to open. Not full day, not full classes. But something. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.11.20, 11:18 PM Flag
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i would just think if publics can only do 2 days a week, and privates open more than publics, and someone gets sick, it is a lawsuit waiting to happen... [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.11.20, 11:19 PM Flag
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I am sure they will offer the virtual learning route so if you send, you have to sign a waiver. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.11.20, 11:23 PM Flag
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true. how many people will actually send their kids when they look at that in black and white though.... [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.11.20, 11:28 PM Flag
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I will! I have 3 dc in private. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.11.20, 11:36 PM Flag
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I would sign that waiver. TOmorrow. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.11.20, 11:56 PM Flag
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i would def send!!!! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 12:45 AM Flag
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I will send my kids to real life school in a heartbeat. I don't care what the public schools do -- it is completely irrelevant to me though I have sympathy for the parents and hope their kids can go to school too. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 12:50 AM Flag
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Why not full day? What if there are fewer than 15 in a class???? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.11.20, 11:56 PM Flag
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There are many private schools that have said they are committed to opening. They are not situated at all the same as private schools in crowded facilities with no outdoor space and 32 kids in a class. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 12:20 AM Flag
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Correct. Our private school has plenty of sinks, hot water, and space. Its unfortunate that not every school has that. But why should EVERY school fail to open, simply because some are not equipped to? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 11:04 PM Flag
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troll [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.11.20, 11:11 PM Flag
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+1 [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.11.20, 11:16 PM Flag
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Why do you call everyone troll who has an opinion different from yours? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.11.20, 11:18 PM Flag
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I don't. Why do you troll this board? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.11.20, 11:22 PM Flag
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See. There you go again. Give me a counter argument instead of calling me a troll. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.11.20, 11:22 PM Flag
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I don't debate trolls. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 12:04 AM Flag
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It's interesting to me that people who are pro union are now anti teachers and police unions. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 12:27 AM Flag
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I'm pro union. I'm not pro any organization that defends its sometimes incompetent (teachers) or misbehaving (cops) and wants payraises and overtime in this kind of situation. As someone wrote earlier, Gristedes workers (and my super, and my porters) have worked thorughout covid. Teachers must too. And police have to be reported and ID"d if they behave badly. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 12:58 AM Flag
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Can you clarify how you are pro union. Obviously everyone who criticizes unions is that they hide incompetence [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 02:13 AM Flag
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THEY DO! RUBBER ROOMS -- GOOGLE IT. AT FULL PAY! That's been done away with but there are still awful teachers with job security. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 04:00 AM Flag
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I hate this about the union and I work in the DOE, but honestly my dh tells me about incompetent employees at his work as well. He says there needs to be a paper trail for firing people.. but what do I know. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 12:06 PM Flag
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Paper trail is one thing. The UFT has a much greater sphere of protection than just an average company's incompetent employer. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 11:06 PM Flag
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this. i don’t blame them but someone has to stand up and say school is opening take it or leave it. we all have some risks in this post corona world but the world has to go on [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 01:59 AM Flag
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And... that is what is happening? Schools are opening. With alternate schedules so distancing can happen. All teachers will be back full time, just with fewer bodies in a classroom at once to spread germs. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 10:48 PM Flag
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stop - get a grip. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 02:00 AM Flag
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Im a speech therapist in the public schools. I have had no say in the fall schedule. . I believe that the powers that be are following guidelines and are forced to because many people, parents and teachers will sue if they get sick. Instead of complaining work on lobbying to have the guidelines removed. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 12:04 PM Flag
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The union sent out a letter to teachers yesterday that basically said there will be school in the fall. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 01:05 PM Flag
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This. The union is not stopping school returning. Educate yourself. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 10:47 PM Flag
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There will be school in the fall, most likely blended remote and in person, and it is because of the department of health's guidelines that it can't be fully remote. The union has nothing to do with it. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 09:50 PM Flag
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