Spaulding wrote:
long time guy wrote:
Do you hear yourself? Two kids died. There is a strong possibility that they died from this virus. You don't care about it because it doesn't quite correspond with what you want to do.
It's no one's fault that your stuff isn't in order. You were just gloating about living in a "suburb" where people have money just last week. You appear to be terribly self absorbed/self consumed and come across as if you really can care less about anyone else's feelings just as long as you can get your kids out the house. Well newsflash. Most parents in this country do not possess your views. They would rather have their children healthy and safe as opposed to forcing schools to babysit them.
It helps that I'm getting paid but it wouldn't matter that much if I weren't. My health is more important than that. They don't have a vaccine nor do they have enough tests available for the sort of thing that you describe. Until they do it might be necessary to shut things down.
Tens of thousands of people have died both here and world wide. It's sad and unfortunate and this has personally "touched" me. Understanding that people die during an epidemic is not about not caring because it doesn't correspond with what I want to do. I think that's an unfair assessment to make.
I have no idea why you think my stuff isn't in order (and maybe it isn't) or that I gloated about living in a suburb where people have money.
I'm extremely self absorbed,my kids are fine, and schools have never babysat them. I think that is an unfortunate remark or I take it as one. I'd love for you to explain what you meant by it. Honestly, it's a little offensive.
I'd like them to be educated. I value education (I think you do too), what they'd like to do, and how they will function in society. I'd hope that most people in this country value for lack of a better word freedom. From a philosophical stand point, I don't think this is a good way to live. I'm not quite at JORR levels but we're in trouble and we are heading in the wrong direction. Elearning isn't very effective and it's completely useless in some applications/fields.
We're not safe from a virus. We won't be. How long do we isolate for? Til the government tells us? 5 weeks is more than enough but IL is going to go another 5 weeks based on almost nothing. For the children, for safety? This isn't sustainable even on the data that we have.
Considering that you have done nothing but offend everyone in the educational system for the past 4 weeks Ifeel quite comfortable making that remark.
You constantly claim that teachers do not care simply because they aren't willing to place themselves in an environment in which it is likely that they would contract a highly contagious disease.
I have previously attempted to explain that social distancing is impossible in a public school situation and not once have I seen you take it into account. I just told you that 2 children that I know have already died. Most likely from this. Not once did you reference it. You asked a question regarding why it makes a difference that it may have happened in school? Well because if it happened in school then obviously it was something that could have been avoided.
You even became upset because teachers weren't willing to sign a waiver. I presume simply so that your child can be out of the house. At no point have you ever considered anyone else's perspective but your own. With this being the case it wasn't really difficult to ascertain that you are self absorbed and rather self consumed.
Everyone's life has been effected. Not just yours. And if teachers or students were to succumb because they were placed in an environment that everyone knew was unsafe then their life as well as their loved ones are going to be effected even more.
Schools weren't shut down because of "greedy" teachers or even "incompetent" politicians. Schools were shut down because of the recommendations of people (doctors and scientists) that know and understand a helluva lot more about this than either you or I. Unlike you I tend to trust them and their assessment. If schools were opened and one of your children were to succumb because they contracted the virus there is no doubt that you would blast both the school and the system. You know what? you should because they placed your child in an unsafe and unhealthy environment. After you finish blaming them the next person that you should blame is yourself for choosing to do exactly the same thing.
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The Hawk wrote:
This is going to reach a head pretty soon.