I think some people really take for granted for much work it is for educators to set up meaningful, engaging lessons for their students over zoom. There's a bizarre narrative that online teaching is easier for educators, but I don't know a single teacher who thinks that's true.
Teachers aren't just showing up and winging it for class. Not only are there the endless hours spent preparing lessons, lectures, & activities that will work in a uniquely online context, but so many teachers and professors are doing so while also having kids at home themselves.
So many educators I know are now spending their entire summer "vacation" preparing lessons for both online *and* in-person scenarios because they don't know the context they'll be teaching in yet. Our teachers, at all levels, need our empathy & patience more than ever these days.
The stories from so many teachers in this thread are illuminating and devastating to hear. I’ll say it again and again, it didn’t have to be this way. Our government failed us.
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