Do you even know what you are talking about? 😂😂😂 You can’t make a coherent statement

Calling people dogs and slow… you have soooo much to back up your point of view. Lmao! Im convinced beyond a doubt of your correctness and my inferiority 😂😂😂😂

Still no evidence? Thought so! 😂😂😂

Okay? Tell OP if you think they should hear it. I have my opinion, you are welcome to have your own and share it with OP. This isn’t a post to debate on so I’m not sure why you are discussing it with me. Have a great day!

I am very sure that’s exactly how the saying goes…😂😂😂

Keep going… This other nonsense is making my morning hysterically funny. You’re not even making sense. Are you an AI?😂😂😂

You have an active imagination 😂😂😂

Oh! And welcome to MA in advance! We have our own issues like anywhere else, but it’s really a great place to live.

Thank you so much for this entertainment! 😂

“I’m rubber, you’re glue…”

SAD! 😂😂😂😂😂

First, I appreciate your respectful disagreement. And second, yes! Education is wonderful and vital to making the world a better place!

My point is that teachers aren’t any more special than all the other people who choose a career in public service, sacrifice for that public service career, and are put at risk in a variety of ways for that job. Or even more deserving of respect than anyone else in the world who are paid too little and have to be exposed to illness regularly. Like anyone in any public facing job.

Being a teacher is a wonderful calling, but it comes with certain downsides. The same as any other job. I will certainly say that they are more special than, say, someone who day trades for a living. They provide so much more to society! But not anymore than other public servants, and they shouldn’t be elevated to a position where they are both revered as making huge sacrifices while complaining about the sacrifices.

I say this as someone who has spent her entire career in government and nonprofit service. I work more hours and get paid the same, with tons of environmental risks. And NO ONE is happy to see a conservation agent show up at a job site or require a permit. But I chose this career. Public service comes with costs… I accept the costs in my career because I believe in its greater good.

But thank you for the reasonable and appropriate way you disagree with me! This is how good conversations happen. :)

Edit: “appropriate” was a weird word choice, but I can’t think of another better word right now

If you “think” it’s a trope that’s not accurate, link to some evidence troll

Aren’t you conservatives all about personal responsibility? If teachers don’t like sick kids in their schools, they should just get another job! 😂

Not sure what your point is troll😂

Can you make coherent point? Or just say “libs” and get all whataboutism thinking you “got me”?

😂😂😂

Okay? That changes anything I said how? You still had it easier than most, and are still being judgmental and ignorant about how others live? The fact that you didn’t choose to have 4 children in 4 pregnancies completely backs up my point.

The point being that you should be able to emphasize since most people struggle just as bad without 4 children. And just like you may not have chosen to have four children in fewer than four pregnancies, plenty of parents didn’t choose to get pregnant in the first place, or to be a single parent. Try some empathy

Yes, and you were still better off than most parents. Please think about that. You think you are the only one who sacrificed, when you’ve actually had to sacrifice so much less than other parents. Did you choose to have 4 kids? Because the majority of people don’t have that many children and struggle just as hard, even with two incomes. The people you are judging for sending their kids to school when they can’t take the time off are doing worse than you ever did. My point is that you chose to be a teacher, and you struggled but never struggled as hard as most people did, so you should stop being so judgmental towards people doing the best they can in crappy circumstances.

Schools have ALWAYS been where germs are spread. And during the pandemic, people like me were still out there providing public services in person. Currently, Waitresses, grocery store clerks, retail, pharmacy techs and clerks, bank tellers, realtors, ummm, everyone!, gets exposed to sick people regularly without their consent. Choosing to be a teacher is choosing to be exposed to childhood germs more frequently than most, just like choosing to work in public service Means I’m exposed too.

Teachers aren’t any more special than everyone else. And you are being super judgmental when your experiences should show you that if YOU had it rough, with a partner and savings, then you you should realize that other people without savings or partners have it worse. Try empathy. You’ll be a better teacher and parent. Says a former teacher and a parent.

> When they were young I didn’t work.

Do you see how lucky you were compared to everyone else?

>We had to survive on his paycheck and my savings.

You had savings? Do you know how many people WISH they had this, or the option to live on one paycheck? You had a partner to share the costs? Do you know how many single mothers there are?

>He doesn’t make enough for me to have stayed home but it’s what worked.

Except he did make enough. Because you DID stay home. So like you said, it worked.

You have so much financial privilege that you don’t even know how lucky you were to even be able to have four kids, never mind have ANY choice in staying home. With savings?!?!?

I’m happy you were able to do that! For real, no sarcasm! But you need to adjust your thinking quite a bit if you think you didn’t have it better than 80% of parents

Okay, Mr. Calls Me an Old White Republican… seems like you are super in touch with what Republicans have done to reproductive rights…😂😂😂 Or how biology works. But I guess you think birth control is foolproof and that everyone can get an abortion, or wants to. 😂😂😂😂

You are so wrong I’m dying laughing… 😂😂😂

Edit: All you trolls on here are the same. You think you make a mike-drop comeback and then block someone like a coward before you have to see a response.

So here it is: Seems like someone can’t look at a profile before making ad hominem attacks that prove how wrong they are😂

I love how you make my point for me… they ARE totally different. A career choice is always a choice, being a parent isn’t always a choice. You can change your career, but you rarely get to change things once you are a parent. So, yeah, choosing to be a teacher is something that you shouldn’t do if you aren’t prepared for the sacrifices. I work in public service. I know what we put in and what we get out. Lmao… don’t make the choice and then think teachers are any more special than any other public servant.

And it sure is easier to change careers than change being a parent. 😂😂😂

Ahhh!!! Don’t use public services that you paid for if you don’t like them! Great advice!

Or… promote programs that allow parents to stay home with their sick kids… Ill take the “Doing Something To Change the Public Service I Pay For and Vote About and SHOULD Be an Active Citizen in Trying to Improve Public Services” for $200 Alex!

God, you are hysterical… I pay for it, so I shouldn’t have any say in how it’s run? Lmao!

Wicked convincing 😂

No, it’s toxic and horrific you think kids are heinous little cesspits. It’s disgusting that you work with children. I’ve been a teacher, and no. I don’t think they are heinous. They just spread germs.

Really? Homeschooling is the better option for poor people? 😂

Ventilation systems are a great idea! But to be honest, I didn’t waste much energy on this, and my career itself is focused on improving environmental conditions for future generations, so I do think I’m doing my share to better the world rather than just complaining

Dude, you got some serious issues. Did my comments set you off that bad? How many comments are you going to make talking shit about me? 😂😂😂

And the fact that you assume my kid is still in school and that I need a better job to take care of them is hysterical. People can have empathy without being in the fact same situation or have gotten out of poverty you know…

It’s clear I hit a nerve.