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29 Tweets That Show Why Bringing Kids Back To School During The Pandemic Is Not That Good Of An Idea
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has stated that “extended school closure is harmful to children” and that the school closures in March due to the pandemic have already “slowed academic learning for most children and stopped for some.”
With the federal government backing up the reopening with preparation guidelines, back-to-school day is closer than ever with many schools to open their doors in fall. But Twitter is far from impressed.
In a series of all-telling tweets about reopening, people are questioning if it’s truly the best idea. ‘Cause kids will be kids, and “anyone who thinks children won’t purposely lick their hands and chase each other yelling 'Corona!'” has probably never met one. So let’s take a look at what people had to say down below, which is really a lot to think about.
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deanna woods 5 years ago (edited)
I have a twelve year old godbrother who likes to hug and hang onto you all the time, so I know that children will not practice social distancing. There are adults who don't practice it.
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von Funnyname 5 years ago
If I may, circa 2018/19 "there's a chance it will precipitate at all today, and since it's *technically* winter, we should close for the day just in case -- that was also a thing.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is arguing that “even though opening school does pose a risk for the spread of Covid-19, there are many reasons why opening schools in the fall of 2020 for in-person instruction is important.”
The main reasons, according to the CDC, are the following: “Schools play a critical role in the wellbeing of communities” and “Schools provide critical instruction and academic support.”
It also urges that K-12 schools should “coordinate, plan, and prepare” reopenings and expect “potential COVID-19 cases and increased school community transmission.”
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Parmeisan 5 years ago (edited)
@Hans, it's not that nobody cares. Students are suffering, parents are suffering, mental health problems are spiking, businesses are closing and people are going bankrupt. But you can't just pretend that covid doesn't exist and expect it to go away. America is in a room filling with water and refusing to remove more than one pail a day, eventually they're either going to have to fully commit to bailing, or they're going to drown. The effects of quarantine are unavoidable, it's just a question of when.
Meanwhile, teachers remain skeptical about reopening. In a previous interview with Bored Panda, an experienced teacher named Melissa Hillman, whose Twitter thread on the alarming scenario of what will happen if schools reopen has gone viral, said that safe reopening is impossible.
“You can’t safely reopen schools when a third of your parents are not following the basic directives that keep the local community safe.”
The teacher also called schools “notorious petri dishes” and said that the danger lies in a “a significant percentage who are not just non-compliant with common-sense safety recommendations, but are actively hostile to them.”
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Melissa Sawicki 5 years ago
I know where I live the School Board has a meeting between the parent and teachers and only listened to the parents concerns and suggestions and any time a teacher had voiced their concerns the Board would not even listen to what they were trying to say. Every single Teacher is putting themselves and their families at a Huge extremely scary risk at the expense of parents who don't want to deal with their children home anymore. Many put in to Retire.
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Blackheart 5 years ago
Truth. Here is a cool fact. In my state, 20% of the school population must be infected to close the schools. That is 1 in 5. You as parents who want to send you child to a public school need to know at some point, it is VERY likely your child will get this. Then it is VERY likely YOU will get it too.
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Queen Jackson. 5 years ago
Religious private prek-8th. They had the meeting over zoom. we are going back in person. I remember when in fourth grade they called a family member to clean the nail polish off my fingers (or they would send me home), get made at us for wearing scrunchies on our arms (SINCE WE AREN"T ALLOWED TO wear bracelets), and once my sister was gonna be sent home (my dad brought extra from home though) for wearing socks with a blue stripe at the top when they are supposed to be plain white. I feel like some of it is racism, considering some kids weren't even sent home for having the nike symbol on their socks, just given warnings. Reminds me of the time I got yelled...
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Hazel Waring 5 years ago
For me it's also my students getting long term chronic effects - they are too young to spend the rest of their lives with debilitating complications.
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Eagle Girl 5 years ago
Never tire of a common sense reaction. Am wondering why remote school isn't an option?
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Red Hair Blue Soul 5 years ago
The idiots who say "but its against my constitutional rights to have to wear a mask" are the ones who should be forced to clean and disinfect the school every night
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Eagle Girl 5 years ago
...and shut down every team that had contact with The Marlins so we know it's transferrable.
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M O'Connell 5 years ago
I wonder if this means they'll be allowed to open the windows lower than that black line?
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Juririn 5 years ago (edited)
1/2 Both as a parent and as a teacher. As a teacher (toddlers to elementary school): kids cogh/sneeze in your face or on the teaching materials; many times the teacher has to wipe out snot from faces and surfaces again and again. Some kids like to suck on their fingers and wipe them on the teacher or touch the teaching materials - and stick those finger back into their mouths. Some kids show affection for their teacher not only by hugging and kissing them, but also by licking them unexpectedly. Enter the masks: they are commonly used here during influenza outbreaks, but for children younger than five the masks can become a toy and a distraction; if a kid peels his mask from his/her face and drops it on the floor, the teacher asks the kid to put it in the pocket or throw it away, but now a new mask should be provided every time this happens. We, teachers, speak loudly, with or without masks - an increased risk in the current situation. We sing together, chant, read, play - all increasing ..
PjandBolt 5 years ago
As a student at a highschool, I feel like we're rats in a science experiment by now. My mom is a teacher in the same school district and nobody in any of those zoom meetings have said "Hey, let's ask the kids how they feel about being forced into a jam packed school with 2,000 kids!" Like yea some kids would never take it seriously but for goodness sake I'm terrified! And I hope others feel the same because I know that there are just some kids who would tease and bully kids for being afraid. I really don't want to go back to school. I'm glad my school is doing online for at least the first quarter.
Seedy Vine 5 years ago
Nobody can force kids into school. I hope kids remember this. :)
Load More Replies... Juririn 5 years ago (edited)
2/2... the risk of producing and inhaling contaminated aerosols. Everybody is at risk. We all depend on the responsability of others in a face to face teaching environment. I can continue teaching where I am (Japan) because I can trust everybody else.I could not, if I were in the US or EU. As a parent, I would be watching over everything if my son were to go to school (he is in uni, online classes); I would not let him attend in person classes if we were not in Japan.
Juririn 5 years ago (edited)
1/2 Both as a parent and as a teacher. As a teacher (toddlers to elementary school): kids cogh/sneeze in your face or on the teaching materials; many times the teacher has to wipe out snot from faces and surfaces again and again. Some kids like to suck on their fingers and wipe them on the teacher or touch the teaching materials - and stick those finger back into their mouths. Some kids show affection for their teacher not only by hugging and kissing them, but also by licking them unexpectedly. Enter the masks: they are commonly used here during influenza outbreaks, but for children younger than five the masks can become a toy and a distraction; if a kid peels his mask from his/her face and drops it on the floor, the teacher asks the kid to put it in the pocket or throw it away, but now a new mask should be provided every time this happens. We, teachers, speak loudly, with or without masks - an increased risk in the current situation. We sing together, chant, read, play - all increasing ..
PjandBolt 5 years ago
As a student at a highschool, I feel like we're rats in a science experiment by now. My mom is a teacher in the same school district and nobody in any of those zoom meetings have said "Hey, let's ask the kids how they feel about being forced into a jam packed school with 2,000 kids!" Like yea some kids would never take it seriously but for goodness sake I'm terrified! And I hope others feel the same because I know that there are just some kids who would tease and bully kids for being afraid. I really don't want to go back to school. I'm glad my school is doing online for at least the first quarter.
Seedy Vine 5 years ago
Nobody can force kids into school. I hope kids remember this. :)
Load More Replies... Juririn 5 years ago (edited)
2/2... the risk of producing and inhaling contaminated aerosols. Everybody is at risk. We all depend on the responsability of others in a face to face teaching environment. I can continue teaching where I am (Japan) because I can trust everybody else.I could not, if I were in the US or EU. As a parent, I would be watching over everything if my son were to go to school (he is in uni, online classes); I would not let him attend in person classes if we were not in Japan.
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