Read on Twitter
I proctored 3 math unit tests this morning at two different grade levels instead of doing my own work.
America doesn't deserve its mothers. I'm so pissed at our government.
America doesn't deserve its mothers. I'm so pissed at our government.
I'm going to keep ranting, because I'm royally pissed right now at the levels of utter bullshit we're enduring because almost every person holding power in our government is inept at best or malicious at worst. And let me be clear, I'm a white lady with a flexible, salaried job.
We made the choice to send the kids to the local cyber-school (public). Each of the kids is taking 5 subjects. All modules are pre-loaded into the week and the kids usually have 5-6 a day. They click through, print the worksheets, do the worksheets, submit them online.
The teacher grades their work, enters it into their gradebook online. They have one Zoom per week with their teacher, usually less than an hour, usually on a single subject. I can email their teacher if they're having problems, but only with a specific question.
No teaching happens aside from the kids reading the slides, watching the included movies, and me running them through their skills in the practice materials. I had to relearn dividing by decimals this morning to help my 5th grader.
My 7th grader blew off an assignment that tanked his grade, and I only found out when the grade pinged on his gradebook. How is it MY job as the parent to do anything more than keep them on task? How is this good for them? I'm seriously considering pulling the kids out.
I'm so sick and tired of their teachers throwing this work at them with little to no support. I'm editing all their papers. Checking spelling, punctuation, guessing at what the teachers want. HOW IS THIS GOOD FOR THE KIDS??
My morning was utterly wasted. None of my work got done because three of the 4 kids had unit tests in math and I had to walk through every single problem with each of them. This isn't learning. And my other option is to throw them into covid-infested @WCSDTweet schools.
I'm so fucking angry. I'm so sad for our kids, so upset that American legislators have decided this is ok. America doesn't deserve our labor. Our kids deserve an actual education. They deserve to be safe. All of our kids do. Why does America hate its families so much?
I'm so ready to tear down this farce of a system with my bare hands. I'm furious. I pay my taxes, I pay my student loans, I pay my bills, I follow the rules, and it gets me NOTHING. If you have ever wondered why so many minorities in America are so angry? This is why.
While I, a small-town rabbi, drown in $200k of student debt, pay for medical debt out of what little savings I have, pay half of my household income to medical insurance and housing, and school my own kids from home to avoid a mismanaged pandemic, Bezos and corporations profit.
If you're not rich, the system hates you. It's rigged against you. And utter ghouls like Mitch McConnell sit on every opportunity that may come along to make your life better and laugh about not caring that you're worked to the bone, sick, and starving. They prefer you that way.
The only thing better than an overworked and exhausted American is a dead one to these people. We deserve better than whiny and weak Democrats and we deserve better than immoral Republicans squeezing the life out of democracy for their own gain.
Somebody point me towards something, because I literally don't know what to do with this angry energy. I'm ready to pull down the stones of the US Senate right now with my bare hands.
This is what these researchers mean when they say this: https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1328890701090844673?s=19
I emailed one of the girls' teachers about a math skill she was struggling with (borrowing) and the teacher sent back a suggestion to use manipulatives when working with her.
LADY, YOU'RE THE TEACHER, NOT ME.
LADY, YOU'RE THE TEACHER, NOT ME.
