that we all wear masks, stay at home indefinitely, never go out for a meal, never take a flight again, never congregate.
Will Ireland become a failed state because of our response to COVID?
No, the EU and ECB are behaving totally differently to how they behaved during the last crash.
Nowhere for the rats to swim to?Indeed, the whole ship is trying stay afloat now.
I don't think this is remotely reflective of the actual restrictions.
Hairdressers and pub employees aren't on full pay when their places or work are closed and they don't have very powerful lobby groups to represent them. The teachers unions have behaved in a very shoddy way over the last few months. None of the teachers I know had a problem with schools reopening over the summer but their unions have blocked that. Until the schools reopen many parents, mainly mothers, won't be able to go back to work fulltime.I agree that the return to school will be crucial, but if hairdressers and pubs can do it and be supported, so can teachers,
Hairdressers and pub employees aren't on full pay when their places or work are closed and they don't have very powerful lobby groups to represent them. The teachers unions have behaved in a very shoddy way over the last few months. None of the teachers I know had a problem with schools reopening over the summer but their unions have blocked that. Until the schools reopen many parents, mainly mothers, won't be able to go back to work fulltime.
All full time teachers are on full pay over the summer. The rest are treated very badly by the teaching unions and by their employer.A lot of what we think we know about teachers is false. Only approx. 2/3 of teachers are on full pay over the summer.
I agree that the teacher unions portray a very bad image of teachers that is also totally at odds with the ideas of most teachers.
In fairness some teachers will be more tech savvy than others. Some teachers have their own kids at home and other commitments.One interesting thing about Covid is that it really exposed to parents the teachers who have a genuine love and interest in teaching and those who are just clocking in. Eldest is in 1st year in secondry school, some teachers organised virtual classes every week or had a zoom call just to give students a chance to have a chat if nothing else. Lots of project work which was sent in and reported back on and they engaged with pupils online. Others just emailed out a few worksheets and feedback was sporadic (if any) to say the least in some cases.
One interesting thing about Covid is that it really exposed to parents the teachers who have a genuine love and interest in teaching and those who are just clocking in.
We had a very similar experience to Peanuts. It wasn't really a case of teachers not being tech savvy or having kids either as it was generally the younger teachers who put in the least effort and the only expectation we had was that they would be present for the classes. A few of them did not attend one single class during the lockdown - simply sent a bit of work once in a while, not even weekly. However that said a lot of other teachers were very good and were present and available during each class as well as trying to keep classes as interactive and normal as possible. It was a bit of an eye opener all the same.
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