Bon courage.
FWIW, I think the sniping at the teaching profession that's been going on in certain sectors of the media is a disgrace. It's not unreasonable for teachers to want to be sure that it is safe to go back, for the kids, for the staff and for the parents.
If nothing else, one might hope that the experience of home schooling has enabled some to have a greater appreciation of the job that teachers do.
It must be nice to have the luxury of being able to pick and choose if you feel like going into work or not while the tax payer is picking up 100% of your salary for months on end - they get part of July and all August off as it is.
Is there 100% guarantee of safety? - No, but millions of far less privileged workers are having to get on with it.
The public appreciate teachers and will cut them a lot of slack until they start taking the mickey a bit too much.
Who's picking and chosing?
Despite what the Daily Mail will tell you, the Government made the decsision to close the schools to all but the kids of keyworkers, and the Government will decide when the schools are to re-open. And who sets the school holidays? I certainly don't get any say it in. I think you'll find that's the Government too.
Once the decision is made to fully/partially open schools, we,as individual teachers, then have the exact same rights as any other employee and have to decide whether we think that the working environment is going to be safe or not. No different to any other profession.
And do you really think teachers are just sitting around doing 'eff all' at the moment?
And as I often say, if teaching is such a cushy job, why are we crying out for teachers? It's such a privileged position, and after paying for your own training for 4 years, and 12 years on the job, you're almost guaranteed to get slightly less than the national average wage.........
