So are the medical experts "teachers" or "pediatricians"?

Most Pediatricians seems to agree with this assessment.



The reality is that on-line learning last year was a complete an utter joke in most places in America. My own son probably got about a third of the assignments he generally would have, only had two online sessions per class a week, and only "choir" actually tried to do anything really interactive (which we can all guess how well that went).

I would offer that he got less than half of what he would have gotten out of a normal on premise learning environment. With the loss of athletics, prom, graduation and other activities, it was a waste of his Junior year (although he enjoyed the freedom of barely having school).

Now certainly there is room for improvement, but there is no way to offer an online learning experience that will come close to the experience of normal high school. An experience that allows for social interaction, after school activities, and the such.

The reality is that Covid is far less dangerous to children than the seasonal flu.

Let me repeat that:

The reality is that Covid is far less dangerous to children than the seasonal flu.

and we do not close down school for the flu.

If we are shutting it all down to save the "teachers" then I ask why teachers are not up to the same task as retail workers, restaurant workers, and essential employees that have continued to work throughout this. They have all figured out how to make adjustments and stay safe while continuing to work.

Looks more like an excuse for teachers to take a year off normal work, and spend the year gliding through the on-line situation that allows for so much less for the students. Or perhaps it's because the teacher's unions are generally liberal and Democratic, and this is all just a big pile of politics to them?