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I have never missed anything less. High School bully......would rather give him a hug. Dog that bites......come here fluffy. Teaching from home was one of the grossest least enjoyable experiences of my life. I teach to teach real life people in a direct and hands on way. To try to replicate that through a computer was ......I don't even have words.
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And given the subject you teach, it's nearly impossible to do that through a Zoom call.
Yes, I miss the slower pace- fewer obligations, time to be with my kids, cook healthy food, time to exercise and teaching actually was easier. I could deliver the lessons, mute or remove the kids who were not participating appropriately, and include hands- on, real life activities for the kids to do with their families. I also enjoyed the low prices of a lot of things, getting projects done around my house, and NOT having to be on the go all the time. Staying home was my jam.
My district actively made things harder than it needed to be during remote instruction.
They gave kids and teachers alike the freedom to choose to phone it in with no fear of consequences.
So many of us failed to rise to the occasion, minus any accountability, it's difficult to have nice thoughts about the experience.
I leaned in and was relatively successful. So there is part of me that will always wonder if it could have gone awesome without the bad leadership decisions. My students, who didn't opt out of trying, had great results despite the new challenges. I learned how to do a ton of new tech stuff, and created novel content I still use.
Lack of commute was the only nice thing. Trying to figure out how to work under the conditions was so difficult, and teaching was not easier for me at all. We were flying by the seat of our pants for over a year.
That is true. Not to say there weren’t still challenges, but I’d rather have to figure out the special classes than everything else we did!
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Our district was open w a virtual component. I’d say maybe half the students came in person maybe a little more, but class sizes have never been so small. It wasn’t bad at all. Everyone got all the protective gear needed. Never got covid that first year either which surprised me
I missed the small class sizes and not being bombarded with events night after night. I don't miss juggling my child's school work with my own. I like to keep work and home separate.
I had kids who were adversely affected by the pandemic lockdown, one who became severely depressed and another with special needs who lost all of their services. I’m an introvert, and even I missed having my students in person. So no, I don’t miss the pandemic.
I miss the solitude which means I don’t have a balance
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I miss it like I miss the stomach flu.
I think teachers who work in nice districts missed teaching, since kids were so much less engaged. I think teachers who were in difficult districts, dealing with more classroom management than instruction, liked being able to focus on instruction, even if it was in a less-than-optimal setting.
I enjoyed it.
I loved it
At the time I taught at home and it was mixed. My school only required students to log in get the home work and then they were allowed to log out. I had 5 out of my 6 classes stay for questions and answer and get help with their work, one class did not, that class went on to struggle with the rest of their High-School years. My Mrs. would give me lunch when I stayed to help students with their online work. I was done with students by 1pm. I could kick disruptive students (student in question kept playing a GIF of a you tuber saying the F word on repeat) from the meetings, but then I had an impossible time of informing all parties involved as to why they were kicked. My Mrs had surgery at that time and I was on call to pick her up, it was interesting to inform all interested parties that I had to leave to pick her up from the hospital, hard to schedule leave in that situation.
I LOVED it! We adopted a Pandemic puppy that I was home to house-train, built an in ground Pandemic pool that only cost $60k *inflation was on the horizon obviously, so aside from the tractor noise and 😷 watching the bodies pile up 😭, it was a blessing.