Oakland teacher points finger at 'rich white parents' in reopening debate

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | Feb. 22, 2021 | Amy Graff

[artichokegrower]

An Oakland special education teacher who also serves as the secretary of the Oakland Education Association added fire to the growing school reopening debate with a pointed Tweet criticizing parent concern that distance learning amid the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted their children's mental health.

[napscoordinator]

Why do you want those indoctrination camps open? Shouldn’t all of us be pushing for homeschooling? If we could add 30 percent to the ranks of homeschooling, it’d make a huge difference.

[hanamizu]

“All the rich white parents suddenly concerned about mental health can take a seat. Most of them are causing their kids’ anxiety by pressuring them to complete asynchronous work and feeding into their sense of entitlement. Sorry/not sorry.”

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What she is saying is that any ‘anxiety’ in kids is caused by ‘rich, white parents’ telling their kids to complete their schoolwork. Apparently that pressure is not a problem for the poor and non-white kids. Bottom line, trying to instill habits that will make your children successful is bad.

[kearnyirish2]

I suspect more working white parents need the babysitting services more than non-white parents, and I also suspect more white parents pay for the schools than non-white parents. That would seem to be the message from the government that insists non-whites are poor and oppressed...

[glasseye]

Public school teachers are the most insufferable, sanctimonious group on the planet.
Overpriced babysitters with zero accountability.
Government schools ruin children.

[Vaduz]

One must understand the lingo
Rich = someone not asking for a hand out when thy don’t
need it

White = someone not screaming racism when they don’t get
their way

School system = anything goes as long as money is tied to
it

[beekay]

One has to work with the hand they are dealt, no the one they wish they had been dealt.
School vouchers would be an even better hand to be dealt.

[VeniVidiVici]

And Bethany Meyer doesn't give a flying shit about the "underserved" and "not rich" minorities in "it's" district that cannot do well with distance learning.

Bitch is all about her comfort and the union.

[pbear8]

There are many beautiful homes with million dollar views in the Oakland hills. The hills are great, the flats are not.