as i sit here, in the comforts of my home, working, browsing facebook, i can't help but laugh at the status' that flood my news feed. there are many times a status is posted from a specific professional, and i swallow what i'd really like to say, but today it's earned a piece of my mind.
let me first start by saying this, there are other jobs in the world aside from being a teacher or working for the DOE. (shocker!) actually wait, what i really want to say first is, if you are a teacher (because i do know many) and you are going to get offended, sorry i guess.
think back to when you were a kid, lets say elementary school, and it snowed. what a glorious fucking event. maybe school wasnt closed but your parents let you stay home anyway or maybe you went to school and just played board games all day.
think back to, lets say, high school. a snow day was your call. you either went in or you didnt. (basically that was every day in high school though) or college, did your campus close? classes canceled? rolled over and just said fuck it? your call, you're an 'adult' now after all.
think back to this morning, when you woke up and saw close to a foot of snow outside. in your adult mind, if you truly felt it was dangerous to go to work, why did you? dont you have sick days, personal days, or fuck off days? im pretty sure if you called your devilish principal, (similar to how i called my boss) and said "conditions are dangerous today, im staying home", there would be no firing squad. yes i know not everyone has the luxury or flexibility with their job that they can work from home, and i am grateful that i do have that luxury. and yes maybe you'd have to take a day without pay, but isnt that better than risking your life (as some people have put it, that their commute was risking their life!). and guess what, if you called out, the world would not stop and the school would not crumble. if enough teachers called out and not enough subs showed, they'd throw on a movie and put all the kids in the auditorium. you will not lose your job, over one good call that you're making, regarding your safety. and if you were ever challenged on it, isn't there a union? ( cue rolling of eyes from teachers about how terrible the teachers union is and how it doesnt offer the help it should)
this also applies to parents too by the way. if you are a stay at home parent, or can work from home, or have taken off, why complain about sending your kids to school? just keep them home. just because the man says school is open, doesn't mean you have to send them. thats the beauty of being a parent, you can make that judgement call! and trust me, a few snow days will not stop them from getting into Harvard (that weekend trip to miami you let them take to an edc concert will ... i digress).
i respect teachers. hell i wanted to be one for the longest time, but come on. if you really felt that strongly about the conditions and schools being open, then stay the fuck home! no one has a gun to your head or has threatened to fire you if you do not show up (and if they have, speak up!). there is no need to wake up, realize your commute is dangerous, proceed anyway, and then want anyone to feel bad for you for making the decision to go into work. kudos to everyone who had to go to work today. kudos to everyone who made a judgement call that it was too dangerous and stayed home.
also, let's not forget that in 4 months, you'll have that sweet, sweet summer break. (and to any teachers reading this that are brushing this off as 'jealousy' of your job or me just being a bitch, maybe you're right, about both.) but its mostly just because your complaints about the horrible system and snow days and the mayor and common core and whatever else, are insanely annoying.
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| thanks Ryan, i will. |
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