Thread by @mrs_lmorrison

Today’s #onted press conference today broke me. I give all that I can give to my students day in, day out. Ever since this pandemic began, I put my own stress and worry aside and focused on giving my students the best I could. In school, online, both simultaneously, I gave my all

I put on my brave face, smiled, and told them we’d get through it. I worked hard to make my classes as fun and engaging as possible. And I did it because I KNOW how hard this is for them. I KNOW they belong in the classroom. So do I - and I WANT to be there.

But I want all of us to be safe. I’ve read a lot of criticism about us this year, and I’d be lying if I said it didn’t bother me. But when @Sflecce got up there today and set us up to be scapegoats by lying about staff congregating in staff rooms, I met my breaking point.

How, in the middle of a pandemic, do you stand up and shame an entire profession for absenteeism? When your constantly preaching stay home if you’re sick, how in good conscience do you slide that completely irrelevant statistic into your press conference?

If I ever had the chance to meet @Sflecce I would ask him, “Why do you hate me?”, because today made it very clear to me that he hates ALL teachers. And that was my moment. That was when I broke. I’m tired and disheartened and I don’t know if I can do this anymore.

I am blown away by how this has taken off! To the teachers who are feeling the same was I am - I see you, I hear you, and hang in there. To the parents out there who feel for us - remember to thank your kid's teacher for their efforts. We aren't perfect but we're trying.