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mccraque · 2021-01-23T16:27:10Z

When schools officially “shut” except for the kids of key workers, I imagined that the only ones who’d still be attending were.... those of key workers, additional needs and vulnerable children. Much like the first lockdown of last year. My wife and I have been busting a gut to home school. She’s been working til 11 some nights to catch-up. I’ve been told that I still have to do my hours- maybe do a 6-9am slot before schooling or work weekends to cover any hours that I miss when helping with maths. So... it boils my piss to find that probably 50% of the kids are still in school. I’ll caveat this by saying I don’t know everyone’s personal circumstances but it seems that there’s a good few that are flexing the “rules” to get whatever outcome they choose. There’s kids with furloughed parents attending. There’s kids who’s parents both work from home. There’s kids who’s parents just seem to want to get them from under their feet. Technically my job falls into the key worker definitions. Financial services and payment facilitation. But I can do it from home so it never occurred to me that o should/could send my lad to school. A few weeks down the line and with a big chunk of his class in- he’s the one getting a questionable teaching standard, tetchy parents and no social interaction. Are we doing the right thing or are we the fools!? Fwiw- I certainly had covid last March, so assume we all did. Probably not “bursting with antibodies” any more though. We have no support bubble at all. We see nobody other than for my wife shopping and me grabbing a takeaway coffee from time to time. I’m more and more starting to think that we should just do what everyone else seems to be doing. My wife on the other hand is convinced we are doing the right thing. Where do stw stand on this!?

anagallis_arvensis

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The big problem in all this isnt the schools, or key workers its the employers still wanting their pound of flesh.

Posted : 26/01/2021 7:03 pm

mccraque

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The big problem in all this isnt the schools, or key workers its the employers still wanting their pound of flesh.

I am finding this is true way more than last time which was "do what you can...we understand".

The message has changed to "Do your role. Flexibly." I said I am struggling with what is a 45 hour week at the moment AND trying to help my wife home school. The option was work weekends or start at 6am. Or something. But you get paid to do your job.

Big (Financial Services) Blue chip that prides themselves on being big on the family side of things. I guess it doesn't help that neither my leader nor hers have kids and can happily sit uninterupted all day.

And my p1ss is still boiling that many people that work there consider themselves critical. They can all work from home. Well...no exceptions. They even closed our office.

Posted : 10/02/2021 2:33 pm

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I am finding this is true way more than last time which was “do what you can…we understand”.

The message has changed to “Do your role. Flexibly.”

Very much this. For both the wife and I.

Posted : 10/02/2021 3:05 pm

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