Quote Originally Posted by Yppej View Post
Are you saying lawn gnomes because they "work" from home? Yeah, I see how hard those working from home work. About as hard as a lawn gnome. Gnome is a good term for those who don't want to go back to the classroom but sit on their lawn with a laptop, though zoombie is pretty good too.
You know... I spent the last teaching year, during the pandemic, sitting next to a 4th grade teacher who was working from my home, teaching in a bilingual program. Watching the trials and tribulations of the class and the teaching staff was quite educational. None of these teachers want to "sit on the lawn with a laptop", and almost all were quite keen to return to in-person instruction ASAP (except one of the teaching staff who was immunocompromised).

I spent the last 3 weeks on a road trip with one of these teachers, and a frequent cause of concern and anxiety was getting back to in-person instruction this coming year, and how that would happen. Almost no conversation along the lines of "gee, it'd be nice to drink fruit drinks on the deck while pretending to work).

You should try facts someday, they are pretty enlightening.