Proud Blue Collar American Shirt
This. I see the requirements they are Proud Blue Collar American Shirt placing on me as a parent right now and can’t believe it. There are two of us, we work from home, and still we struggle somewhat. There’s no way someone with fewer resources could do this. I remember my mom crying when my brother and I got chicken pox for two weeks as a kid. She couldn’t work from home and lived paycheck to paycheck- it meant automatically that she was two weeks late on every bill. Just finding desks is damn near impossible around here. Well, affordable desks anyway. I've got 3 9th graders, and Ikea/walmart/target/every other low end retailer was out of desks. We lucked into one from a neighbor that was moving, and found two others by going to a number of thrift stores in the area. (I think about 12 different Goodwills/etc. before we found them). Dad and grandad just casually came in and out of the background in nothing but tighty whities. About half way through the lesson they stopped. It was all I could do to keep a poker face. We never mentioned it. Friend is a teacher in a small, poor, rural town. She was surprised that a couple of normally good students didn't participate in the zoom classes. She called them and found out that they were too embarrassed of their homes. The shop teacher made back drops for each student so they'd all have the same. No one stood out. She also notice some kids were in a car in town. Turns out they didn't have internet so their parents would park outside the library or a local bar to jump on their wifi. The school then made sure each kid had internet at home. The benefit of a small school district is they can provide those things without much red tape or expense. Even though my friend has been teaching in the town for 30 years, she had no idea how some of the students lived. They hid it from classmates and teachers.
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