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sent by the high school teacher Marina Mangianti – I begin with a short story, because the fleeting memory of many causes the forgetting of what was said, when it is not denied. So let’s start with November 27, 2020: Transport Minister De Micheli launches a proposal during an interview with La Repubblica: “reopen schools, but stagger students so as not to overload public transport, even at the cost of making them go to class on Saturdays and Sundays to make up for lost time ”.
The minister escapes that Saturday for many institutes is already a lesson day, while she does not contemplate that Sunday, a holiday, demands a salary increase and that teachers are tired of being considered missionaries!
On the same date, many voices were raised against the minister’s proposal, including that of Pino Turi, secretary general of Uil Scuola, who always said in the same newspaper: “… we must find an organic solution. I asked for a change in the school calendar, an extension of the year to June, the first weeks of July. We need to make up for lost time. I would have no problem getting engaged on Sundays, but there are no staff to do it … “
On December 6, the Minister of Education Lucia Azzolina, in L’Aria on Sunday La7, declares that to make up for the missed lessons it will be possible to extend the school calendar, “not August because the schools are not equipped with air conditioning, but June” . . How much humanity! And what a focus on teachers and students!
But the minister forgets that high school teachers are busy with the eighth grade exams, while high school teachers with the state exam, whose preliminary meeting is normally scheduled for mid-June and as set in November. from the Ministry of Education (which, I think, is Minister Azzolina!) The first test will be held on June 16! Whenever the students want it !! Because with pride the minister told L’Aria on Sunday at La7 “I asked the students to prepare some proposals and then we will decide which will be the most appropriate modality”. We dare not ask the teachers !!
As a high school teacher I ask myself “what have I done all this time? Why do I have to go find a job that I already did together with my students? “
Taking a lesson in synchronous or asynchronous mode is a considerable waste of energy: with synchronous learning, you receive instant messages and feedback with students is immediate, while asynchronous learning does not offer these possibilities, but respects individual rhythms and needs on the learning path; In the synchronous activities, questions are asked and answers are received, in accordance with the typical dynamics of the face-to-face lesson, the asynchronous activities favor reflection, autonomous study and refer to the synchronous ones to clarify and compare, the teachers are not limited to loading to students only with homework!
Personally, I have chosen to carry out all my teaching hours in synchronous mode, because I believe that the DAD serves to “keep the class and the school community alive and the sense of belonging”, combats the risk of isolation and demotivation, in addition, it allows you not to interrupt the learning path. Correct homework in DAD is a very complicated task, especially for those who, like me, teach humanities!
So I ask myself “what lost time do we have to make up for?” Sincerely, we feel offended by our professionalism to be considered “non-workers”, so much so that we should be called to recover a job already done! The message that happens is that the teachers have not worked, we have not really done anything, we have done something, we have caused damage to the treasury! We receive a salary without merit!
Everyone talks, makes proposals, looks for solutions, identifies dates, offers guidelines to clarify our ideas, but do all these people know the school? Have they ever taught a lesson? Here, I wonder if the teachers could be questioned by the minister to discuss this issue, if we could ever be considered, the experts, those of us who know the limits of our schools. Instead, everyone is speaking except us, who for the sake of our children continue to quietly ignite their minds and hearts.
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