Want to point a few things out..
Teachers do a LOT more work then parents assume. There jobs require more then just setting and marking work.
Not all jobs/professions have been able to make the change to online/wfh. My DH works in within service provision industry and provides training, the entire company has had to stop trading apart from a very few select members of staff (eg finance manager) because there is no way they can do anything or provide training to groups of 20+ online, there was no provision or equipment set up to do so.
The arguments that universities are doing it is absolute bull. There are adults in universities all over who are having melt downs, because online provision dosent offer the same benefits as face to face teaching and support, and university students still have to submit assignments and sit exams. If the situation even with online learning is having such a negative impact on adults, then I would have to imagine how badly it would negatively impact school students. Many university students are in full panic due to not having access to computers or technology at home yet still being expected to attend and complete work as normal, so imagine expecting a 12 year old without computer access put in the same position.
Due to both me and DH being very computer literate I can confirm just how easy it is to screen capture and flawlessly edit any form of video or even images, and I really wouldn't expect any teacher or anyone involved in childcare to put themselves in such a vulnerable position.
Secondly although some schools are providing video/live lessons, I've noticed from many of the posts that these are still requiring a large amount of parental input and monitoring to work and again would cause just as many complaints from all the parents who want video/live lessons so they can work at the same time and leave their child to it. It simply wouldnt work like that.
Surely it's better for the curriculum to freeze and any work currently provided to be done without too much pressure and minimal impact on mental health and teaching restarting from this point, then it is for the curriculum and teaching to continue as normal, thus leaving children without access to technology, and less favourable home situations to end up falling hugely behind due to the schooling starting again with the assumption that children have progressed as they normally would with normal classes?
Private schools have a different incentive to continue some form of lessons as otherwise many parents would ask for refunds, which would for many private schools force them to close. So they have no choice but to provide more comprehensive teaching. Also they do have considerable smaller classes and in many the attitude towards teachers and school is much more community focused and therefore easier to manage for teachers then in state school. But even so not all private schools will be provided online live teaching as it wont work for all students and all schools, as some have large intakes on burseries/armed forces scholarships and specialise in learning disability and disorders and large amounts of outdoor and practical education. And therefore cant assume that it will always work, nor that the children will have the correct equipment, but they are often in a position to provide more support in terms of loaning equipment.
Teacher bashing absolutely infuriates me, they try their best, in a shit situation with huge underfunding, parent animosity, and ridiculous changes to the curriculum (imo) and people wonder why the best teachers and the most passionate teachers leave the profession?
I'm shocked that in this day and age we actually have anyone left to teach our children with the way so many attack and slander teachers left right and center.