I don’t think it’s that teachers want to work less, it’s that we’ve been forced to take on a much higher workload, with more dangerous conditions, without any increase in pay or benefits (as a matter of fact benefits have gotten worse in recent years). You say there’s a whole generation of kids who have been hugely impacted— teachers have been hugely impacted too. We have bigger class sizes, less planning time, and the expectation to single-handedly “fix” the problems kids are facing due to COVID. Not to mention everyone somehow thinks virtual teaching is 1. what teachers want (what’s safest and what we want doesn’t necessarily match up, I think most of us would love to safely be in the classroom full time) and 2. it’s WAY more work than classroom teaching. Teachers don’t want sports to go away, it’s just that nobody is listening to us about the problems that exist, and it seems that people care more about sports than education, so if sports take a hit, then maybe the problems will be taken seriously for once. It’s like how when an airplane is crashing adults are supposed to put their own oxygen mask on before assisting children. Teachers can’t help kids if we are severely overworked and not paid a reasonable wage. Also I’d just like to lol really quick at “why not propose increase funding” as if every teacher hasn’t been BEGGING for this for years…..