This is so sad, and so unnecessary.
Treat teachers with respect, pay them better, and treat COVID as something that needs to be addressed as something very, very serious.
Teachers seem to be seen as glorified “babysitters” by too many people.
And, BTW, in my school district, and in many others, they can’t hire enough bus drivers, or support staff, either.
I don’t know what it’s going to take to get parents and school boards to wake up.
At the staff meeting the other day, one of my fellow teachers turned to me and said he was having trouble seeing.
He rushed home and had to have his blood pressure meds adjusted.
Another co-worker was sent home because one of her students had tested positive for Covid-19 and she had gone over to his desk to help him with his assignment.
I, myself, came home on Friday and was so beat down I just collapsed into bed having to spend the next week going from one medical procedure to another to regain my health.
The teachers are not okay.
This pandemic has been particularly hard on us.
Through every twist and turn, teachers have been at the center of the storm.
When schools first closed, we were heroes for teaching on-line.
When they remained closed, we were villains for wanting to remain there – safe from infection.
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