Muh Muh Muh My Corona (virus)

American Death Cult

 

'If It's Here, It's Here': America's Retirees Confront the Virus in Florida

 

I would think keeping students home would lead to much more child abuse, hungry children, unsupervised children, and create a huge problem for parents who must work.

 

yes.

now what?

 

Texas: Religious schools can ignore local health officials on the coronavirus

https://www.washingtonpost.com/educ...an-ignore-local-health-officials-coronavirus/

 

The answer here is NOT “Send kids back to school and if they, teachers, or staff members get sick and have horrible outcomes, that’s just the price we have to pay to restart the economy.”

 

FWIW some of us understand the holes in teaching that can happen when everything goes online. We're volunteering to tutor, to take papers where there are obvious problems and work with those students so they don't fall between the cracks.

This is an educational equivalent to being a CASA. The only side I'm on is that of the child who is trying to get a handle on learning. It's not impossible to teach via distance learning, but there is a curve when it comes to adjustment. I have friends who grew up in the middle of nowhere in the Northwestern U. S. and Australia. They went to school by shortwave radio and had no problem keeping up when they attended classes in secondary and post-secondary settings. Of course, they were not dealing with the stressors our children face. Still, it can be done.

There's no easy way. If people know they can be part of the proverbial village and help out, they should. Our kids deserve the same educational opportunities (or as close as we can get to them) as we enjoyed.

(Getting off of my soapbox now...)