CHANGE IS AFOOT WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT
“We have more to fear from the opinions of our friends than the bayonets of our enemies.” Politician turned Union General Nathaniel Banks, in plea he couldn’t abandon an untenable position.”― The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville
“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”
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It’s a few minutes before 9 AM. The wife is heading towards the bedroom, which has now become a classroom, to begin teaching her first class of the day. The kids are sequestered in their room, beginning the log in process for another school day. Myself, I fill another cup of coffee and settle in to begin my workday. Ours is not a unique scene, as similar routines transpire all across Nashville.
Three weeks ago Metro Nashville Public Schools kicked off school via distance learning. To say it’s been a painful process is been an understatement. It’s required long hours by teachers to try and fill gaps left open in a skeletal plan designed by district administrators who haven’t taught in a classroom in years. Parents have had to adjust work schedules and child care options, often with limited resources. All of this playing out in front of the backdrop of a global pandemic.
Success has been very slow in coming, frustrations continue bubbling forth, but victories are being won. More than once around our house I’ve heard cries of “I can’t do this”, “I hate this stuff”, “What CONTINUE READING: CHANGE IS AFOOT WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT – Dad Gone Wild