An Open Letter to Teachers as the Fall of Covid Approaches
Dear Teachers,
As your school districts’ “return to school” plans are being released, remember that you are going to hear mostly from the folks in your communities who are angry–angry that classes are being offered online, angry at the lack of child care availability, angry at teachers for not putting themselves in danger.
In fact, many of these persons may be angry about things that have nothing to do with schools. They might be angry about the poor condition of the roads in their community, or erratic trash pickup in their neighborhood. Or they could be angry about things happening nationally–stressing about job security, worried the possibility of being infected with the Covid virus, or anxious about the racial unrest in our society.
In short, they are angry about things they can’t control.
And for many of us, one of the only places we feel we can exert any modicum of control is over our public schools…
- We can’t get the pothole at the end of our driveway filled, but we can signup for a 3 minute slot at the local school board meeting to vent our anger.
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