Wednesday, October 21, 2020

2020 Medley #23 | Live Long and Prosper

2020 Medley #23 | Live Long and Prosper


TEACHERS, EVERYTHING HAS CHANGED

Everything about teaching has changed.

We were already in the midst of a teacher shortage before the pandemic began. Now, when things are harder than ever for teachers, we’re going to lose more if we don’t take care of the teachers we have.

The current pandemic has an impact on everything we do. It impacts shopping, medical appointments, and school attendance. It affects children and their teachers…and, by extension, everyone who lives with, or interacts with, a child or a teacher. That might include infants and grandparents. It includes people with high-risk conditions like obesity, kidney disease, COPD, heart conditions, diabetes, and sickle cell disease. Just because a child doesn’t have a high-risk condition doesn’t mean they couldn’t transmit COVID-19 to someone in their family with a high-risk condition. Just because a teacher doesn’t have a high-risk condition doesn’t mean that they couldn’t transmit COVID-19 to someone in CONTINUE READING: 2020 Medley #23 | Live Long and Prosper