From what I can tell, the back-to-school protocols being developed all come with a caveat; if/when your child develops possible Covid symptoms, you're expected to keep them home.
There's the problem. Damned near anything can be a Covid symptom.
Feeling achy? Could be Covid.
Tummy ache? Could be Covid.
Feeling lethargic? Could be covid.
Cough? Sneezes? Sniffles? Could be Covid.
On any given day in my 25 year teaching career, at least half the class could have had Covid.
Government has only themselves to blame. They've spent the last eight months scaring the bejeezus out of everybody about how deadly this virus is.
OH MY GAWD A DEADLY VIRUS NEVER SEEN BEFORE!!!
LOCK DOWN OR DIE!!!
Now they're screwed because a good chunk of the populace actually believed them.
So my prediction is that we'll be back to "e-learning" sooner rather than never.
I suspect that may be the long-term agenda, to make e-learning the new normal. Wouldn't that be a great way to castrate those pesky teachers' unions!
I was recently introduced to your cynical but insightful musings by David Card during an exchange I had with him conceding the late self published author Crad Kilodny. Crad was a fixture on Toronto street corners for many years in the 80s. Keep it up. Tim
ReplyDeleteConcerning. Not conceding. Check out the Ian Brown article in the Globe about kilodny written in early August of this year. For some reason Card associated him with you. I can sort of see why! All the best. Tim
ReplyDeleteLong live the contrarian ranters!
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