The White House wants teachers and children. back to school this fall, the insatiable and dishonest belly of the government hungry for more blood sacrifices from a population that is only trying to overcome a pandemic that many officials are not taking seriously enough. This is not a good idea for many reasons, especially in light of the general failure of the United States to contain the virus without adding schools to the mix.
Dave Grohl: an irritatingly good guy playing drums, playing guitar, singing, being a nice boyand now as his monthly Atlantic items show, writing about current events, has used your last article to speak out against the plan to go ahead with the reopening in September.
He comes to the subject as the son of a retired public school teacher who “tirelessly dedicated his life to the service of others.” Grohl writes about how difficult work is for people like his mother, who already work despite infrastructure problems like overcrowded and underfunded classrooms. In interviewing her for the piece, Grohl describes the aspects of the job that she is most concerned about that teachers will have to face: “masks and distance, temperature controls, crowded buses, crowded hallways, sports, air conditioning systems, dining rooms, bathrooms public “. cleaning staff. “
While Grohl points to the difficulties facing remote learning, “especially for single and working-class parents,” he says reopening schools before we’re ready “in the name of rosy optics” would be “a nonsense “and it would be” at the expense of our children, teachers and schools “.
“America’s teachers are caught in a trap, set up by indecisive and conflicting sectors of failed leadership who have never been in their position and cannot relate to the unique challenges they face,” he writes. “Teachers want to teach, not die, and we must support and protect them as the national treasures that they are.”
Lee Grohl’s complete article to The atlantic or hear him read the piece on an audio version hosted on Soundcloud by Foo Fighters.
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