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ROME. Fragile but determined not to leave the chair. Even at the cost of spending hours in the classroom without even lowering the mask and wasting one’s hands with the amuchina. They are the teachers who denying those who accused them of wanting to take advantage of the right to the exemption for health reasons have decided to cross the school door already at the sound of the first bell. According to the first data compiled by the Ministry of Education, of the approximately 250,000 who have had the right to sit in a panciolle at home or at most to keep some books in the library to date, only a few hundred have submitted an application for exemption from teaching.
“I have an autoimmune disease and I have to follow a therapy that lowers my immune defenses, so I would be part of the ranks of fragile workers. But I did not apply because the desire to resume teaching in front of the children is stronger than the fears, “confesses Cristina Chimienti, a teacher at a primary school in Rome. Words and numbers that sound like a response to those, including commentators and television leaders and politicians (including Governor Emiliano Bonaccini), have waved their arms in recent days to say “that those who are already protected cannot cling to the subtleties of the law for going out and not fulfilling the duty ».
Perhaps in the next few days it will no longer be like that, but for now the desire to resume teaching in front of children and adolescents, to want to be in the front line to do the part has prevailed over any fear for health. It is not unfounded, because inviting to give a lecture with the windows open to prevent the virus from moving in the classroom may be fine now, with temperatures still around 30 degrees, which with the mask make life difficult for those who suffer from problems cardiac or respirators. But it certainly won’t be the ideal solution when the mercury starts to sink. And then, especially in high school, those light construction works that were supposed to create new spaces and ensure the distancing of many schools never saw them begin. Except for the goodwill of some. Like Enzo Giannone, mayor of Scicli, the “city of Montalbano”, and director of the “Cataudella” Institute, which includes all the institutes in the city. “This summer I rolled up my sleeves and together with the school assistants we did the masonry work that was needed to create more space.” Ultimately, the school of goodwill seems to prevail over deficiencies and hyper-guarantees. Probably the decision not to request the teaching exemption was also influenced by the education circular, which did not even leave fragile teachers the alternative of continuing to teach “at a distance”, an option that was never ruled out for high school and that was also you could adopt in case of infections in secondary schools. Sign of a “wish for school”, which smells like a message of hope for the country.
