Are we missing the forest from the trees? 1/
Then I stopped because I started thinking about kids and what we teach them. I scrapped it for something much less useful. 2/
-being safe
-following the golden rule
-showing consideration
-using evidence
-looking out for those less fortunate
And I thought WTF are they going to say about us when they grow up? 3/
That we decided to keep bars open & spread COVID even knowing it would be impossible to control come fall. 4/
That we have some studies now that show school age kids get & spread COVID-19 & the president still asked EVERY school to be open even w high spread.5/
That we didn’t put together the tools— tests & contact tracing— to make them, their schools & their families safe.6
They’re smart. They’re curious. They’re observant. They know it’s not impossible.
Do they think we can’t? That we won’t? 7/
That we ignored their teachers. And their aides, their librarians, their bus drivers. The adults we tell them to listen to.8/
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That the president hails the stock market but doesn’t visit gravesites or talk about our losses
That at a time of need corporations got their bailout loans but their parents unemployment insurance was allowed to expire 10/
That even after losing 150,000 people, we sat by knowing 70,000 more would be lost if we did not change. And we did not change. 11/
What should scare us is that their kids will study us in their history books. 12/
Everything I have including the “liberty” & “rights” were nothjng I earned. They were gifted them from her & many others who sacrificed. 13/
They have known for some time we have decided not to give them a more livable planet. And that’s unforgivable. 14/
I think about the opportunity to show we can leave a legacy in these times. Show how pulled together. Valued human lives. Helped people in need.15
I don’t think they will say their older generations sacrificed for them like we can say. 16/
We want kids back learning social studies but can’t demonstrate what adults do with lessons from history. 18/
We teach values in school & religious school but do nothing about the suffering in nursing homes, farm labor camps & with people of color. 19/
I only hope future generations will remember the doctors & nurses. The scientists & social workers. The many neighbors who helped each other.21/
I still believe we can take it back by caring about the next life we would lose. 24/
That’s the education they’re getting. 25/