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13 Apr, 6 tweets, 1 min read
I've seen quite a bit of nonsense from a variety of people pushing a narrative of "our kids will have PTSD from this year" and "we'll never undo the damage" from the lost schooling.

Horse shit.
In the wake of Gagarin's historic flight, let me remind you that he lost nearly *4 years* of schooling during the German occupation. I think he did OK.
Yes, we will need to conduct some remedial education, but if kids suffer from this, it will be due to lack of will to put resources against the problem. I would also note many of the people screaming about this are loathe to spend tax money on education in normal times.
And any PTSD kids have will be from memories of adults who could not get their shit together to protect themselves and society.
You want to know what generation had PTSD? The one that lived through the Depression. They hoarded canned goods in their basement until expiry for the rest of their lives.
You know who from this generation will have PTSD? Those who lost loved ones due to the idiocy of the "open wide" morons.

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