Thread by @psychpolis

This week has the potential to be very polarising & damaging on the issue of schools so please bear in mind:

🔵 teachers are not the enemy if they’re anxious about going back to work
🔵 parents / kids who are anxious about going back have valid concerns

🔵 children do need to be back in school for educational social & mental health reasons
🔵 needing to be back doesn’t mean it’s covid safe to be back
🔵 kids not going back isn’t easy for parents without childcare
🔵 teachers & school staff will be out because of covid

🔵 principals can’t magic staff out of a magic teacher closet
🔵 principals are doing the best they can with what they have at their disposal & sometimes more than their best
🔵 teachers are mothers & fathers of kids who go to school too
🔵 some kids are delighted for a day off

🔵 some kids need to be in school for routine
🔵 it’s cold with the windows open for ventilation without hepa filters
🔵 some kids don’t mind wearing masks
🔵wearing masks doesn’t suit some kids

🔵 there is widespread stress about schools returning or not returning
🔵 transitions at any time can be difficult, in the middle of a covid pandemic they can be even harder especially with so much uncertainty

All of this 👆🏼👆🏼 is allowed to be true at the same time, it’s not just allowed, it is true.

#BeKind we’re all muddling our way through #Covid_19 as best we can, some better, some worse & we can all do better