Good Luck ....

moulesy
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edited September 2020 in General Chat #1

.....to the hundreds of thousands of students, teachers and support staff starting back to a "new normal" this week (and to those already back north of the border).

Knowing how fraught the start of a new school year can be in normal circumstances, I can't begin to imagine how much more difficult it's going to be for every one this year.

So good luck and great respect to every single one of you and let's just hope and pray that things go successfully and that the country can start getting  back to some sort of normality. smile

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  • richardandros
    richardandros Club Member Posts: 2,681 ✭✭✭
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    edited September 2020 #2

    Totally agree with your sentiments moulesy. My step daughter who is a teacher in a small village primary school has been working throughout lockdown - in effect 'child-minding' for the children of key workers.

    She was even working this Monday (what Bank Holiday?), getting ready for the school reopening and having to re-think the whole teaching practice in a school which doesn't have the luxury of space.

    Knowing the hours she puts into a normal week, I get quite cross when I hear some people bleating on about teachers having a 'cushy number'.

  • Takethedogalong
    Takethedogalong Forum Participant Posts: 17,030 ✭✭✭
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    edited September 2020 #3

    Yes indeed M. Two of our nieces are teachers. One is Dep Head at a primary. Spent whole of lockdown looking after children whose parents/carers barely know they exist. Hungry, filthy, badly clothed, the only kind of care they get is via school. Another unacknowledged aspect of life in the UK.....☹️

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