A devastating account, Irv. As usual, our society is pushing its problems off onto teachers, who are already overextended, not supported, not supplied, not funded. You're right, many of them are retiring, for the very real fear of contagion. When I taught in a middle school, I caught so many colds from the kids; they are little germ factories. I shudder to think about the danger to teachers and staff at schools. Teachers are reporting that their schools don't even have hot water in the washrooms for proper hand-washing. Start there...
A devastating account, Irv. As usual, our society is pushing its problems off onto teachers, who are already overextended, not supported, not supplied, not funded. You're right, many of them are retiring, for the very real fear of contagion. When I taught in a middle school, I caught so many colds from the kids; they are little germ factories. I shudder to think about the danger to teachers and staff at schools. Teachers are reporting that their schools don't even have hot water in the washrooms for proper hand-washing. Start there...