News, News, Views

 

Wow, another week of Covid news, impeachment news and the sadly same routines for those of us who follow guidelines for social distancing. Anybody anxious and depressed yet?

 Routines:  Being a special education teacher, I have had in person students for the duration of this year, and that brings some observations of an impact to some of the more vulnerable kiddos as well as some other more able students who are on a hybrid rotation.  All students are denied the most basic of social contact school has to offer...a loud, crazy atmosphere that is undeniably annoying to  those of us lucky adults who score lunch duty.  For some students, like most of mine, who don't always fit in, this six foot distanced, assigned seating is a gift that makes lunch time more tolerable.  For the mainstream, though, it is sadly a morbidly quiet and un-refreshing break during  a long and tedious school day.  Speaking of which,  we will not mention the loss of the much loved snow day in favor of another long day in front of a computer screen.

 After school,  a masked walk with my dogs, cook dinner for my second shift working husband, then to the couch I go for more alone time....and 4 crocheted baby blankets and a newly discovered love -hate relationship with the Hallmark Channel later, and that folks is my daily  routine, and I do mean daily... Weekends are less involved, and I find myself wanting to work just to glimpse some colleagues who I no longer see, well maybe from a distance, in the teacher copy room. And here we are on vacation....there is always house cleaning, I suppose!

News:  Okay I do lean liberal, but I am not sure if he who shall remain unnamed can be deemed totally and solely guilty of inciting violence,  but I am sure his whole persona and character were questionable even before his presidency...how many times have you gone bankrupt...made horrible, cruel and defamatory remarks about people who do not agree with you...okay how about how many pusseys or the male counterparts have you bragged about grabbing since you were 14, if ever? Did you get away with it? Were you proud of yourself if you did get away with it? And come on,  there is no excuse or confusion, he made fun of a disabled person...( most of us teach our children not to)....and these are just the ones that strike a nerve in me..... a glimpse into an uncaring, incredibly cruel,  and bullying persona ....but back to the present: he said he would call cheating if he lost! HE DID, AND HE TOOK IT TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL of false information. He may not have known he would incite a riot,  but he did not do the right thing immediately when he did actually incite one. I voted for the other guy along  with the  80  million or so other people who did, YES THERE WERE 80 PLUS MILLION OF US WHO DID NOT WANT HIM AS OUR PRESIDENT FOR FOUR MORE YEARS! and I honestly believe none of US would have rioted nor would our current president have promoted the election cheating  bologna that was spewed and ended up inciting what happened....it is a privilege but also a huge responsibility to lead and be an example for others, and our former president never met that challenge.... those are my views on that news!

Covid news: More strands, more sickness ,more death, more vaccines coming, but not available for all, yet. It has been scary going into work with kids whose families I cannot control regarding following safety protocols...and cannot always avoid sharing space with, but like most things with teachers, we don't rate high on the vaccine schedule even though we are pressured to work in person. I have been fortunate so far and  hope to stay Covid free until its safe again....Hope you all can do that, too!

I ask myself.. Who would want to read this gloomy rant?  I am posting it anyway, along with my wish, prayer and hope for better days ahead for all of us including he who shall not be named...may he  learn from this week to become a gracious, humble, kind and honest human! One can wish.

P.S.....why bother with a trial to impeach if you already know what the outcome will be...isn't that a waste of time and money?...shame on both sides!