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THREAD: This weekend was filled with hard conversations. Conversations I’ve avoided, but had to take place because I will return to my school campus in 10 days. I will join 200+ colleagues inside a building widely known for being a maze of classrooms inside of classrooms. 1/?
I showed my family where my documents and papers are located. We made plans for what to do if I become ill, or hospitalized, or worse. We cried a lot. I’m not sharing this for attention or sympathy. 2/?
I’m sharing this because you should know that as you prepare to send your children back to school (virtually or face to face) their teachers are carrying an enormous weight. In a time when we are usually preparing for the new year, we are preparing our estates. 3/?
We want to be back at work and with our kids more than you can imagine; but how do we balance that with our own valid need to keep ourselves and our families safe? When I chose to be a teacher I knew that the pay would suck. I knew that the work would be hard and draining. 4/?
I even knew that every day I stepped on campus there would be a small chance I could lose my life protecting my students from gunman. I didn’t sign up to be an experiment, to be a martyr for AR‘s economy, or potentially carry, infect, and kill one of my students or colleagues.5/?
My desire for “normal life” is just as strong as yours; but schools cannot remedy the mistakes made by our state and national leaders.
Thank you for visiting my crazy long thread! 6/6
Thank you for visiting my crazy long thread! 6/6
