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I went to 4 different high schools because I was a messy, terrible kid. I have made my peace with that, accepted the responsibility, healed the best I could from the petty little traumas that attended my poor record in school.
I thought I was through it & on with my life. I'm 51.
I thought I was through it & on with my life. I'm 51.
But now my kids are attending school remotely, because my body is a wreck, and they could bring the Rona home and harm or even kill me. My kids need me, they like living inside, and eating food, and I am their loving father.
But this remote learning is a mess.
But this remote learning is a mess.
I feel like I am failing them, because it is so difficult to do the learn from home thing, and I am poorly equipped, to say the least.
I'm back in junior high, and I don't feel the school system in this red district of this red state cares about "working class" kids' families.
I'm back in junior high, and I don't feel the school system in this red district of this red state cares about "working class" kids' families.
We are struggling with anxiety issues in the kids, the parents, and the family that are all exacerbated by the pandemic. My wife is working from home, and I work nights, doing essential work. The load falls on her and she is a frazzled mess. I am not here to help.
So, we are probably sending them back to regular school. Where the virus is increasing, but we are being told how "well" it all is going.
I'm not a man who feels scared very often. At 51, I still feel pretty immortal, but I agonize over this.
But we aren't doing well enough.
I'm not a man who feels scared very often. At 51, I still feel pretty immortal, but I agonize over this.
But we aren't doing well enough.
I don't need money, or any physical thing. Thoughts, prayers, supportive vibes, and love are surely appreciated.
I just need to confess my deep inadequacy to rise to this challenge. I feel I am failing my family, and endangering them, and myself.
I feel helpless.
I just need to confess my deep inadequacy to rise to this challenge. I feel I am failing my family, and endangering them, and myself.
I feel helpless.
Just as I felt in high school.
I struggle to understand why we are so bad at this simple thing, why people pretend that it is normal in any way. How this is political. The world I grew up in is gone.
I'm sick, and it will kill me soon enough, too soon.
My kids dont deserve this.
I struggle to understand why we are so bad at this simple thing, why people pretend that it is normal in any way. How this is political. The world I grew up in is gone.
I'm sick, and it will kill me soon enough, too soon.
My kids dont deserve this.
I'm ranting. I have no solutions to offer. I'm a working guy, not an educator. I shower after work, not before.
The smart people, the experts, need to come up with better solutions for these kids and their families.
For my kids, my family.
The smart people, the experts, need to come up with better solutions for these kids and their families.
For my kids, my family.
