The one quote I remember from the book above is the statement that, "The lessons will continue to be taught until learned." In disasters we see this happening all the time as they rebuild houses in a flood plain, rush to have a home 'on the beach' of the ocean and the like.
Now today for the pandemic we are all in together, there are governors repeating the mistakes of the 'immediate past' with forcing schools to reopen for in-class instruction. These are the same governors, like Ron DeSantis (R) of Florida who is forcing schools to reopen for in class instruction or he will remove their state funding.
He, along with other governors, are the same ones who rushed to reopen their states for business after a brief coronavirus shutdown, or no real shutdown at all.
For my children growing up, I might have asked them after their poor use of judgement, "What were you thinking?" The same question comes to mind today with this forced approach to reopening schools for instruction. "Governor, what exactly are you thinking?"
In reality it may be that kids don't get the same level of instruction and that the 2020-2021 school year equates to being what in college admissions is called a 'gap year." High School seniors taking a year off before going on to college.
The approach by Governor DeSantis shows his level of concern, or lack thereof, for public safety. We need first to keep kids alive and healthy. Their teachers, custodians, administrative staff also alive and healthy and their families at home, many in multi-generational homes from dying of the disease.
I choose life and health over education--and, I was educated as a teacher!
