September 1st 2020 What will happen?
A recent study in UK shown that sending all children back to school - and freeing parents to go back to work - could trigger a second wave of coronavirus. Tuesday 1st of September: Reopening of schools in Poland. As a father and professional I a:
- Worried
- Confused
- Frustrated
Even a little pragmatic though. We have received the guidelines that the school has put in place and there is no talk of 'smart schooling' at least not for the moment (maybe some hybrid model to be confirmed). There will be longer lesson times to allow children not to be crowded during the same hours. For computer hours, each child is expected to wash their hands before and after using a pc and mouse. There will be no canteen service, there will be limitations for classrooms available to children who must - for reasons of parents' work - enter earlier and leave later. They must wear masks, be 'educated' to keep each other distance and try to touch as few objects as possible, disinfect themselves thoroughly after each contact. How we can do that? How teachers can control that? What worries me? We are not prepared at all. There will be no temperature control at the entrance, at least in my son's school. I do not understand why, but the Dean declares that he will be able to change the measures during the year with some more restrictive ones. That all….so do we wait for something to happen and then we can react? Personally, I do not like this approach.
I believe that the school would have a lot to learn from those companies that during the lock down (but actually even before) were faster and more ready to transform, to implement measures suitable for a new situation, ready with plans B and often also C and D.
As a head-hunter, family man and entrepreneur I am very worried & frustrated. I believe that the next challenge for everyone will come from school and from the ability to manage this new Covid reality. The repercussions of a sketchy management without a real strategy will undoubtedly pay for our children, and we as parents, professionals, workers, managers, entrepreneurs we must inevitably adapt (fast)to what will happen in the course of work. It will be no time to find who is responsible for a decision, just act. I remember in the movie Moneyball, Billy Beane (played by Brad Pitt) tells his lead scout "Adapt or die". We all need to adapt, including our children. This will be the next challenge for everybody.
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4 年My wife is a teacher. Therefore I know from the inside, that all of the parties: kids, parents and teachers are worried about the risk of getting sick, about the impact of the restrictions on education efficiency, stress levels for all. The preparation of schools is also a second big topic. Organization of classes, number of students in class, availability of protective measures, disinfection frequency and its effectiveness... There a still a lot of actions to be done. And in my opinion the summer time was wasted not only by schools, but by the education authorities and the government?due to the lack of developed solutions and contingency plans.
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4 年You should be worried about the mental impact all this has on your kids, instead. If this is stressful for you - imagine how it is on a 6 year old.