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A Glimmer of Hope
Apr. 9th, 2020 02:55 pmThis is an extremely premature celebration, I know, but I saw an article that the schools in my province, Guangdong, are set to start opening in a couple weeks. That is hugely, gloriously positive news, especially since this morning I woke up to news that schools in neighboring Oregon are not going to reopen for face-to-face instruction this year. I imagine Idaho will do the same.
The less-happy-for-me news is that China is still not allowing foreigners to enter the country right now. My friends who are still there are fine, but I’m here with my mom in Idaho. IF they allow all foreigners to enter, or just teachers, we’ll likely have to do a 2 week quarantine before we go back to work, and there’s no guarantee we could do that in our apartments. There’s also no guarantee I can even find a flight into China. So I’m still preparing myself to be here at my mom’s through the summer and to finish the year online.
BUT! This is the first positive news I’ve seen in a long time. And if my kiddos who are still in China are allowed back, we do have staff still in China who can start teaching (I imagine there would be some shuffling of students and redistribution of class lists). One of my coworkers, Judy, is still in Shenzhen, and I trust her with all my kiddos, as she would trust me with hers.
My best friend, who is a teacher here in Idaho, said that this news is a tangible sign of “This too shall pass.” And I know — I know— that things could change again, for the worse. But I’m going to be happy to see that little glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel and hope that it isn’t the light of an oncoming train.
The less-happy-for-me news is that China is still not allowing foreigners to enter the country right now. My friends who are still there are fine, but I’m here with my mom in Idaho. IF they allow all foreigners to enter, or just teachers, we’ll likely have to do a 2 week quarantine before we go back to work, and there’s no guarantee we could do that in our apartments. There’s also no guarantee I can even find a flight into China. So I’m still preparing myself to be here at my mom’s through the summer and to finish the year online.
BUT! This is the first positive news I’ve seen in a long time. And if my kiddos who are still in China are allowed back, we do have staff still in China who can start teaching (I imagine there would be some shuffling of students and redistribution of class lists). One of my coworkers, Judy, is still in Shenzhen, and I trust her with all my kiddos, as she would trust me with hers.
My best friend, who is a teacher here in Idaho, said that this news is a tangible sign of “This too shall pass.” And I know — I know— that things could change again, for the worse. But I’m going to be happy to see that little glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel and hope that it isn’t the light of an oncoming train.
