School's out – but not for summer.
Over 375,000 kids in the UK were sent home this week. 96% aren't confirmed cases but only isolating as a precaution. We have a two-week shutdown here, so it's back to homeschooling until 12 July.
My reality is at odds with what I'm seeing online about ‘business as usual’ and getting back to the office – it makes a mockery of it all. This is big stuff – exams cancelled, sports day and end of year events off – all a rite of passage for kids. There's been a massive disruption to their education this year, and it's time to call an end to the self-isolation madness.
Kids are struggling too – their lives have been turned upside down. There's been a 40% increase in anti-depressants prescribed to under 17-year-olds. One of Julieta's classmates jumped onto the train tracks on the way home and said he didn't want to live anymore. They had to stop the train and call the police, and the school is organisin…
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