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Cultural Heritage Has Also Had Corona Now

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By kuljit mannPublished 3 years ago 4 min read
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After three decades in education, Australian teacher Kathy Margolis has dismissed class for good. In a powerful, nearly 1,000-word post, Margolis, a mom of three, took to Facebook to explain why the current state of education has driven her to quit.

Corona has shaken the whole world. Where there has been a loss of life, our livelihood has also been affected. This storm has shaken every phase of life.

Our school system was deteriorating further.

Now the school and our students are being deprived of moral, ethical, and logical values.

In school, we not only study but also learn a lot. From here, our kids learn the values of life.

The true meaning of life comes into shape. An emotional bond is formed with teachers. Day by day, we are getting rid of the weeds of our roots.

Corona is the talk of the town these days.

The government of many countries must first and foremost take care of its citizens.

Unfortunately, this is not happening. At first, people were afraid, but gradually the fear subsided. Unfortunately, the cases are still going on, but with time we are becoming addicted.

What used to seem superficial is now becoming a part of life. Our habits are changing. The trend of online shopping has increased and will continue to grow.

What the governments of many big countries are doing does not seem to benefit the people. Statistics are coming in, and people are being locked down without facilities.

Many leaders do not understand the problem as some say they are doing, without knowing they are going further away from the treatment of Corona. Missing a joke--

Once two leaders went hunting. There was no one else. All the work had to be done by themselves. They killed a deer but did not understand how to get it to the van.

They grabbed the hind legs of the deer and started dragging. Finally, one mile from the van, they got stuck in the mud.

The deer was not dragged away anymore.

At that moment, another hunter came and said, "You should grab the deer by the forelegs and drag it. When they tried, they found it more manageable.

After a while, one of the leader hunters asked the other, "The van was a mile away before, and how far is it now?"

Another checked the cell and said, "Two miles."

The coronavirus is deadly to the commoner, but many countries are singing their tunes. The race is on to find their cure. Delay is dangerous for humanity. The hollowness of worldwide institutions is growing. Blaming each other will not solve the problem. The need today is for treatment and not how the disease spread. It can happen later. I read somewhere, will be able to understand my point by reading it.

Many animals were dying because of the winter. The rabbits decided together that we all would be killed by the cold, so why not stay together. They slept together. The heat of each other's bodies would have kept them warm and protected them from the cold, but in doing so, each other's nails would also sting and injure each other's bodies. Soon they became irritated and started fighting and were left alone and dying of cold.

Reunited and thought there were two ways to either die from the cold or endure the bruises caused by digging into each other. Wisely, they decided to get back together. They learned to live with the minor wounds caused by close relationships with their peers to receive warmth from others. In this way, they were able to survive.

In the beginning, I told Australian teacher Kathy Margolis.

Kathy admits it will be difficult for her to adopt a new profession in her present age group.

Kathy may not continue the job in a new situation, which is fundamentally against her philosophy what she believes.

of how it should be done." She's hoping her letter will inspire a more extensive discussion as she goes into detail on the current education system.

"Teachers have very little professional autonomy anymore. We are told what to do, how to do it and when it has to be done by," she writes. She speaks of the "enormous pressures" educators feel as well as the overwhelming hours they put in. "No teacher works from 9 until 3. We are with the students during those hours. We go on camps, we man stalls at fetes, we conduct parents/teacher interviews, we coach sporting teams, and we supervise discos."

Despite all that time, she explains that teachers are only paid for 25 hours a week in Brisbane, which would typically be considered part-time work. She then goes into detail about classrooms and the curriculum, describing them both as "overcrowded." "There is not enough time to consolidate the basics."

In perhaps the most powerful portion of her open letter, she speaks honestly on the anxiety level she's observed in children.

I have never seen so many children suffering from stress and anxiety. It saddens me greatly. Teaching at the moment is data-driven. We are testing them and assessing them, and pushing them so hard. I get that teachers need to be accountable, and of course, we need assessment. Still, teachers have an innate ability to know what kids need. A lot of it is data for data's sake.

She closes out her letter asking for teachers to speak up without fear of retribution. On a final note, she shares what kept her in the profession for so long. "I write this because I love children. I can't bear to see what we are doing to them."

Her letter has struck a chord with many and has been shared almost 30,000 times.

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