Producing a back-to-school feature in this week’s edition of The Weekly Advertiser has galvanised why we must continue to find ways to beat and manage infectious disease without closing schools.
Reading comments from and seeing the faces of fresh-faced prep children, all a little excited and anxious about starting school, provides us with a powerful reason to get this right.
There is a growing realisation and understanding, if we weren’t aware already, that children need face-to-face learning opportunities and we as a society need this to happen.
In fact we don’t really have a choice. Sure, children and people in general can learn in isolation for extended periods of time. But it is ultimately a necessity for children to mix, so at the very least, they gain an understanding of life.
