Kate Hawkesby: Teachers are the heroes of lockdown

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Aug 24, 2021 · 3m

I’m feeling for the teachers this lockdown.

For everyone to be honest, not just the teachers, and also while we’re at it, those of us parents having to juggle work and home schooling while also keeping households calm, well stocked, as well as walking the dog. What a time.

Feeling slightly jealous of the people able to just sit back and watch Netflix this lockdown!

But the teachers have been thrown back into something most of them don’t enjoy – and that’s having to drum up all their lessons into online learning.

So much of what happens in the classroom these days is practical, hands on and…