Isolation, subtraction and inability to cope with the situation:
A worried teacher from a high school in the center of the country, tonight (Saturday) told "Israel Today" about the complex and difficult reality that many teachers in the education system have to deal with in light of the widespread outbreak of the corona plague.
The teacher, a reserve officer, said: "I respect every government decision, even in our case where it was decided to leave the schools open while the morbidity climbed in a frightening way. At the same time, the government seems to have lost control and man to man. Gaza and here too I feel like a soldier at the front, literally. "
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He added: "My fellow teachers and I are in Russian roulette. The more you stick to a mask, the more you quarrel with students who constantly put on a full mask, not on the chin for beauty, you feel exposed to infection. I personally know teachers from other schools and schools who were vaccinated "Take care of yourself and get infected. I personally assume that I can get infected every day."
He added: "Almost 90 percent of our school principal's work is in mapping the corona.
Every evening he sends us a status report on the quantities verified - students and staff (and the numbers are only going up), which classes are in school and which are in Zoom.
Personally in the last two weeks you have had to be checked four times because of verified ones that were in the classes I taught.
I was once tested by PCR.
I stood in line for an hour and a half and in the other three cases with antigen kits that we bought with our own money. "
"I saw the horror in the children's faces"
The teacher shared an event that happened in the classroom where he taught, illustrating the difficult reality that students and teachers face: "Even the classrooms that do attend school are not full classrooms. There are no verified, isolated students or those the parents refuse to send. "Missing the material?" I had an incident in a class that almost brought me to tears. I teach and only about half of the students are there, about 13 children.
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He went on to say: "I saw the horror on their faces. I went to say goodbye to them, I got a little closer and one of them said anxiously 'Do not come near, we are in isolation'. I was heartbroken. How many students were left for me - five? Feels the country has lost control.The Prime Minister was proud that he gained time until the Omicron came into our lives, so why was there no procurement of millions of PCR markers? Why did not expand laboratories and bring in staff? Antigen testing is at the expense of citizens From the Ministry of Education and we have to pay for ourselves. "
"The government is criminal in that it does not impose restrictions to reduce morbidity and thus it is not obligated to pay compensation when in practice there is a decrease in revenue for businesses and cultural events. Because the government does not impose restrictions, then everything is open. It gives the public the illusion "Recruited and then, unfortunately, the citizens do not pay attention to masks and get infected. We hope for much better days than these."
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