The train drivers to Auschwitz

The cost of school shutdowns.

“If you were looking for some bad news, you’ve come to the right place. This time, the news concerns the fallout from the pandemic school shutdowns. As you know, because you have been reading this blog faithfully, shutting down schools was a very, very, very bad idea. It hurt children, causing cognitive and emotional damage. Not only that, but it was unnecessary; the children who were damaged by the shutdowns were at only minor risk of contracting the virus.

“Anyway, the New York Times offers an extensive assessment of the consequences of the school shutdowns. Naturally, it says nothing about the teachers’ unions and the Democratic politicians who foisted this horror on American children, but at least it recognizes the negative effects of this absurd and sadistic policy. We should ask ourselves, in all seriousness, why the perpetrators of this horror are not being identified and held to account. And yet, as long as the perpetrators do not belong to the oppressor class, no one cares.”

 

https://stuartschneiderman.blogspot.com/2022/05/the-cost-of-school-shutdowns.html

 

Don’t expect anybody to do anything. No officials, anyway. They, after all, are the makers of rules and handers out of money, and since they caused the problems to begin with, they will not apologize or even talk about making amends. They don’t know how to do anything but blame others and deny responsibility.

Do not place too much viability on statements by school counsellors or in academic studies. Those people did not raise any warnings at the time. They are the drivers of trains to Auschwitz, the crew members throwing the switches to make sure the trains arrive on time at the right station. They point out the problems, and at the same time decide on solutions, for the right amount of money.