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Well, just over a year since the pandemic hit, and save for a few weeks at the end of last summer when it was relatively safe, on Monday I\u2019ll be starting lessons again.<\/p>\nWell, just over a year since the pandemic hit, and save for a few weeks at the end of last summer when it was relatively safe, on Monday I\u2019ll be starting lessons again.<\/p>\n
Unlike some complete prats out there, I realise that COVID a) actually exists, and b) is quite dangerous if you get it, so I will be taking it slowly and safely. Pupils will have to wear masks (unless exempt), they get gelled at the start of the lesson, the car gets wiped down in between (and fogged periodically), and I have a supply of lateral testing kits for myself – which I will use twice per week, and feed results back to the NHS as per the system. It may come as a surprise to the aforementioned prats, but as well as not wanting to catch COVID myself, not wanting to pass it on to anyone else is still pretty high on my list. I don\u2019t want to be adding to the 127,000 who have already died from COVID – because I have morals.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve had my first vaccination (the second is due in May), and I know that at least two of my pupils have either had it or have appointments booked. More importantly, both of my parents have now had both of their jabs – it has always been them I was most concerned about. Also, my pupils who are at school tell me they\u2019re being tested regularly, which is good.<\/p>\n
The fun has now started. One pupil has moved house since I last saw her, and instead of a 2 minute drive she\u2019s now 40 minutes away and will be doing her test at a different centre to the one we had originally planned for. She doesn\u2019t know that yet, and I know she\u2019ll argue to use the original – but if people are doing one hour lessons and live in Hucknall, Colwick is a bit off the radar. Especially so at midday. I\u2019ve been there, done that, and the T-shirt says clearly that it can take well over an hour just get to from Hucknall to Colwick and back again depending on the traffic and road closures.<\/p>\n
Then there are the \u2018can I have a lesson next week?\u2019 texts. Except I vaguely remember (and I was right) that several of them work rotas with Mc-You-Know-Who on zero hours contracts, and \u2018next week\u2019 roughly translates to a free hour on Thursday at 5pm and one on Sunday at 9am, because they\u2019re working (or at school) the rest of the time. And even that is subject to change if Mc-You-Know-Who calls them in.<\/p>\n
Several other haven\u2019t responded to my texts yet. Young people have their phone glued permanently to their hands the rest of the time, yet I can never figure out why some of them take a day or more to reply to any text. It\u2019s like I\u2019ll text them on a Monday with \u2018are we still on for Saturday?\u2019 By Thursday, no response. So I\u2019ll text again, thinking about filling their slot with someone else who wants a lesson, and that will finally prompt them to tell me they still want it, like the first text never happened.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s just like old times already. And I haven\u2019t started yet.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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