Two days a week back in classrooms is a great start
As schools begin to reintroduce in-person instruction, if only for two days a week, I cannot help but feel relieved.
Over the last year, our community has tried to do what communities ought to do: Band together to protect the most vulnerable in our society. Yet, for school children, we fell dismally short of that goal.
To protect the physical health of our friends, family, and neighbors, we temporarily forgot about the mental and emotional health of our students. We forgot that children and teenagers often have the least amount of control over their home environments. We forgot that children need human connection to achieve holistic health. We left them to deal with tech problems, limited resources, confusion, anxiety, loneliness, depression, and worse. It’s time to go back and do the right thing by our children.
Marian Keyes Shares Her Ultimate Comfort Reads
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Marian Keyes, the best-selling author of
Grown Ups, shares her reading list to support indie bookshops. Picked to inspire, engage and entertain, these books might be just what we need in these challenging times…
International bestselling novelist Marian Keyes (
Watermelon,
Rachel’s Holiday and
The Break) has revealed her Ultimate Comfort Reads for challenging times, with a curated list shared on Bookshop in support of indie bookshops, and to mark the paperback publication of her globally acclaimed Sunday Times No.1 novel,
Marian’s recommendations offer readers some much-needed solace and escapism during lockdown, and beyond. From Booker-nominated debut novels to fiercely funny memoirs, and from heart-warming stories turned into much-loved TV series to feminist retellings of traditional fairy tales, Marian’s curated list aims to inspire, engage and entertain, as an antidote to the difficult times we’re living in.