Hello and welcome. Im Anderson Cooper in new york. Im dr. Sanjay gupta. Its being seen around the world on Cnn International and streamed on cnn. Com. I cannot believe its our 21st. The average number of new cases in the country is down since we last met, which is certainly welcome news by any measure. That said, where the numbers have settled, between 35 and 40,000 a day, is not. Nor, is the new forecast from the cdc projecting as many as 217,000 deaths by october 3rd. That would be more than 25,000 americans dying from covid over the next three weeks. Since our last town hall, many schools and colleges have reopened. And a number of them have seen outbreaks. Several promising vagccines hav entered largescale trials but is now on hold after a subject develop developed adverse effects. Telling bob woodward how much deadlier than the flu the virus was. He said that, february 7th, to woodward. A time when taking concrete and Decisive Action may have saved thousands of lives. We looked at
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Columns share an author’s personal perspective.
I like teachers. They are my favorite people. They work long hours, up early preparing for classes, on their feet most of the day, grading papers and writing lesson plans late into the night, often spending their own money to help their students. Add to this the extracurricular activities: sports events, performances, contests, parties and dances. They are almost always underpaid and too often underappreciated.
My wife is a retired public school teacher who poured her life into kindergarten, elementary and high school students. Her last assignment was a dropout prevention program for pregnant and parenting teens. Her goals were to help them have a healthy birth, learn to be good parents, stay in school, earn a degree and have a future. She loved her students and helped them achieve a 98% graduation rate.
Columns share an author’s personal perspective. I like teachers. They are my favorite people. They work long hours, up early preparing for classes, on their feet most of the day, grading papers and writing lesson plans late into the night, often spending their own money to help their students. Add to this the extracurricular activities: sports events, performances, contests, parties and dances. They are almost always underpaid and too often underappreciated.My wife is a retired
Tuesday Feb 2, 2021 at 4:06 PM Feb 2, 2021 at 4:06 PM
Columns share an author’s personal perspective.
I like teachers. They are my favorite people. They work long hours, up early preparing for classes, on their feet most of the day, grading papers and writing lesson plans late into the night, often spending their own money to help their students. Add to this the extracurricular activities: sports events, performances, contests, parties and dances. They are almost always underpaid and too often underappreciated.
My wife is a retired public school teacher who poured her life into kindergarten, elementary and high school students. Her last assignment was a dropout prevention program for pregnant and parenting teens. Her goals were to help them have a healthy birth, learn to be good parents, stay in school, earn a degree and have a future. She loved her students and helped them achieve a 98% graduation rate.
Educators across South Carolina are reaching their breaking point, whether it be from exhaustion or their district s handling of the virus. But amid teacher protests and warnings of another holiday spike in cases following Christmas and New Yearâs Eve, some districts have modified their plans. File/Andrew J. Whitaker/Staff By Andrew J. Whitaker awhitaker@postandcourier.com
As coronavirus cases reach record levels in South Carolina, conversations surrounding how schools should operate during the pandemic have gained renewed momentum from lawmakers, educators, parents and students.
The issue has become one of the most polarizing topics in the state, sparking heated debates during school board meetings and on social media.