Robert Lucia*

Assistant Professor/Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Nursing (Bradley University), Department of Pediatrics (University of Illinois College of Medicine, Peoria), Bradley University and the University of Illinois College of Medicine-Peoria, United States

*Corresponding Author: Robert Lucia, Assistant Professor/Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Nursing (Bradley University), Department of Pediatrics (University of Illinois College of Medicine, Peoria), Bradley University and the University of Illinois College of Medicine-Peoria, United States.

Received: August 24, 2022; Published: October 01, 2022

Abstract

Across the United States, students are in the process of returning to school after the summer holiday. For many students, this will be the first “normal” academic year had since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Gone is the mandatory social distancing, masking requirements, and suspension of sports and other school activities. As a parent, I struggled watching my son’s kindergarten year unfold in weird ways. Faces of beautiful children were covered in masks, friends were out for weeks from school for COVID-like symptoms, kids at lunchroom tables spaced so far apart you had to yell to be heard, and many classes being taught by substitute teachers because staff were out sick. Thankfully, my son’s school did a fantastic job implementing CDC guidelines while recognizing the value of in seat learning and having a dynamic classroom environment. I was happy as a parent, clinician, and educator.

References

Citation

Citation: Robert Lucia. “Back to School Thoughts". Acta Scientific Paediatrics 5.11 (2022): 01-02.

Copyright

Copyright: © 2022 Robert Lucia. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.