As a kid, I found first day of school was almost always a happy, exciting time. READ:
As a kid, I found first day of school was almost always a happy, exciting time. Except, of course, for the truly first day at kindergarten or Grade 1, which not a few cry about. But for the rest of our student days, most of us would look forward to rejoining friends, discovering new classmates, and escaping whatever’s happening in the house.
I have nothing against government education agencies claiming that schools didn’t close. Ask at least three batches of kindergarten and Grade 1 students robbed of the school experience so vital to socialization and primary education. The government cannot even buy the best laptop for a price tag of around ₱50,000, and it is spending tens of millions of pesos for mobilizing the police to “secure” the school reopening.
Why stop there? The Metro Manila Development Authority and the local governments of Metro Manila should end favoritism for private cars and private motorists in the formulation of traffic policies. They should give more space in the public roads to public transportation. Yes, the pandemic is still here. But the situation in 2022 is far better than in 2020. Vaccinations continue to be done, and this could only be improved if the government takes advantage of school reopening by doing mass vaccinations there. Minimum health protocols and vaccination could protect everyone.
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