School as a Place
The whole country is talking about school right now. Mostly, we are arguing. “Kids need to be in school!” “There’s no way I’m sending my kids to school!” Right now, school is a place. It has four walls, a roof, and we either want to send our kids there or we don’t. This makes me sad. In the same way a pastor would be sad if someone told him or her that church was the building, not the people, or the worship. If school is a place, then it’s education that we should be talking about. “That’s nice Mike but... How am I supposed to teach my kids and work from home?” “I’m an essential worker! I can’t work from home. What am I supposed to do with my kids?” These are valid points, and I am living them everyday. I am expected to teach remotely while helping my three kids learn remotely. Meanwhile, my wife is an essential worker who can’t work from home. These things are hard, but does that mean I should send my kids to a place called school during a global pandemic? The problem with school