learning, the months of loss of learning in reading and math for united states students based on covid loss is dramatic. i keep wondering why we re not hearing from the department of education about the need for summer school this year or the need for increased house of schooling in order to catch up. it s never a conversation that happens. do you think that is something that we should be looking at? well, i think we have to get the kids back on the curve. the problem is for some children, they re never going to get back on the curve without some intensive intervention. the harm that has ben done to them is going to last a lifetime for some of these kids. so yeah, i mean, i have 12 grandchildren, you know. nine of them are in school. it s an important thing that they get face-to-face learning. not to mention the other things that we talk about before. how many kids get their nutrition from school, how many get mental health services from
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May 14, 2021 19:17 IST
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The writer looks back at lost chances of reconnecting with a friend who died, after he contracted COVID-19
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The writer looks back at lost chances of reconnecting with a friend who died, after he contracted COVID-19
My WhatsApp is buzzing continuously and Facebook newsfeed is choking with COVID stories from back home. For some time I managed to hold myself together, but the news of losing one of my classmates to COVID last week broke me. He was only 42.
I spent the next 24 hours going through old albums, a stash of greeting cards and letters and memories. It was a roller coaster of emotions. I smiled one minute, sobbed the next. There were memories that we were able to share as a group. Photos from school days, for example, triggered those-were-the-days kind of conversations. Then there were our collective recollections of just what a great guy and a wonderful friend h
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VIDEO: Amarillo woman creates support group for those who lost loved ones to COVID-19 By Penny Kmitt | April 16, 2021 at 6:28 AM CDT - Updated April 16 at 9:31 AM
AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - BSA Hospice of the Southwest started a new âCOVID Lossâ support group with the help of a community member.
The group was started by Brooke Salinas after she lost her 51-year-old father in December.
âHe got admitted a few days before Thanksgiving and he passed away Dec. 31,â explained Salinas. âIt wasnât a sudden death, but it was very difficult because it was an emotional roller coaster every day. Itâs one of those things where you think it wont happen to me, but then it hits home and you start feeling alone.â
âIt is a traumatic lossâ: People dealing with grief and loss during pandemic
VIDEO: âIt is a traumatic lossâ: People dealing with grief and loss during pandemic By Vania Patino | January 21, 2021 at 9:45 PM CST - Updated January 21 at 10:12 PM
AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - For months, trackers across the country have monitored the number of deaths caused by COVID-19. But, along with those figures, there is another growing group of people affected, those grieving their loved ones.
Grief is different for everyone, and usually it doesnât go away, rather you learn to live with the loss.
But, experts say it is important to let yourself feel those emotions and go through what is called healthy grieving.