Quote Originally Posted by iris lilies View Post
I am saddened and depressed by the reports coming out on what kids across the country are not learning.

These are the kids that will be physicians treating me when I’m very old and frail. Oy vey. Will they even know anything having skipped basic building blocks in the sciences? Will the bridges I drive on fall down because the engineers missed basic principles in physics?

I believe that the kids who had very disrupted lives for a couple of years after Katrina demolished schools and homes were tested some years later and the conclusion was that the kids had recovered both knowledge and mental health up to their peers in unaffected areas.
Kids are resilient and will recover if given full support and opportunity.