{"id":3586,"date":"2021-02-26T07:16:19","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T12:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/?p=3586"},"modified":"2021-02-26T07:16:19","modified_gmt":"2021-02-26T12:16:19","slug":"i-blame-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/?p=3586","title":{"rendered":"I Blame Others"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/JPA280.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"560\" height=\"404\" src=\"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/JPA280.jpg\" alt=\"I Blame Others\" class=\"wp-image-3587\" srcset=\"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/JPA280.jpg 560w, http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/JPA280-300x216.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As we come up to the one-year anniversary of the initial shut down here in Michigan, there have been plenty of stories around our education systems and the challenges the pandemic continues to bring. These three in particular served as food for thought:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.woodtv.com\/news\/michigan\/pandemic-compounds-teacher-burnout-prompting-retirements\/\">Pandemic compounds teacher burnout, prompting retirements.<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0A shortage of teachers was a growing issue before COVID-19, but now it has accelerated quickly.\u00a0Experienced\u00a0educators are taking early retirements or simply\u00a0quitting, and fewer bright young people are attracted to an increasingly difficult profession.<br><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/freep-mi.newsmemory.com?selDate=20210223&amp;goTo=A001&amp;artid=6\">Threats, recalls part of school board now.<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0Much like our voting system, schools are dependent on\u00a0engaged citizens who volunteer their time to give back to the community. It&#8217;s widely known and accepted that serving on a school board is often a thankless job. But\u00a0now it has become exceedingly stressful and potentially dangerous.<br><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.michiganradio.org\/post\/83-schools-go-back-classroom-most-vulnerable-kids-are-getting-left-behind\">As 83% of schools go back to the classroom, the most vulnerable kids are getting left behind.<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0Getting kids back into classrooms is a universal goal. But it&#8217;s not simple, and some students, parents, and schools are facing major obstacles.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>To&nbsp;summarize:&nbsp;Education has become even more complex and difficult this past year. And all of us standing on the sidelines offering nothing but our opinions? Yeah, that ain&#8217;t helping.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we come up to the one-year anniversary of the initial shut down here in Michigan, there have been plenty of stories around our education systems and the challenges the pandemic continues to bring. These three in particular served as food for thought:&nbsp; Pandemic compounds teacher burnout, prompting retirements.\u00a0A shortage of teachers was a growing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,13,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-editorial-cartoon","category-michiganpress-org","category-michiganradio-org"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3586"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3588,"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3586\/revisions\/3588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}