We’re Not Ready for School

Scott Gilman
7 min readJul 2, 2020

How we as a country prepare for and deal with the upcoming school year will reflect our values and priorities.

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Do we value each other, and by each other I mean all us, whites and people of color, women and men, children and senior citizens, essential workers and teachers and medical professionals, the sick and the healthy?

Or are we slaves to the almighty dollar and our perceived freedom to do whatever we want, whenever we want, unwilling to make sacrifices for the greater good, at any cost, including our very lives?

We’re about to find out.

Our collective response to the rapidly approaching school year will be like a mirror reflecting back to us what we truly value.

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Scott Gilman

Thinking and writing about my place in the world, and making myself (and the world) a little bit better. I can be reached at scottmgilman@gmail.com.