Today we arrived to frigid conditions in school. Since we open our windows every 20 minutes due to COVID rules, the students like our usually efficient heaters (me – I mostly don’t care; the advantage of hot flashes). However today the heaters were cold when we arrived and stayed cold. The first thought was to tell the janitor. Then our brains kicked in and we finally came to the conclusion that it is probably a measure to conserve energy. A decision due to the war Russia is waging against Ukraine.
It was cold, admittedly, but now with days getting longer it is bearable. I’ve sent a message to all learners who were absent today (lots of sick students and/or their children at the moment) to bring warm sweaters and cardigans. It’s the least we can do.
Heute kamen wir in eine kalte Schule. Da wir wegen Corona alle 20 Minuten lüften, sind die Schüler sehr von unserer effizienten Heizung angetan (mir ist das ziemlich egal; ein Pluspunkt von Hitzewallungen). Aber heute waren die Heizkörper kalt und blieben es auch. Zuerst wollten wir dem Hausmeister Bescheid geben. Dann fingen unsere Hirne an zu arbeiten und wir kamen schließlich zu der Erkenntnis, dass es sich wahrscheinlich um Energiesparmaßnahmen handelt. Eine Reaktion auf den Krieg, den Russland gegen die Ukraine führt.
Es war zugegebenermaßen kalt, aber da die Tage jetzt länger werden, ist es erträglich. Ich habe den Lernern, die heute abwesend waren (viele kranke Schüler und/oder Kinder im Moment), eine Mitteilung zukommen lassen, dass sie warme Pullis und Westen mitbringen sollen. Das ist das Mindeste, was wir tun können.
That’s ok if you’ve been warned, as you did your absent students. I’d have been wearing six jumpers,a woolly hat, a scarf, boots – the lot. My days of hot flushes are long gone.
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The wages of war just keep spreading. I hope tomorrow is warmer in the classroom.
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Well done for warning your absent students, Elke
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My internal heater doesn’t work. I’m either cold or hot and sometimes both at the same time in different parts of my body! I didn’t know you were a teacher. Awesome! We used to have classrooms without air conditioning in CA where it got over 100 degrees on a regular basis. Very hot! I sympathize with you in your cold room!!’
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It’s been warming up with spring weather. 🙂 And I am teaching but I’m not a teacher. I just kind of slipped in the activity.
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Still awesome!
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😊 Thank you.
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