My native city of Kharkiv is right on the border with Russia. Russian missiles can reach it in under a minute, and it's been suffering constant shelling.
But as the school year approaches, Kharkovites are dedicated to sending their children to school in person. Dozens of classes were built in the large, spacious subway stations of the city. Children deserve not to be stuck in front of screens and have that be called "education".
I went out with my Ukrainian instructor yesterday. When I told her about COVID lockdowns, she laughed gently. "That wouldn't work with Ukrainians," she said. "Nobody tells us what we can do."
I keep wondering why we locked our kids up to stare at screens and unravel mentally over the sniffles while other people are trying to organize real education for their kids under bomb raids.
Subway classrooms
The subway classrooms will be finished in time for the first day of class on September 1st. Knowing Russians, they'll probably do a particularly massive air raid on that day. In the most recent Russian air raids, Ukrainian anti-missile forces take down 99% of the missiles before they reach their target.
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