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Breathing.
Aug. 20th, 2020 08:48 pmThere aren't any real breathing problems with the masks. You just lift the mask and have a sip from your bottle. The heat doesn't help and that's why several days have been shortened. The German term for it is "hitzefrei" - when it's too hot for regular lessons. There are guidelines - 28° C in a classroom at 10 o'clock or so it is said. Usually the older students have to stay on but this year the powers that be have decided that it's too hot for them, too. Everyone - including the teachers - keeps waiting for the message on the intercom that today or tomorrow the lessons end earlier. And then there's cheering and everyone breathes a little lighter despite the masks.
There was one incident though but it wasn't connected to the special Corona circumstances.
The lesson over, he came back inside, choking back tears, his arms held high over his head. A classmate had punched him, hard, taking his breath away. He hadn't really given a reason, just to teach him a lesson because he was always saying stuff. But that wasn't actually true, he hadn't. Not for a long time.
The next day, the culprit was forthcoming with an explanation: That one bad word "Hurensohn" was enough for him. That's the reason they always give, as if that made it any better. They will use it freely and half the time they laugh it off. They should know by now that it doesn't impress us and that we don't accept it as an excuse.
It's true, the boy who got punched has a sharp tongue (and he can be bitingly funny). He's not a fighter though nor an athlete, so he needed to be put into his place. That's what another classmate told me later. "One punch is enough, miss, he won't try it again. You have to do it or he will keep making his comments."
A jester's life is dangerous.
There was one incident though but it wasn't connected to the special Corona circumstances.
The lesson over, he came back inside, choking back tears, his arms held high over his head. A classmate had punched him, hard, taking his breath away. He hadn't really given a reason, just to teach him a lesson because he was always saying stuff. But that wasn't actually true, he hadn't. Not for a long time.
The next day, the culprit was forthcoming with an explanation: That one bad word "Hurensohn" was enough for him. That's the reason they always give, as if that made it any better. They will use it freely and half the time they laugh it off. They should know by now that it doesn't impress us and that we don't accept it as an excuse.
It's true, the boy who got punched has a sharp tongue (and he can be bitingly funny). He's not a fighter though nor an athlete, so he needed to be put into his place. That's what another classmate told me later. "One punch is enough, miss, he won't try it again. You have to do it or he will keep making his comments."
A jester's life is dangerous.
