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8/20 隨筆---一封讓人感到心情沉重的信

(2021-08-21 07:59:38) 下一個

 Last week, our superintendent got alert by town police department that a physical threat against her from social media has been notified. The threat was made in response to a parent communication that was snet to families in which our superintendent referenced the Governor’s current executive order that requires masks in schools through Sept 30th.

"上周,我們校區總監收到警察局的預警,告知有人在社交平台上對其發出人身威脅。威脅是回應她前段時間與幾個家庭開展的對話。在那次對話上,她重申在9月30日前到校上課的學生必須戴口罩,這是依照州長的指令進行的。

  Let’s model for our children, be civilian, kindness, empathy. We know some community members might not be clear the existence of the executive order from Governor. But it does exist and we have put the document to prove. In the future, this executive order may be removed, but currently it works till Sept 30th.

讓我們給孩子們做出榜樣:禮貌,善良,富有同情心。 我們知道一些社區成員不清楚這份州長關於入校戴口罩的指令是否真實的存在。將來,這一規定可能會變化,但當前州長確實有這樣的規定,我們已經將文件展示給大家了。我們希望這樣的澄清對於大家有幫助。"

早晨,我從外麵走路回來,看到這封郵件,心情氣憤又沉重。我和校總監沒見過麵,卻感覺很親近。原因是幾年前,我想讓兒子轉學到此鎮,當時因為買的房子尚未交付,我們並不符合入學條件。但經我寫給校總監的一封信,兒子被提前接受了。

 

我一直對她心存感激。那段時間的頭幾個月,我去了幾次教育局,對他們表示感謝。我謝過了兩位下麵的領導,卻一直沒見到過總監本人。去年9-12月疫情期間,她每周都會寫社區家長學生寫信,通報疫情。在她的信中,信息透明公開,讓人們知道病毒的真實存在。盡管這樣,我卻感受到了她的沉靜與理性。很多時候,我覺得我與她很像。我們都不否認病毒的存在,但我們都知道生活工作學習要繼續。故我們要用嚴肅,沉靜,理性的心去麵對這場疫情。

 

當時,在讀完一封信後,我心潮洶湧。我在網上找到了她辦公室的電話,打了過去。接起電話的是她的秘書,說她不在,但問了我的電話號碼,說過後她會打電話給我。下午,她的秘書打電話給我,說總監下午還有會要開,今天不能給我回電話了,抱歉。我以為客套話完了,沒有下文,卻不想第二天一早我收到了總監的來電。我說了幾年前我對她的感激,對整個學校社區的感受,說我身為這個社區的一員,感到溫暖幸福,也願意為維護這種氛圍出一份力。。。

I read this letter after I got home from walk, my heart was heavy and filled with anger, the anger to the people who threated our beloved superintendent.  I have never met her in person, but I feel being close to her.

 

Years ago, we lived in another town. After a heartbroken experience my son has in school, I decided to find him a new school, a school full of teachers and staffs with passsion, empathy and kindness.  Recommended by church people, I found this town. I found a nice condo in thist town, but the current owner can’t move out in 45 days. I desperately need my son to study in the new school, so I followed the suggestion from a staff of education department. I wrote a letter to superintendent, explaining our situation. With her approval, I registered my son. Since then he has been studying happily in this school district. I still remembered vividly the scene when primary principle Laura talked with me and my son, my son was mute, I knew his feeling, he still suffered from the bad experience he has in previous school, after that, Laura gave us a tour in school. 

 

At the first two years, I visited the education department a few times to express my gratitude. I met a few office staffs, but I never met superintendent. Last year, during the pandemic, I sent my son to school to take in-person classes since he told me in-person learning is a bette for him.

 

Once a week, superintendent sent parents a letter, in which she gave a brief on school district fight against covid-19 in the past a week. In the first paragraph, she always said she is so proud for what our students, staffs and parents have done. In the 2nd paragraph, she announced the numbers of positive cases, the close contact students and staffs have been informed to have two weeks’ quarantine and how the” close contact” was identified.  In the 3r paragraph, she encourage students and parents keeping their vigilance to the virus.

 

The typical symptoms of COVID-19 was always be listed at the end of the letter.

我本以為這種事情不會發生在康州,我們的小鎮,這裏的人都善良,理性,冷靜,富有同情心,也相對更相信和尊重科學數據。沒想到並非如此。以往的社會給了人們太多的自由和包容,現在稍被管製一下都覺得承受不了。

 

這些日子,阿富汗問題是全球的焦點,早上看了朋友圈裏的《阿富汗女孩》視頻後,心想:美國在阿富汗二十年的成果,十幾天就被塔利班全然摧毀,看過這片後心中有點自己的想法:美國,阿富汗兩種文化就相當於地極的兩極,怎是幾十年駐軍就能改變的?失敗是必然。也難怪拜登說,"對於一群不想保護自己國家的人,美軍在那裏多留一年還是五年,都是沒有意義的"他學了次川普,沒有說政治正確的話。

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魏薇 回複 悄悄話 回複 '奔跑的森林' 的評論 :生活就是充滿了權衡,理解,妥協, 不然怎麽辦?家庭破碎,失去工作。。。這場疫情考驗著每個人,每個家庭,每個社區,以至國家
奔跑的森林 回複 悄悄話 病毒似乎不會離開,口罩必須永遠戴下去給懦弱的人以心理安慰。
魏薇 回複 悄悄話 回複 'ahniu' 的評論 : 我是瞎寫著玩,連半麵之詞都談不上。以後注意不瞎寫了。
魏薇 回複 悄悄話 回複 '渥楓' 的評論 : 我沒聽他的講話,隻是從別人的博文中看了他說的某一句話。我表達的意思不對,應該是"他也像川普一樣,說了句會遭到圍攻的話"
ahniu 回複 悄悄話 一麵之詞。
渥楓 回複 悄悄話 拜登當了次川普?他也太高看自己了!
拜登自己無能,把撤軍潰敗失敗歸於前任,太無恥,讓世界笑話。
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