I am in a rare situation, where I am both a teacher and a parent, and get to see the frustrations from both sides of the current world wide education shut down.

我处在一种罕见的情况下，我既是老师又是父母，并且看到当前全球教育的两方面的挫败感都被关闭了。

I understand parents are frustrated that their kids are not learning at school and that parents are now tasked with both caring for their kids during the day and assisting them with schoolwork.

我了解父母对于孩子们不在学校学习感到沮丧，现在父母要承担的任务是白天照顾孩子并协助他们完成学业。

I understand that as parents we don’t always know how to help the kids with these situations. We don’t have time to do our work and take care of our kids. We can’t afford to miss work, or afford the extra food, electricity, and computers that the kids need to stay home and learn.

我了解作为父母，我们并不总是知道如何在这些情况下帮助孩子。 我们没有时间做我们的工作和照顾我们的孩子。 我们不能错过工作，也不能负担孩子们留在家中学习所需的额外食物，电力和计算机。

I understand that a lot of parents need to vent and teachers are the easy target. But please empathise.

我知道很多父母需要发泄，而老师是容易的目标。 但是请同情。

Teachers are working through a situation that most of us are not trained for. We are taking care of your children on a machine that makes it really easy to be distracted or avoid class altogether.

老师正在经历我们大多数人未受过训练的情况。 我们会在一台机器上照顾您的孩子，这真的很容易分散他们的注意力或完全避免上课。

At the same time we are tutoring our own children to learn and stay healthy. We are trying to keeep a calm presence, so that the children can still feel calm and collected. When the adults in a child’s life panic, the children learn to panic. If we panic or act panicky easily they will panic easily too.

同时，我们正在辅导自己的孩子学习和保持健康。 我们正在努力保持镇定的状态，以使孩子们仍然可以感到镇定并得到镇定。 当成年人在孩子的生活中感到恐慌时，孩子们会学会恐慌。 如果我们容易惊慌或惊慌失措，他们也会很容易惊慌。

Same with anger if we lash out at people for small things, guess what the children will do?

如果我们在小事上向人们大肆抨击，猜想孩子们会做什么，这与愤怒同样。

If you are angry with the situation, great. Help the situation get better. Discuss your feelings with the kids, do the right thing by wearing a mask and staying 2 meters from people as much as possible, so that this whole thing clears up and we can all be back in a classroom in September.

如果您对这种情况感到生气，那就太好了。 帮助情况变得更好。 与孩子讨论您的感受，戴上口罩并尽可能与人保持2米的距离，做对的事情，使整个事情变得清晰起来，我们都可以在9月回到教室。

If you are worrried about your child falling behind. Don’t be. Who are they falling behind? The other children who had to learn the same way? Teachers will help the children catch up and they will be back on track within 1 month of returning to school. Our first priority is and should always be the safety of the children.

如果您担心孩子落后。 不用了 他们落后谁了？ 其他必须以相同方式学习的孩子？ 老师将帮助孩子们追赶，他们将在重返学校后的1个月内回到正轨。 我们的首要任务是并且应该永远是儿童的安全。

If you are complaining about the cost and demanding teachers get a pay cut, please empathise.

如果您在抱怨成本，并要求教师减薪，请同感。

Imagine you have to do all your work over video conferencing now. It takes you twice as long to prepare, and twice as long to do your paperwork. Which means even less time with your family EVEN THOUGH you are at home with them. How would you feel if the client demanded that they pay less just because you are not in the office where it is easier and more convenient to do business?

想象一下，您现在必须通过视频会议来完成所有工作。 准备工作的时间是您的两倍，而文书工作的时间则是您的两倍。 这意味着与家人在一起的时间更少，即使您在家与他们在一起。 如果客户只是因为您不在办公室里做生意更容易，更方便而要求他们少付钱，您会感觉如何？

Empathy is an important skill to have in both society and in business. It is also learned passively. It can’t be taught academically. Children learn it by observing the adults in their life. When parents don’t show it, teachers have a harder time teaching it. Thinking about how others feel in a situation doesn’t take much, and everyone can do it.

同情是在社会和商业中都必须具备的一项重要技能。 它也是被动学习的。 它不能在学术上教授。 孩子们通过观察成年人的生活来学习它。 如果父母不展示它，老师将很难教它。 思考别人在某种情况下的感觉并不需要太多，每个人都可以做到。

Help tech your kids positive problem solving skills at home, and empathy. Appreciate that you won’t always be given the chance to be with them like this. They appreciate it, so should you.

帮助您的孩子在家中培养积极的问题解决能力和同理心。 意识到您不会总是有机会像这样与他们在一起。 他们赞赏，您也应该赞赏。

Thank you.