As Teachers' Unions Push for Remote Schooling Again, Parents Worry. So Do Democrats.

[Reader Rabbit]

9. This is a classic case of chickens coming home to roost.

For decades, the United States has piled responsibility after responsibility onto public education. Schools are basically the social safety net that the country doesn't provide to its citizens: childcare, counseling & therapy, social work, meals, and maybe—just maybe—a little education thrown in between the tiny cracks of time we have from all our other responsibilities.

And teachers have always been willing to shoulder these responsibilities "for the sake of the kids." Any mental health professional will tell you that a system that runs on emotional blackmail is dysfunctional. It's not at all surprising that teachers are finally crumbling under all those burdens. There's a fine line between martyrdom and suicide, and American society has finally pushed too many teachers across that line.