While most find it hard to get back into the swing of things in normal circumstances, heading back to secondary school with masks on after a summer of some freedom from restrictions is understandably more difficult.
The first-year pupil was daydreaming when she approached him with a question, to which he calmly admitted he wasn't listening. People have been praising the teacher for her attitude in that situation, and one wrote: "Thank you for being a teacher that accepted this response."I was reprimanded & spent so much time in detention peeling chewing gum from under chairs instead of being asked why my mind was so busy.""I’ve yet to meet a human being who doesn’t switch off sometimes, happens to everyone.