Friday was Matthew Morris’s first day back in class after contracting COVID-19 earlier this month. His Grade 7 students, who returned two days earlier, bombarded the Toronto teacher with one question — but not the one he’d anticipated.
“‘Can we have gym?’ at least half a dozen times from 9:00 to 9:05,” he recalled, with amusement.
Morris explained why he’d been gone, but instead of a flurry of questions or the awkward reception he’d expected — they listened nonchalantly and simply moved on. “We kind of rolled right into where we left off in December, so it was definitely a good feeling.”
Still, school is
