Secret Teacher: Dreading the full return to schools, while struggling with long Covid

"Does Ireland value education and teachers less? People are vocal about getting children back to school, but less vocal about what happens after that."

High school students at school, wearing N95 Face masks.

My Long Covid feels like it’s getting longer.

Granted, this week was my first time back in school for classes with my fifth years, alongside remote teaching. But my level of tiredness isn’t normal. And it’s getting me down. I absolutely must ‘take to the bed’ for at least an hour or two a day, and that’s on top of a good night’s sleep. I don’t wake feeling refreshed, just a little less painfully tired. Last Friday, most uncharacteristically, the promise of a couple of glasses of wine didn’t even keep me up. And then I spent most of Saturday asleep too. My husband took my kids out to the woods. I stayed in bed.