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"Arrr! Three ol’ maps reveal landlubbers still flounder after the storm o' Covid! Avast, me hearties!"

2025-03-11

Arrr matey! Since the foul plague of Covid-19, our landlubber scholars be flounderin’ like fish outta water, and the gap betwixt the rich and poor be growin’ wider! Sarah Mervosh, the scribe of The New York Times, be spillin’ the beans in three fine charts on this classroom calamity!

Ahoy, ye landlubbers! Gather 'round for a tale of woe from the realm of education, where the tempest of the Covid-19 plague be wreakin' havoc on young scholars across the seven seas of America. Aye, it be a tale spun by none other than Sarah Mervosh, a scribe of great renown at The New York Times, who doth shine a lantern on the dark corners of K-12 learnin'.

In her cunning charts, she reveals the mighty storm that be widenin' the chasm of inequality in our fair land. The young scallywags, once eager to learn the ways of reading, writin', and arithmetic, now find themselves adrift, cast away on the shores of ignorance. With the pandemic’s vile grip, many a ship’s crew of educators be strugglin’ to keep their vessels afloat amidst a sea of disrupted lessons and lost knowledge!

So, heed this warning, ye salty sea dogs! The future of our youth be hangin' in the balance like a shipwrecked treasure chest, and without the proper care and support, we may find ourselves in a world where the only thing our young buccaneers know is how to avoid a kraken, instead of navigating the seas of knowledge!

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