He is senior academic adviser in the history department of the University of Minnesota. (CNN) I was doing OK with this lockdown until schools officially closed for the academic year. Tim Walz announced in late April that schools were closed for the year, I was wrecked. That's the moment I decided that something had to give, and what's more, that "something" would be my time and my work. Still, despite the impossibility of trying to work full time and take care of the kids -- let alone educate them -- I had been resisting even contemplating taking the time off.

Source: CNN May 07, 2020 20:37 UTC