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Hello and welcome to Spectator Out Loud.

Each week we choose three of our favourite pieces from the magazine and ask their writers to read them aloud.

I'm Oscar Edmondson and on the podcast this week.

As schools in Ukraine start to reopen, will they be safe?

Svetlana Morinets takes us through the changes to the syllabus and the difficult decision parents are having to take over whether to send their children back to school.

Then, Cindy Yu on why she would be the perfect communist shill,

before John Connolly tells us why cow attacks

are no laughing matter. First up, Svetlana Morinettes. For the first time since Russia's

invasion, schools in Ukraine are starting to reopen. For many parents, including my own, this presents

a dilemma. Is it safe for pupils to return?

My brother is seven and has spent the past year doing remote learning, which is hard enough in countries at peace, let alone those fighting and invasion.

A return to school would be good for his education, but then again

might there be the danger of Russian airstrikes? Parents at my brother's school have

been asked to vote on whether they would prefer pupils to continue with online learning or

return, with all the risks involved.

It is estimated that at least 3,000 of Ukraine's, 12,800 schools will reopen their doors.

Many do not have proper bomb shelters, which are a necessity for a country digging in for a long war.

Given that air warnings sometimes last for hours, pupils need desks and toilets underground

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