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COVID Prayer – 7
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3 thoughts on “COVID Prayer – 7”
I was talking to my advisory students this morning about how it feels like we’re in a nuclear war. The isolation. The darkness (it doesn’t help it’s so cloudy in Chicago today). The fear to go out and, per chance, encounter another living soul.
But for me especially, it’s like a nuclear war sitting here trying to teach remotely, talking to black squares with profile pics of strange anime characters or basketball heroes. Desperately waiting for some sign of life. A flicker of their volume signal. A scratchy dissonance of someone, maybe, accidentally turning on their mic.
Despite a very gloomy Monday morning, the day went quite well. And today did too. Many more faces in their cameras than usual. I know it has lots to do with their sinking grades.
Hey, I totally agree with you that online instruction can work. It does work. I have Spanish 1 kids totally cruising along with me. That said, though, I know the vast majority of them are fully missing being in the classroom. And then, there’s a large number of students with IEPs that I’m really struggling to get to pay attention.
I remember here, on the blog, about 5 years ago when a lady popped in asking us if she could try to teach online. Our collective answer was, “No.” But we didn’t fully grasp the non-targeted thing back then.
I don’t bother looking for CI material anymore. Not for a long time. I know full well that the material is my mouth. The sounds that come from the team effort of my head, my heart, and my soul to communicate a message through the medium, like acrylics on canvas, of the Spanish language.
I’m so sorry to hear what Tina has been doing to you. Argh.