The new “normal” and abandoned Chromebooks
I haven’t posted lately, and honestly I haven’t known quite what to post. Every day I wake up with a new feeling about the current situation we all seem to be in. I have trouble getting all those thoughts and feelings into something coherent that I can actually write out with any remanence of finesse.
Tonight, however, I went to my classroom. I just went to get some things to bring home. It is a different situation than the last time I was in there. The last time I was there, I was frantically trying to print off AMI work and was still in the dark about whether or not my classroom would get any use before the end of the term. Tonight, my classroom was the same as ever but now the situation is completely different.
When I say that my classroom was the same as ever, I mean it looks the same as the day I left it in March. Chromebooks were still out on the tables, abandoned for weeks, just like my students set them on the table to go to their next classes not 5 minutes prior. Notebooks and binders left in the room, my students probably planning to get them later on, that will now be of no further use. Projects my students were so proud of still hanging on the wall. Standing in my room was like my last class had stacked all the chairs on the table without noticing Chromebooks were still out, as per usual, and just evaporated. The room that I have made mine for three years now seemed almost foreign.
Uncertainty is the buzz word of the time in which we find ourselves. Things that were once routine and familiar have now been turned upside down and inside out. Things that we never thought we would see in our lifetime is what we are dredging through every day. Doolally, topsy-turvy, disheveled...whatever you want to call it...it is what it is and it is where we are.
I know we as a society, as a country, as a world, are just doing our best. We are all adjusting to the new “normal.” It is so many adjectives in one. It is not all negative....the time to recharge and reflect, the time with family, and the time with my animals has been my saving grace in these uncertain times. As morbid as this may sound, things like what we are experiencing now really remind you of what is important in life. It also gives you time to rediscover parts of you that have been forgotten or collecting dust.
These are the days that will make or break us. I, along with many others I am sure, are hoping for the first option.
Tonight, however, I went to my classroom. I just went to get some things to bring home. It is a different situation than the last time I was in there. The last time I was there, I was frantically trying to print off AMI work and was still in the dark about whether or not my classroom would get any use before the end of the term. Tonight, my classroom was the same as ever but now the situation is completely different.
When I say that my classroom was the same as ever, I mean it looks the same as the day I left it in March. Chromebooks were still out on the tables, abandoned for weeks, just like my students set them on the table to go to their next classes not 5 minutes prior. Notebooks and binders left in the room, my students probably planning to get them later on, that will now be of no further use. Projects my students were so proud of still hanging on the wall. Standing in my room was like my last class had stacked all the chairs on the table without noticing Chromebooks were still out, as per usual, and just evaporated. The room that I have made mine for three years now seemed almost foreign.
Uncertainty is the buzz word of the time in which we find ourselves. Things that were once routine and familiar have now been turned upside down and inside out. Things that we never thought we would see in our lifetime is what we are dredging through every day. Doolally, topsy-turvy, disheveled...whatever you want to call it...it is what it is and it is where we are.
I know we as a society, as a country, as a world, are just doing our best. We are all adjusting to the new “normal.” It is so many adjectives in one. It is not all negative....the time to recharge and reflect, the time with family, and the time with my animals has been my saving grace in these uncertain times. As morbid as this may sound, things like what we are experiencing now really remind you of what is important in life. It also gives you time to rediscover parts of you that have been forgotten or collecting dust.
These are the days that will make or break us. I, along with many others I am sure, are hoping for the first option.