On the last day I saw my students, the weather was raining, gray, gusty. and matched my mood.
A birthday weekend for my daughter was approaching with tons to do to make it happen. Yet all the news was the Corona Virus getting worse and closings were likely. Would the parties go on? I was thinking of all the report cards I still had to get done sometime between now and the following week. I was thinking of an argument I had at home that morning, an upsetting start to my day. I was snappish with my students. I was less understanding at times. I felt on edge. I felt unsure of what would be. I didn't think we would be closed for weeks, maybe more. I didn't think that might be my last day in the classroom with them for quite some time, possibly ever. If I had known we were saying goodbye for an extended period, I would have spent more time sowing seeds of love and hope, of encouraging them to keep learning, to keep connected. I wish I could do it over.
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3/18/2020 09:17:34 am
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Sarah Parker
3/18/2020 09:44:06 am
You are your own worst critic I'm sure. Forgive yourself. Remember something positive you did do and lean into it.
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3/18/2020 11:26:25 am
What if you were to do it over? Invite students to play a distance learning game by sharing ideas with you about how to mark the last day (whenever that is) before we return to school after extended distancing, or how we should've spent that last day at school if we knew then what we're beginning to know now...
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