This has definitely been a unique start to the year, but I have to say that all things considered, I am loving it.
My district uses Microsoft Teams, and I dig OneNote, which is basically an online notebook for the kids and I to use. Now if only I could get the last few stragglers to figure out where their notebooks are. It's a process, to say the least. We will get there though, and I adore my students. One of my kiddos was super excited yesterday to show off his new pet chicken. It was one of the cutest things I have ever seen, him sitting in front of his iPad, the chicken beside him on the floor, as he was reading a book. I wish I could have taken a picture.
Eleanor has missed school so much and loves being back, despite the fact that I am so nervous every time I drop her off. She is one of ten kiddos in her class, and attends every other day. I know her school in particular is doing everything possible to keep kiddos safe, but relying on other people (especially in this stupid trump-loving state) to keep MY child safe and healthy is no good and if her district moves back to every student, every day, I will absolutely be pulling her from class and she will do her learning remotely.
The time away from the blog to get the school situation under control has also, once again, been marred by police brutality and more and more violence. How is a man going to walk away from police, only for the officer to grab his shirt and shoot him seven times in the back? NEWSFLASH: cops are not supposed to kill guilty people, either. So whether or not the charges against Jacob Blake are true, the attempted murder is not kosher. If he is guilty, then he should be in jail - NOT in a hospital bed, paralyzed from the waist down. Then on top of that we have a domestic terrorist being hailed as a hero for MURDERING two protesters, and trumplethinskin is talking about cans of soup as weapons? Fuck all the way off.
I have been reading a decent amount, but have just not had the energy to queue up posts because the beginning of the year really is exhausting. It is a different kind of exhausting this year, obviously, but exhausting all the same. By next week everything should be smoothed out in terms of tech issues and from there on out I will be good to go in getting back into my regular posts and getting reviews up.
From here I am finally going to get around to all the visits that are long overdue, I have missed seeing what you are all reading!
Happy Reading!
Sarah
