After nearly two weeks of meetings, actual classrooms full of real-life students arrive in the building today. My classroom is organized; lessons are set; my first-day-school skirt and blouse are steamed and at-the-ready.
Like any start of school, there is the expectation of the unknown. The pandemic makes this an even greater concern. More than 80% of my students eligible to be vaccinated have had their jab. All of the faculty and staff are vaccinated. For now, we are not teaching hybrid and I am grateful for the chance to get to know my students before we navigate whatever madness Covid-19 brings.
This is my 20th year teaching at my school, a landmark of sorts, and my greatest hope is for a year of healthy in-person learning. That seems like a modest goal but if I have learned anything in the past two years of teaching, it’s that the seemingly modest goals are the most important of all.
Giddy up, y’all. Here we go…
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