And, in all of them, vulnerable should continue to self-isolate or practice careful social distancing. So they have numerous benchmarks and ways that society will reopen. We feel out of control because we are out of control (in many ways).Īnd I hit walls because the plans released from the federal government really put my well-being low on the “return to normal” path. To let the moment be as overwhelming and emotional as it feels in a given moment. I read more about relaxing our expectations of our productivity. Which I understand, because my own thoughts tend to feel like smoke and spiderwebs. My middle schooler, meanwhile, is given to more emotional melt-downs. Or checking schoolwork while sitting in the school parking lot for wifi. Those families picking up paper packets once a week outside the school. We live in a rural area where many students do not have access to high speed internet (or internet at all). While whispers started circulating online that schools should be considering how they’re going to manage classes in the fall. And another “How will that work, exactly?” without solid answers. The shift towards pass/fail was another change with understanding how this world is forming all around us. They see the value in building understanding for when they enroll in the next level of classes. The teens here are going to keep working on their work. Then, two days later, a notice arrived that classes would be pass/fail. (Spoiler: it didn’t stay as daily video classes which was a relief)
Because they’re already busy working through assignments. Along with the usual homework and assignments… which earned a freakout. The teens tried wrapping their heads around four hours a day, potentially, of watching online classes. Except it didn’t say how or where (Zoom? Google classroom?) these classes would meet. In what happened this week, the high school sent instructions on Monday that there would be expected times for each class to meet online. When I see time unspooling in ever-shifting horizons, frustration and exhaustion overwhelm me. Which is so many weeks! We’ve been home for 5 weeks so far. And now it feels like it was hopelessly small.
And we stay at home listening to it all while trying to wrestling with different outcomes. Other folks may demand that they can direct the timeline via various openings on various dates. Experts say that the virus controls the timeline. We have this strange limbo that refuses to accept timelines. History books can say the pandemic began on this date and officially ended on another date. In the future, this time will have bookends.
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