Well, here we are on week 2 of school already, believe it or not. The summer break, while welcomed more than any other summer break of my life, was short and sweet. It was SUCH a relief to take a break from the day to day grind of distance learning in the Spring. It had been a pretty terrible experience. No one knew what they were doing, so I don't blame the teachers (for the most part, but that's another story). No one was prepared to be thrust into the throes of teaching from afar and on one was prepared to be expected to learn that way, either. The teachers were inaccessible, unavailable (some more than others) and just throwing worksheets and heavy assignments at us. Oh, and all in Spanish, mind you. That was the icing on the cake. The stale, crumbling and mold-ridden cake.
Okay, I'm done being dramatic. Life has moved on. We in no way could have imagined back on Friday the 13th of March, when school in-person suddenly came to a screeching halt, that the doors of these institutions would STILL be shut over 5 months later. But here we are. Back to school looked very different this year. We didn't have to buy backpacks, I'm not having to pack lunches (hip-hip-hurray!), I have all my babies safe and under my roof....AND the teachers are so far doing a phenomenal job with their jobs. They are actually TEACHING this time around! Yes, there are plenty of Zoom meetings and it's not ideal for the kids...but it is soooo much better than last April-June that I'll take it over that experience any way. That said, we are only on week 2 so the more challenging work hasn't quite started yet. That will be when things get a bit more intense I can imagine.
