Back to Campus

There was an accident on the road and my commute was horrendous. I was almost late. I walked into the building and saw lots of students not social distancing. I grabbed my brand new face shield, and it was a defect or something. The plastic was like etched glass, all white. Couldn't see out of it. Sent some panicked emails, eventually tracked down a new one. I've never been in my room before and couldn't really figure out the sound system. I had a new face shield that still creates a big of a foggy glare, similar to (really) dirty glasses. Several students had masks below their noses. Two removed them during class (not for the entire time, temporarily).




It's was a mentally exhausting process. I'm not sure if this becomes normal at some point, or if education becomes a permanent place of anxiety and frustration instead of a place of innovation and collaboration.