As you know, the title of this blog came from one of your colleagues' responses to my questions at the beginning of school closure. This is indeed, the weirdest year of any of our lives so far.
Think about the way you were encouraged to set up your lives before this to get some perspective. Most of my students readily shared with me that they were scheduled within an inch of their lives before the pandemic. Jobs, robotics team meetings, band practice, dance practice, softball lessons, helping family out at home, hockey club practice, meetings related to religion and faith, debate, quizbowl, speech, student council, DECA...all of this on top of and in competition with a full day of school and homework. During that school day, you were mostly told exactly where you needed to be on a moment-by-moment basis. When I would ask students why they maintained such hectic schedules, they'd invariably talk about how it would prepare them for the future, ranging from participating in activities as "resume builders" for college applications to work that would allow them to save money, develop specific skills and build direct connections for their next life. And now many of you seem to be pretty bored. Of course you are--think about it! It's impossible for adults to fill your lives right now at the level to which you were used to keeping yourself occupied. You'll get very few chances in live to hit the pause button and it's just been hit for you. How are you getting through it? What sort of person do you want to be when you come out on the other side?
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