I've been social distancing since Friday, 3/13/2020. I had seen news about the novel coronavirus beginning in January, when students asked about it and we watched a video to discuss it. I'm not sure who might have thought, then, that this is the situation that would unfold. I didn't pay too much attention and wasn't too concerned until I saw the news that Harvard was going to online instruction only. That got my attention, as would the news from any major university. I started noticing how rapidly other institutions of higher learning were making similar decisions, and I realized the situation had become deadly serious.
I'm seeing postings about how we will all come together and this will bring about change in the US b/c we are learning the significance of everyday working people--truck drivers, delivery people, grocery store staff, health care workers (HCWs), teachers. I am shaking my head. I doubt anything will change, and too many Americans will continue to live paycheck-to-paycheck; too many companies will pay workers as little as they can get away with; our governments will continue to pour money into the "top" (corporate relief) despite the incredible amount of evidence that it doesn't trickle down to the rest of us.
Americans have short memories. I wonder if we could prove that those who left their homelands in the 1600s, 1700s, and 1800s, were statistically more likely to have ADD/ADHD or some other executive function deficit. Our inability to remember lessons learned is sometimes frightening. The historian in me wants an explanation. The special ed teacher in me just wants solutions.
I'm seeing postings about how we will all come together and this will bring about change in the US b/c we are learning the significance of everyday working people--truck drivers, delivery people, grocery store staff, health care workers (HCWs), teachers. I am shaking my head. I doubt anything will change, and too many Americans will continue to live paycheck-to-paycheck; too many companies will pay workers as little as they can get away with; our governments will continue to pour money into the "top" (corporate relief) despite the incredible amount of evidence that it doesn't trickle down to the rest of us.
Americans have short memories. I wonder if we could prove that those who left their homelands in the 1600s, 1700s, and 1800s, were statistically more likely to have ADD/ADHD or some other executive function deficit. Our inability to remember lessons learned is sometimes frightening. The historian in me wants an explanation. The special ed teacher in me just wants solutions.
