#sol2020 Things I Never Could Have Imagined

 

I've spent a lifetime in schools, as a student, teacher, mentor, and THOUGHT I had heard and seen everything; however, this fall, I am teaching grad students, observing a kindergarten virtual school, and homeschooling a preschooler, providing me with some interesting observations on learning remotely.  There are many things I never could have imagined. 

• "You will have to pretend those due dates aren't in the syllabus because school hasn't started!"
• "It looks like a cat is coming to writers' workshop today.  Can cats write?"
• "I don't want to color.  I just want to play"
• "I'm walking home, professor, but I hear you loud and clear."
• "Not sure who sneezed, but bless you."
• "I'm not sure what the number of my Breakout group was?"
• "Un-mute yourself."
• "How do you do observations virtually?"
• "Stop playing with your mouse!"
• "Pay attention." **** some things are normal....teachers have been saying this forever....