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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wish people would atop posting Missouri, Louisiana, Florida and Texas news bits.  We have different community conditions with high numbers of vaccinated and school mask mandates.[/quote]

Does Virginia work for you? See above.[/quote]

Oh no!!!  (...but they're back open on Monday after hundreds of teachers tested clean).[/quote]

Good.  I am trying to stay positive for next week but I am so scared everything is going to be shredded at a moment’s notice and I am going to have to rethink my courses and lesson plans and use the brand new applications FCPS bought to teach virtually.

I think I was naive to think covid was dying out, that school would be “normal” in the fall.  The world has changed fundamentally and irrevocably and I am fairly certain that teaching for the next ten years is going to rely heavily on digital tools that accommodate virtual learning even if there are a good many of us who would like education to be all about face to face interactions and in-person communities.

Denial is a powerful weapon against the trauma of realization, but I suppose I need to face our changing reality rather than believe I can wish them away.  I am going to have to be smarter and stronger and more flexible if I want to continue to be employed as a teacher.   [/quote]

It is wrong to say you are scared. You are quite honestly giddy for it to happen. Been digging up links all day to prove yourself right. You want schools to close so you can come tell the internet all your fearmongering was accurate. [/quote]

No, I really don’t want it to go virtual.  I am particularly screwed if we go all virtual next week because I am so inept with our new digital platforms.  What I don’t like is that other people have scared me enough to think in person learning is the rug about to be pulled out from underneath me.  I resent that I can’t put all my energy into preparing in-person activities because 1. I am not convinced I will actually get to do them, and 2. FCPS pretty much requires all learning activities have a digital counterpart or backup posted on Schoology.

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I’m a returning (new) full time teacher this year and I feel the same. And while prepping this week, so many colleagues kept saying “WHEN” we go virtual and I can’t listen to it. I’m focused on teaching in person and doing that the best I can. I can’t even let myself think about any other option. [/quote]

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