Reading the news

Today was wildly unproductive. 2 dog walks and a binge of Tiger King on Netflix. 

It’s ending in the massive disappointment of learning the Big Brother Canada is ending early. I feel like Covid 19 has taken so much already and now reality TV?!

So instead of that I want to write about something I read in the news today.

In Kentucky and Florida parents are throwing Coronavirus Parties with the hopes of infecting themselves and their children in order to build herd immunity.

Like, what?!

That’s insane.

Deliberately exposing yourself and children to a potentially deadly virus willingly. I can’t even understand it. Not only are they putting their own health at risk, but also the health of everyone that they might come in contact with. 

It might be due to my husband being immunocompromised, but this is so upsetting to me. We need to be smarter than that to stop the spread to protect everyone else.

I started thinking about work again today. I pushed it to the back to take a break for the last couple of days but as Monday draws near I want to be prepared. 

I don’t mean like posting tasks or marking or anything like that. More big picture thinking. A goal that I’m setting for myself is to think beyond the computer. There’s obviously value in virtual classrooms and posting readings and the like, but I’d like to find ways to give my students a break from the screen. How can we encourage them to (safely) get outside for a bit? Maybe switch rooms? Do something on paper? I intend to be mindful about these things.

A good thing to end the day - I was able to schedule or grocery order for Friday! We can eat a week earlier than anticipated! 

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