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graculusMarch seemed to go on forever and suddenly we're a week away from the end of April, how did that happen?
As suspected, our lockdown over here in the UK was extended by another 3 weeks and we're getting used to the new normal. Fortunately, the sun has been shining most of the time and I think that has helped a bit - I'm lucky enough to have a garden, so I can take advantage of that if I start going stir-crazy, but the good weather helps people want to get outside if they need to as well. I'm also getting paid and don't mind my own company, so really this isn't having as much of an effect on me as it will be on many people.
Work is fairly relaxed, unexpectedly so. My main anxiety had been that our senior managers were going to go 'you teach 14 hours a week, we have the technology, now just get on and do that online' but that doesn't seem to have happened in my setting at least. I don't have a webcam or microphone and the places where I could get a work laptop from are closed, so my only way of doing online stuff is to email people, post it on a website for them to access (much less likely) or via my phone.
I'm doing my very first Zoom tutorial with some of my students this evening, so we'll see what happens - since I teach adults, everyone is off living their lives and doesn't necessarily want to prioritise talking to me. Which is a point of view I absolutely understand and will defend their right to choose to do so.
Beyond that, the meal planning has gone out of the window now things seem to have stabilised a little in terms of supermarket supplies. I'm restricting myself to one big shop per week, usually early on a Tuesday morning - plenty of toilet rolls but still no flour. I'm okay at the moment, as I'd stocked up a while before all this started, but soon pizza will be a no go. :(
My concentration span has grown a little, as I was flitting from one thing to the next, and I have a bunch of stuff I still could do if I put my mind to it. One of those things is footwork practice, as my general fitness hasn't been a priority, though it looks like I'm going to have time to do something about that.
I suspect we'll get a further extension in a couple of weeks and my money's on us going back to face-to-face teaching after May half term (so, early June) - that's assuming that schools go back too, as a lot of the people I teach would only be able to come to class if their kids aren't at home. None of this is going to go away any time soon, though at least we know how it's going to work if it all kicks off again later in the year!
As suspected, our lockdown over here in the UK was extended by another 3 weeks and we're getting used to the new normal. Fortunately, the sun has been shining most of the time and I think that has helped a bit - I'm lucky enough to have a garden, so I can take advantage of that if I start going stir-crazy, but the good weather helps people want to get outside if they need to as well. I'm also getting paid and don't mind my own company, so really this isn't having as much of an effect on me as it will be on many people.
Work is fairly relaxed, unexpectedly so. My main anxiety had been that our senior managers were going to go 'you teach 14 hours a week, we have the technology, now just get on and do that online' but that doesn't seem to have happened in my setting at least. I don't have a webcam or microphone and the places where I could get a work laptop from are closed, so my only way of doing online stuff is to email people, post it on a website for them to access (much less likely) or via my phone.
I'm doing my very first Zoom tutorial with some of my students this evening, so we'll see what happens - since I teach adults, everyone is off living their lives and doesn't necessarily want to prioritise talking to me. Which is a point of view I absolutely understand and will defend their right to choose to do so.
Beyond that, the meal planning has gone out of the window now things seem to have stabilised a little in terms of supermarket supplies. I'm restricting myself to one big shop per week, usually early on a Tuesday morning - plenty of toilet rolls but still no flour. I'm okay at the moment, as I'd stocked up a while before all this started, but soon pizza will be a no go. :(
My concentration span has grown a little, as I was flitting from one thing to the next, and I have a bunch of stuff I still could do if I put my mind to it. One of those things is footwork practice, as my general fitness hasn't been a priority, though it looks like I'm going to have time to do something about that.
I suspect we'll get a further extension in a couple of weeks and my money's on us going back to face-to-face teaching after May half term (so, early June) - that's assuming that schools go back too, as a lot of the people I teach would only be able to come to class if their kids aren't at home. None of this is going to go away any time soon, though at least we know how it's going to work if it all kicks off again later in the year!
