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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.

School's out for summer! (I am a 1st grade teacher.) In our last staff meeting our principal asked us to list things we never want to hear or do again after this crazy year. Here's a partial list: I never want to hear these words/phrases again: *Asynchronous/ synchronous *Roomies and Zoomies (our way of addressing the two groups we were teaching - Roomies are in class with me and Zoomies are on the video conference screen) *You're muted! *Push your mute button *type it in the chat *pull up your mask... yes, over your nose too *don't touch me/him/that *social distance I never want to do these things again: *have two sets of students-some in my classroom and others at home *teach on Google Meet *refuse a hug from a 6 year old because of social distancing *tell kids they can't play near each other or help each other or share materials *sit kids at desks 6 ft apart and tell them they can't leave their desk area ALL DAY *teach everything in whole group lessons because we can't have socially-distanced reading groups or learning centers *go an entire year without meeting a student or their parent face to face *go an entire year with inviting family members of my students to the classroom/school *teach with a mask on (this one still might be around next school year though...) Covid-19 has really helped me see the beauty and importance in so much of what we did in the past, and made me long for just an average school day! I can't wait to get back to normal!