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Just as I was about to return to the classroom after medical leave, the school closures were enacted, and my already rough mental health has plummeted: feeling like my kids/year were stolen from me, knowing I won’t get to do all the special end-of-year fun activities with the class, and really struggling with my only relationships with my kids happening through buffering screens.
During spring break, with our reprieve from online meetings and emails ad nauseam, I made this silly video as a joke for my friends/coworkers who are feeling just as disconnected as a sort of creative quarantine (quarantative?) outlet, and I thought I’d share it here on BoredTeachers.com too for any teachers who might enjoy a little silliness in this remote teaching insanity. ??♀️??
Out in that World
Look at this stuff, isn’t it neat?
Who would have thought introversion could beat
The pandemic sweeping the world,
The world thats in…quarantine?
Look at this trove, treasures I’ve scored
How many wonders can one person hoard?
Lookin’ around here you’d think
Sure, she’s got everything
I’ve got hand sanitizer aplenty
I’ve got toilet paper galore
You want bottles of wine? I HAD twenty…
But who cares?
No big deal
I want more…
I wanna be where the people aren’t
I wanna see them at social distance
Staying apart at least 6 (what’s that word again?)
Oh, feet!
Staying inside you don’t get too far
But no pants required for online conference
calls where you mute yourself to—
What do I do all day?—eat!
Out where I’m not,
Out where it’s fun,
But where there’s high risk of contagion
One day you’ll see
We will be free
Out in that world
What would I give if I could live out of these quarters?
What would I pay to spend a day without cancelled plans?
Netflix is slammed, they understand
While we our all wash our hands with water
Soap that’s bubbling, sick of scrubbing,
Our dried out hands
I’m ready to know why some people go
Out when they shouldn’t and get some answers like:
What’s so dire and why do they want to watch the world burn?
When will they learn?
Sure, we’d all love,
Love to explore outside without gloves!
One day you’ll see
We’ll be COVID free
Out in that world
