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we found out the other day the kids finally are coming back to school! yay!

i am tired of making videos. since august, i have made maybe 200+ videos, no, maybe more like 300, for zoom classes, comment videos, lessons, etc. i know my face from every conceivable angle now!! argh!!!

sometimes i watch the videos to critique my teaching. i realize lately that this whole experience is making me a much better teacher. i've always had a knack for getting along with students, which i think is genetic since the whole gia family teaches or is retired from teaching. but now i care so much about the kids, like one of those middle-aged teachers i used to work with decades ago and just didn't get -- how could they worry about & think so much about & never mind LOVE "those kids"? how did they know all their families, their worries, their stories, their everything?

now i know. i adore these kids!!!! their lives are wrapped up with mine. i am deeply invested in these little people, & i love them so very much.

i wonder if covid teaching is doing this for most teachers -- making us more deeply-caring, careful, organized educators? that would be a great side-effect.