Morning. Back again so quickly.
Bob Moses coming out of the JBL this morning.
So, saw a meme this weekend. It mentioned two years ago this week was the last normal week we as educators had. Actually, it was also the last normal week the world had. And, we had no idea what was to come. None. In response to my reposting this meme, our former AA remembered she was asked to put together a quick PD for the teachers on how to post assignments to Teams because we might be out for a few days. A few days? We never returned to the school building that semester. Little did we know the journey we were about to embark upon.
At this point, I have spoken and written ad nauseum about these last two years. What it's meant to me and my leadership of Johns Creek HS. What it's done to education, good and bad. Still not sure we've dealt with the fallout completely. Still adjusting and redefining what we are. Or trying to grasp for what we were. It is a very weird place we find ourselves in education. And the world.
It has certainly changed us. I speak of us as a whole, not as educators. I am not sure the change has been good. The world feels less friendly. Less tolerant. More contentious. More fractured. Of course, that finds its way into our world as educators, which isn't great. What we are going to be is yet to be determined, both as educators and people.
I am writing this morning facing an uncertain future as an educational leader. It's a constant struggle trying to navigate it all. Trying to move us forward. To a more "normal" place. To a place more akin to this week two years ago. And yet answer to those that ask, "But, what about the impact of COVID?"
Fun times folks. Fun times. But, it's the chair I chose to sit in. Am I right?
As I spend today, and this week, reflecting on what was, I challenge you to do that same. Not to be prisoners to the past. But, to attempt to learn and evolve. As bad as the last two years have been, there have to be lessons that came from it. The lessons have to make us better. Right?
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