100 days
Today marks 100 days of living in COVID-19 lockdown for me. It is a new normal, and I am getting used to it. The changes in routines and habits no longer seem strange, but I remember how it used to be — and that is reason to pause and reflect. My fingers are crossed that we are in some sort of mid-point in our COVID-19 living experience, so I’m using this 100-day mark to take stock. When teaching, I do an informal mid-term course evaluation with the students and then close the course with a formal evaluation. The data I gather from the mid-term check-in tends to be more useful: We are still in throes of the learning plan; no one is checking out yet; and we all know there is a further distance to travel before our destination is reached. I use a simple format to get input from the students: I ask, What should I keep doing? What should I stop doing? What should I start doing? So, I’m asking myself the same questions about living under COVID lockdown: KEEP being creative ...