What are positives you see coming from the pandemic?

TankTop I wish I saw that in education for my kids.


The good?

I'm giving more grace to everyone, even more than I usually have. I pretty much attribute every screw up, every behavior in a person that is annoying to me, as a result of the pandemic stress.

I know I'm stressed out of my mind, and I'm betting most people are too.

I and my family and faith family have found ways to connect with each other, and done an excellent job of looking after each other.

I’ve also seen in the larger communities actively looking for ways to show kindness to others, even strangers. Have you seen the video of the guy who has a “game” ready for his delivery person, with questions on envelopes he got to keep if he guessed right? He was undone by the generosity in those envelopes, which he said meant being able to make his mortgage that month.

I hope I might not ever get a cold again with all the awareness of cleanliness and hand washing going around.

ETA: and takeout cocktails!

For me the relationships between my kids (in their 20's) have become stronger. They're typical adults who do their own thing...but when there was a stay in place order they were all basically home. They spent more time together, the ones who weren't working helped the ones who were now working insane hours due to the virus. They formed new stronger relationships that I think wouldn't have happened otherwise.

I hope boarding from the back of the plane sticks around.

Nobody in my bubble!! I like that people are forced to stay away from each other. It makes errands so much more pleasant. It will be interesting how the cold/flu season plays out with people wearing masks etc.

I started walking more. I used to run, knees just don't love that like they did when I was younger. So in March when this all started, I would walk several times a day as a stress reliever. I'm still doing it during ht week but only in the evenings as I'm back to work. But on the weekends, I go twice a day.

I hope that things like working remotely stick around. I think it’s better for the earth and traffic is better for those of us whose job has to be done in person.

I hope telemedicine appointments stick around. Certain things can be done that way and it is simpler for both the patient and the doctor.

I’m happy no thrilled more stores have online shopping with in store pickup. Then I know what I need is there when I get there. No wasted trip.

That is not what I have seen around here.

I actually think the pandemic has damaged education. I see parents ranting & raving on the internet that kids have to get back in a school bldg. It’s as if they do not care what happens or what their children are doing as long as they do it inside the school for 6 hours a day. I also think the pandemic further damaged the respect for the teaching profession from the general public. It seems more people are on the teachers are babysitters bandwagon. . Schools might as well be children warehouses as far as parents are concerned. Just a place to check your kids in for several hours a day and get them back later.

There is a local school district here that has a shortage of teachers, too many retired or took leave due to Covid, as soon as they announced in person instruction the leave requests started coming in. They are desperately looking for warm bodies that pass a background check for long term sub positions. Little to no qualifications necessary. It’s completely as if education doesn’t matter just put them inside the school bldg wether they learn or not.

I gotta stop reading comments on FB it is depressing how a loud obnoxious portion of my fellow citizens thinks.

Takeout cocktails.

I'm sorry, but this is so unfair.

School is required by law. It is not in any way unreasonable for parents to build lives/careers around their school-age children being out of the home for school hours each day. That doesn't mean we view school and teachers as daycare and babysitters. It's also not unreasonable for parents who work and/or aren't trained education professionals to feel utterly overwhelmed at now having to take a much more hands-on role in their child's education on top of their other responsibilities.

It feels like some people think parents should just be ready and waiting to take over for everything that we've always relied on schools for and be fine with it. That is ludicrous to me. 

We are 100% distance learning until at least November and even if we had an in-person option, we wouldn't take it right now because we don't think it's safe. But don't get my wrong for one second... I cannot wait until my son can (safely) go back to school in person. It's SO HARD to manage his school in our home and my job. And we have it good - he's older and responsible and I have a flexible job. BUT STILL. That's not even mentioning all the social aspects he's missing out on. He's starting middle school in our living room. It's awful. Those years are hard but my friends were my lifeline. I can't imagine being isolated like this at that age. Yeah, I want him in that building and having a normal school experience. This all just sucks.

Nothing about our society was prepared for a pandemic, especially our education system.

And a little fluff--I have made masks with matching scrunchies.  I've gotten a lot of compliments from people noticing that they match.

Also the mask hides a bunch of my wrinkles.

My adult son, who was a third year law student back when this all began has been home since March. He's graduated from law school and taken the bar exam since then, all while living with us. He'll start his job after Labor Day and then he'll begin looking for his own place. It's been so nice having him with us. I consider this bonus time with him. I feel like we've really gotten to know each other on an adult-to-adult basis.

My DS and DDIL spent their married life doing things together. They loved to travel, go to different restaurants, go to movies, go to fairs and festivals, just loved doing stuff together. They were childless by choice because they din't want their lives to change. My son said he was really grateful for the time on lookdown, being able to spend every waking moment with her. She's been gone 3 weeks last friday.

My technophobe husband has finally been forced to learn to actually use the computer! He's been a teacher for 20+ years and every time something new comes along, the whining and complaining are ridiculous. I've tried to help him in the past but he just gets really belligerent to the point where I've told him he's on his own - I'm helping him because he asked me to, but I'm not going to waste an hour listening to him whine so that I can actually spend 10 minutes showing him how to do something.

Now he has no choice and he's realizing that many of the things I've tried to show him in the past are useful and not as tricky as he thought they were. He's also doing online PD instead of relying on me to teach him, so I don't have to listen to the complaining.