“Quarantined”: Announcing the release of the new single for the COVID-19 generation—Diary of a Teacher During the Coronavirus Crisis, Entry #5
Yesterday, Washington State Governor Jay Inslee announced that all of the schools in the state would be closed for in-person learning for the rest of the year and all instruction will be online only.
This announcement was hard on my two elementary school aged kids. My 5th grade son won’t get to participate in the week-long overnight camp that is a rite of passage for all the kids at his school—they have spent their entire elementary years looking forward to participating in this major event. They really wanted to perform in the spring Multicultural dance that won’t happen. And they are truly shaken by not getting to say goodbye to their teachers and friends.
And yet the resiliency of my kids in these difficult times has been remarkable. This past week of their education at home has led to an explosion of creativity that has helped us mitigate the challenges of social isolation in the COVID-19 era.
There is so much pressure on parents right now to keep their students on pace with the regular classroom curriculum, but what I have discovered is that engaging my kids in conversations about this unprecedented global pandemic and then allowing my kids plenty of time to play has resulted in an outpouring of insight and originality. In fact, my older son, whose MC name is now Freeze 32, with his dear friend—who’s moniker is Gucci Grape—that he’s had since his days at Central Branch Preschool, created a hit single for these times.
Their new magnum opus is titled, “Quarantined.” And it bumps.
The hook goes, “Quarantined, cause of covid-19,” and Gucci Grape probably CONTINUE READING: “Quarantined”: Announcing the release of the new single for the COVID-19 generation—Diary of a Teacher During the Coronavirus Crisis, Entry #5 – I AM AN EDUCATOR