These times of Covid-19 have been difficult for most of us in academia. I went from having a relatively normal semester in Spring of 2020 to having everything come to a screeching halt with students unable to return to campus after spring break, and a switch to completely remote instruction. In the beginning of remote instruction, faculty on our campus were allowed to teach from our offices as long as we were in there by ourselves and kept the door shut, but then we too were forced to go home. For me, this was the hardest part because home has always been my sanctuary away from work and a place of very little technology aside from a dodgy old tablet computer I used to pay bills, do my taxes, and send personal emails. But, thanks to our IT staff who set me up with a laptop, temporarily poached high-speed internet from a kind neighbor (until I could get my own ordered and hooked up), and hauling books, papers, and a truckload of equipment home, I made it work. We all made it work, the best we could. And we got by with sharing and helping and working together.
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