The American Life

  I mean man did this podcast hit home… Back in July my mom signed me up from a writing workshop with Mrs. Ciolek (a teacher here at troy). Similar to her and the rest of the world she never knew when the first day of school was until last minute, let alone the curriculum she had to set up differently. In my opinion, it angers me that teachers are quadrupling the work and have yet to get a notable raise. No one is really alone, in the podcast “Long-Awaited Asteroid Finally Hits Earth” host Ira, first talks with a teacher in South Carolina who is just trying to figure out what the first day of school will look like. This is all the start for everywhere. Just getting a gist that is knowingly going to change. I feel like most of us believed this summer would turn things around and the hot days would soak up and destroy the virus but it almost feels like the pandemic has been running in place. All the fighting has been insane destroying relationships and respect we have for others. So many times I was so scared to tell people I was going back to school. I’ve had peers say to my face “You know we’re still in a pandemic” yea no dip Sherlock I am not stupid and doing the best I can to stay safe and I am blessed to say that I haven’t gotten the virus. Of course when you look down the halls you see the people that care and don’t care and it truly sucks how some people are ruining this for the rest of us but it is just completely out of not only my control and our control. It's obvious that the pandemic will never get into people’s heads. In the last act about after a week of starting classes, a Covid outbreak forces a university to send students back home. Which yeah, I agree with might be the best option but I just know its another asteroid to come.