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Collected Item: “School in the Era of the Pandemic”

Give your story a title.

School in the Era of the Pandemic

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

This is a picture of a sign that's placed on every other seat in my university's library. Looking at it now, it's a simple item that is common from my perspective. However, before all of this came about, or even further into the future when coronavirus is irrelevant, this sign is so out of the ordinary.

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

Going around the school, there are signs and posters scattered around the entire vicinity, requiring masks and social distancing. Prior to any of these events, people were constantly together, with no masks, crowded rooms, etc. Now it is crazy to even fathom that I've been to a concert with thousands of people bumping into each other. Although this seems like a generic topic to discuss, I'm sure in the future it will seem so inconceivable.

Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your story. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?

#china, #annoyed, #nostalgia, #boredom

Enter a URL associated with this object, if relevant.

https://fox4kc.com/news/k-state-plans-for-a-more-normal-fall-semester-in-2021/

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

Faculty at Florida Gulf Coast University

Give this story a date.

2021-02-24
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