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  2020-07-09

  Back to School

  A comic strip about Covid-19
• 2021-08-27

  Rules and Procedures

  When I was back in school, it felt weird having a mask on. Sometimes in the middle of the day, while day-dreaming, I would snap out of it and think why do I have this mask on? It felt a little weird and uncomfortable wearing a mask and not getting close to people. Finally, I am looking forward to not wearing a mask again.
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  2020-09-10T07:30

  New Jersey School Bus Stop, September 2020

  My 11 year old was not interested in doing a first day of school photo like we've done in the past. I get that it's embarrassing since "nobody else's parents walk around with big cameras." But I couldn't pass up the opportunity to preserve the moment for posterity, so I snuck a picture with my phone and cropped it afterward. I think the photo says a lot about the moment without words- the American flag, the masks, and the way the two girls are talking to each other while staying at least six feet apart. The flag represents, to me, the event that broke the idea of American exceptionalism for Americans in denial. Despite my prediction that Trump would screw up the response to the virus back in March, I was sure we'd be back to normal by the fall. I thought someone would get Trump to do the right thing. All I can say is I'm glad to live in one of the few states with strict rules that have brought our March and April infection rates low enough to have safe, hybrid, public education.
• 0020-08-27

  Back to School

  It's the book I started reading on the first day back to school
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  2020-06-18

  School Mask Pack

  When American's think of the most common school supply Crayola crayons are sure to be in everyone's top three. Now they are offering a special "School Mask Pack." The product includes a set of five masks, sized for children, and they come in a small mesh zipper bag for washing. This puts in perspective how different everyone's back to school lists may be this fall.