administrators. For years, we have
been talking about twenty-firstcentury
learning and changing
how we teach our students.
Well guess what? This Sanitary
Emergency (the term being used
in Mexico) has given us a gigantic
nudge in that direction.
When I am not working in
my homemade office, Felipe
and I have tried to establish a
daily routine that includes going
for a walk, ordering groceries
online, working on puzzles,
reading, taking online courses,
and learning new recipes like
Mexican enchiladas.
Around us, we see beautiful
flowers — that we have never seen
before — blossoming. The birds
are chirping. The geckos find
ways into our house. Felipe is still
getting bitten by bugs. The waves
are still crashing onto the empty
beach. The sky is consistently
blue and the sun is shining.
I have always lo
to birds, but now
waking to the chi
because they are
am so grateful tha
bought a hummin
feeder, which has
different varieties
little wonders. On
in front of our eye
tiny little hummin
We would never h
before the quaran
would not have ta
to see it. As a resu
witnessed the hat
tiny birds and wh
life is like. These
of nature that we
granted.
There is a word
dictionary that co
removed after thi
‘rush.’
We have been f
down in every asp
We are now in self-isolation
possibly will be for months to c
I am comparing it to a long tim
that children experience in or
reflect on their behaviour
That is the power of nature. It
is wonder at its best, and it is
comforting in this difficult time in
our world.
lives. We do not r
We do not rush to
store. We do not r
engagements. We