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For the students in particular, so many of them
haven't had a classroom experience for over a year.
And so I think for their sanity and well-being being in person
is good, but I think also with learning
and social interactions.
We have been just looking on our computers
and whatnot for handouts that I've done.
But today, I actually printed them out.
And they were so excited, they were like,
a piece of paper in my hands!
So there's something tactile about being
there in the presence of one another
that I think is just deeply moving on some level
that we weren't even as aware of.
It really does warm my heart when they come in before class
and they're chatting with each other.
And then we all circle up at the start of class like we usually
do, and we're checking in with each other's energy
in the space.
I haven't seen that in a year.
They haven't experienced that in a year.
To do my art, it's with people.
I think I'm a better educator and mentor in person.
It's how I teach best, it's how I think fast.
But I am very cognizant of those students who chose Zoom.
And so I try to be very aware that there are students who
only see me on a video screen.
But why are some of them much, much longer maybe than others?
Anybody on Zoom?
The strength of the morphogenic signal for each section.
Yeah.
So that's part of it.
Working in person and also managing
Zoom and all of the hybrid is really
challenging making sure that the students on the screen
feel just as close as the ones who are in the space.
And so it's a lot of room managing and people managing.
But it's making them feel more of a sense of normalcy.
Here at UVA, this unique interaction between faculty
and students where--
we go to lunches with them.
We get coffee, and we walk across grounds.
And all of that is missing.
And so having the opportunity to try
to create that in ways, even with Zoom,
I think is important.
And we should be doing it.
All righty.
Awesome.
Well, you all have a good weekend.
Thank you.
Have a good weekend.
Thank you.
Bye.