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While most of the world is adjusting to some sort of self-isolation, I count myself as one of the lucky ones. I have relatively safe and secure shelter and income, and I have, for the most part, been working from home for a few years now. Needless to say, spending most days, typing alone on a computer, is not a new experience for me. It’s not the logistics that has made this time challenging, but the mental and emotional anguish that the current crisis has brought to bear on my day-to-day existence. From watching the daily death tolls climb exponentially, to sensing the fundamental shift that is happening beneath our feet, to mourning a way of life that no longer exists, and my capacity to focus on matters that feel so trivial, has been harder than I had anticipated.
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Holloway, J. (2021). Teaching in Times of Turbulence. In: Metrics, Standards and Alignment in Teacher Policy. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4814-1_1
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