What was that anyway???

Last year in schools is what I mean......this year has seemed so much more "normal" and like things are settling in and becoming more like it used to be and it only begs the question, what the heck was the deal last year? Besides some factors that made things more challenging that I can pinpoint, there was a collective air of just chaos and confusion. Across the board, in every room, and from what I understand in every school......well beyond our district....it was happening in schools across the country......is there somebody studying it??? I keep thinking that......that somebody needs to study what was going on......so many of us would scratch our heads, because all the tried and true tips and tricks did not work.....like at all.......like every day was the same day and the entire building had a strange vibe.......like it was a collective consciousness thing....and this year it is lifted......all of that has cleared.........and maybe post pandemic, last year was the transition year through that settling......kids returning to school full time.....finding their sea legs.......but it was an energetic anomaly..........no question.......and as we adjust back in and try and fill gaps that the pandemic laid upon our kids......and figure out how to patch the holes and help them the best we can.......part of us can sigh with relief that we don't live in the strange energy that overtook us last year.......it felt way bigger than our school for sure......just everywhere......every teacher having the same experience......and not knowing how to pinpoint its root, or solve it.......or even identify it exactly.......so I guess my point in writing about it, it just to shed some light on it and because I keep thinking about it as it relates to the difference in this year.......the vast difference......like everybody took a collective deep breath and reset some.......it is one of the strangest things I have ever lived through and hopefully will ever live through.........teaching amid the pandemic......and adjusting and adapting as I went......oh and getting a divorce too;-) Strangest most magical time in my life......for sure......and I suppose the lessons from teaching during the pandemic were abundant too.....learning so much.......being forced to build a plane as I flew it......hoping it would stay in the air........and for now.......as I type this this morning I am just grateful that both of those situations have settled into their new normal and I have found my way on the other side, of them both! :)