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New Jersey School Bus Stop, September 2020
Title (Dublin Core)
New Jersey School Bus Stop, September 2020
Description (Dublin Core)
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.
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Type (Dublin Core)
Photo
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Education--K12
English
Health & Wellness
English
Social Distance
English
Home & Family Life
English
Emotion
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Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)
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Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
09/10/2020
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
09/11/2020
04/18/2022
This item was submitted on September 10, 2020 by Caiti Weiser using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: http://mail.covid-19archive.org/s/archive
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