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Cannot Hear You Anymore

Title (Dublin Core)

Cannot Hear You Anymore

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Description (Dublin Core)

The ability to hear, the ability to speak, the ability to process what has been said and respond. All of these changed for me in my classroom because of COVID. First the students went totally away, silence, and not the comforting restorative kind, but the absence of those that have become part of me. Suddenly gone silent. After some time they return but not near enough. Talking and hearing through masks obscures and diffuses the words. Can you please repeat that, repeated over and over again. Words cannot get through the first time. Or the second. Frustration sets in and lingers even now. Lack of hearing becomes a lack of understanding and lack of empathy. Habits of caring and concern atrophy. I have endless patience with my students, less so for the rest of my fellow man. The man that refuses to wear a mask across the aisle on a flight home, telling me to shut up when I request that he cover his face. Maybe he can hear, but just refuses to. The relative that isn't vaccinated but still wants to come to the funeral and risk others. They cannot hear my wisdom, though they might tell you that I cannot hear theirs. The masks come off but still the hearing does not return. The classroom starts to normalize, but the rest of the world does not.

Date (Dublin Core)

April 25, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

self

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HST643

Partner (Dublin Core)

Arizona State University

Type (Dublin Core)

text story

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Education--K12
English Emotion
English Clothing & Accessories

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

sound
speaking
difficult
school
mask
class

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

Sensory History
masks
hearing
listening

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

05/26/2022

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

05/27/2022

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This item was submitted on May 26, 2022 by [anonymous user] 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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