Item
Mr. Carl is Always Watching
Title (Dublin Core)
Mr. Carl is Always Watching
Description (Dublin Core)
An unexpected benefit of quarantining for the past eleven months is my son has become quite the pianist. Since we’re always home, he wanders to the piano often to play his pieces - during recess, lunch, waiting for his sister to be done with whatever she is working on. Honestly, because he has endless practice time he has advanced much quicker than he would have if life were normal. His teacher and he share a dry and quirky sense of humor. My son’s favorite part of the week is when "Mr. Carl" calls for their virtual lesson. Carl noticed early into quarantine that the way the phone sits on the piano makes his picture reflect in painting on the wall. He told my son he is always watching him, and it has become their inside joke. When we put up Christmas decorations, the painting was temporarily replaced. Being a creative and funny guy, Carl photoshopped himself into the decoration and texted it to me to share with my son. Now after every single lesson, Carl texts me a picture of where he is that week. Carl’s positivity, consistency, and continued high expectations have helped my son thrive and I am so thankful for him.
Date (Dublin Core)
February 12, 2021
Creator (Dublin Core)
Kathryn Jue
Contributor (Dublin Core)
Kathryn Jue
Event Identifier (Dublin Core)
HST580
Partner (Dublin Core)
Arizona State University
Type (Dublin Core)
photograph
text
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Recreation & Leisure
English
Emotion
English
Online Learning
English
Social Distance
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
piano
lesson
practice
thankful
virtual
happy
Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)
piano
childhood
online lesson
virtual lesson
music
humor
Collection (Dublin Core)
Humor
Linked Data (Dublin Core)
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
02/13/2021
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
02/18/2021
03/01/2021
08/02/2022
09/11/2024
This item was submitted on February 13, 2021 by Kathryn Jue 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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