{"id":16351,"date":"2020-12-22T10:27:27","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T15:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/update.midlandps.org\/?p=16351"},"modified":"2020-12-22T10:29:37","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T15:29:37","slug":"oh-what-a-day-teagans-take","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/update.midlandps.org\/index.php\/2020\/12\/oh-what-a-day-teagans-take\/","title":{"rendered":"Oh, what a day! | Teagan&#8217;s Take"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHow was your day?\u201d Great question, my sweet, sweet mother! Allow me to answer your question with another&#8211; how would you feel if you were obligated to shut up and learn in front of a screen for the duration of any old school day?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Online school. It\u2019s boring. What more needs to be said? Without the typical scenery and interactions between one another, there\u2019s really nothing to affect how your day goes. Why keep asking how my day went?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sure, I get the standpoint that if parents don\u2019t ask how their kids\u2019 day went, then chances are they won\u2019t get an immediate answer. But when we\u2019re zoning out on a laptop screen all day, what\u2019s expected from us?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dad, I ask that you please don\u2019t get mad at me when I give a one or two-word response. I\u2019m not hiding anything, I swear. No, I did not get tormented relentlessly. I didn\u2019t get pantsed, either.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What I <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">did <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">get was a stack of geometric proofs for homework and a heads up for an upcoming biology assessment next week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Intriguing, wouldn\u2019t you say? I\u2019m sure you\u2019d love to hear <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">all <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">about it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I truly do appreciate being asked how my day went. It\u2019s a simple act of courtesy that shows that I\u2019m cared for in so many ways&#8211; my wellbeing, my day-to-day life, what I\u2019m doing in my classes, so on. The catch here is that my answer everyday is going to be along the lines of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">fine <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">or <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">boring<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. After some time, I can only imagine how repetitive that answer will be.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step into my shoes for a second. I\u2019ve done nothing except for trying oh-so desperately to focus, procrastinating, and accumulating homework all day long. I\u2019ve barely moved from my seat at the kitchen table since 7:45 a.m. The typical workday ends around 5 p.m. You\u2019re home now. Would you like to do the math and figure out just how long I\u2019ve been here?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Insane, I know.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hey, I suppose I\u2019ve got another answer to the burning question up my sleeve&#8211; <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tiring<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">even <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">draining<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at least mentally speaking. My eyes as well. A positive here is that once I\u2019m done with my assignments for that day, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019m done<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> I\u2019m finally granted the freedom to run around hog wild within the boundaries of my house, perhaps outside if it\u2019s not frigid and pitch black by then.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alright, I know, I know. I sure am coming off as a negative Nelly. Online schooling isn\u2019t the end of the world, more or less making an attempt to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">prevent <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that. I\u2019m grateful that precautions in regards to the coronavirus are being implemented. It\u2019s important that we do such things to keep everyone as safe as possible. I just wish things didn\u2019t have to be this way.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nothing\u2019s the same. I can\u2019t give my usual response when asked how my day went&#8211; <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">good<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8212; because it doesn\u2019t feel quite right.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If and when we get past this whole global pandemic, I will once more be understanding of my parents asking how my day went&#8211; but, for the time being, don\u2019t expect much.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":16354,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2742,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beginning-journalism","category-opinion"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Oh, what a day! 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