{"id":3334,"date":"2020-10-09T09:36:36","date_gmt":"2020-10-09T13:36:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/?p=3334"},"modified":"2020-10-09T09:54:14","modified_gmt":"2020-10-09T13:54:14","slug":"outside-my-window-part-ten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/2020\/10\/09\/outside-my-window-part-ten\/","title":{"rendered":"Outside My Window &#8211; Part Ten"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Here\u2019s the next in the \u201cOutside My Window\u201d series, chronicling life during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Politics<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Last May we were at a crucial moment here in the state of Ohio.&nbsp;&nbsp;We were on the cusp of ending the COVID \u201cshelter in place\u201d orders, and there was a great deal of controversy about what decisions should be made.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Governor, Mike DeWine, seemed to be moving towards continuing restrictions, but the state legislature was making a lot of noise about restricting his powers and forcing the rules to be lifted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The end result of the political infighting was that the Governor sacrificed his Director of Public Health, Dr. Amy Acton, to the political wolves.&nbsp;&nbsp;She started as an icon of science-directed COVID policy, but became a lightening rod for all of the public protests demanding the economy re-open.&nbsp;&nbsp;DeWine was all-in behind her &#8212; until he wasn\u2019t.&nbsp;&nbsp;She gracefully resigned, and DeWine caved in to the demands for an end to restrictions.&nbsp;&nbsp;Politics won, science lost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Argument<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In the middle of all that, I ended up in a social media battle over the consequences of ignoring science.&nbsp;&nbsp;One participant told me that since I was retired, I had no place making any arguments at all.&nbsp;&nbsp;He told me I was getting my \u201cpension\u201d regardless, so I couldn\u2019t understand the real life impacts the COVID restrictions were having.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I countered that I too was feeling the economic impact of the restrictions, but also saw the real medical results of COVID sickness and death.&nbsp;&nbsp;In May, and still today, we couldn\u2019t move forward economically without dealing with the disease.&nbsp;&nbsp;And besides, I put in my thirty-five and a half years to earn that pension, and I was actually teaching at the time. I had the \u201cright\u201d to my opinions.&nbsp;&nbsp;The argument got ugly, and ultimately I took the social media equivalent of walking away from the discussion.&nbsp;&nbsp;I blocked him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Isolation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>But there is one point that he made that was true.&nbsp;&nbsp;As a retiree, I could insulate a lot of my life away from the social contacts that risk COVID exposure.&nbsp;&nbsp;I didn\u2019t have to go out that much:&nbsp;&nbsp;get to the store and to the gas station, and spend any time in public outside.&nbsp;&nbsp;The substitute teaching I was doing was online. What I mostly \u201clost\u201d was direct physical contact with my family, travel Jenn and I enjoyed, and all of the Track and Field (Athletics) officiating and advising that I usually did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So I missed learning one thing that anyone working in this world has experienced.&nbsp;&nbsp;I haven\u2019t spent a lot of time working with people while wearing a facemask.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s Cross Country season now.&nbsp;&nbsp;The mega-meets with hundred of teams that dominated the running schedule for the past the thirty years are cancelled, including the McGowan Invitational that I managed at Watkins Memorial High School for decades.&nbsp;&nbsp;It was one of the three largest meets in Ohio:&nbsp;&nbsp;but putting 5,000 kids and their coaches, parents and friends all in one place is the definition of a \u201csuper-spreader\u201d event today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So the meets are smaller, maybe eight or ten teams.&nbsp;&nbsp;And as an official I am working some of those meets.&nbsp;&nbsp;It\u2019s all outside, spread out over a two or three mile running course, so it\u2019s not too difficult to maintain \u201csocial distancing\u201d.&nbsp;&nbsp;And I am masked from the moment I step out of the Jeep, as are the coaches and most of the spectators.&nbsp;&nbsp;Even the runners are masked before and after the competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Muffled<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I have discovered that I feel \u201cinsecure\u201d with the mask on.  I coached Cross Country and Track for forty years, and I have officiated for a lot of that time, so why am I insecure now?  After a lot of thought, I\u2019ve found three reasons why this happens.  The first is the obvious one, I feel muffled by the mask.  It\u2019s like talking with your hand over your mouth &#8212; like you\u2019re not supposed to be loud.  And, of course, because you have a mask on you absolutely need to be louder, so it\u2019s finding the appropriate volume level that makes for insecurity.  Too quiet, no one understands you.  Too loud, you come across as obnoxious.  Finding the balance (that was natural without the mask) is a new problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second issue is that I am definitely a \u201csunglasses\u201d guy.&nbsp;&nbsp;Bright sunlight is wonderful for everything except my eyes.&nbsp;&nbsp;But the mask fogs the sunglasses, seemingly no matter what I do.&nbsp;&nbsp;I\u2019ve tried to wear the mask in different positions and I\u2019ve even bought the \u201cwipes\u201d that prevent fogging.&nbsp;&nbsp;Neither works, so I have to wear a hat, which really isn\u2019t my thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Reading&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Both of those things seem petty, and they are.&nbsp;&nbsp;But last night it finally dawned on me what the real problem is.&nbsp;&nbsp;As a teacher, administrator, coach and official I have always \u201cread\u201d the folks I deal with.&nbsp;&nbsp;I read their \u201cbody language\u201d, and more importantly, their facial expressions.&nbsp;&nbsp;It was always the joke, that I could tell what kind of day a student was having from the moment they entered the classroom door.&nbsp;&nbsp;But it wasn\u2019t a joke:&nbsp;&nbsp;I was able to \u201cread\u201d the kids coming in my door.&nbsp;&nbsp;It was a part of my success in education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But \u201cthe mask\u201d cuts at least half of that away.&nbsp;&nbsp;I can read people\u2019s eyes, but not their face.&nbsp;&nbsp;It cuts away a lot of how I approach interaction with people, and I\u2019m sure I\u2019m not the only one in education, or life, who has this issue.&nbsp;&nbsp;Masks prevent us from \u201cknowing\u201d each other without words.&nbsp;&nbsp;And as an educator who had the \u201cprivilege\u201d of teaching through March, April and May (great time to take a long-term substitute job!) it makes a lot of sense why \u201conline\u201d teaching was so disconcerting.&nbsp;&nbsp;Even face-to-face \u201cZoom\u201d meetings aren\u2019t quite the same, especially with students who chose not to turn the video portion on.&nbsp;&nbsp;If you can\u2019t read the kids, you can\u2019t reach them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Interaction<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m not advocating we get rid of masks.&nbsp;&nbsp;If I were back in the classroom (that still feels like a super-spreader event) I\u2019m sure I would find a way to adapt, a new way of \u201creading\u201d kids that would allow for better interaction.&nbsp;&nbsp;But in an era where we are already pulled away not only by COVID, but by the devices in our pockets that soak up so much of our attention and our lives, it\u2019s one more factor that isolates us from each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The \u201cOut My Window\u201d Series<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/2020\/04\/21\/out-my-front-window\/\">Out My Front Window \u2013 Part One<\/a>&nbsp;(4\/21\/20)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/2020\/04\/23\/outside-my-window-part-two\/\">Outside My Window \u2013 Part Two<\/a>&nbsp;(4\/23\/20)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/2020\/04\/26\/out-my-window-part-3\/\">Outside My Window \u2013 Part Three<\/a>&nbsp;(4\/26\/20)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/2020\/05\/13\/out-my-window-part-4\/\">Outside My Window \u2013 Part Four<\/a>&nbsp;(5\/13\/20)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/2020\/06\/03\/out-my-window-part-5\/\">Outside My Window \u2013 Part Five<\/a>&nbsp;(6\/3\/20)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/2020\/07\/03\/out-my-window-part-six\/\">Outside My Window \u2013 Part Six<\/a>&nbsp;(7\/3\/20)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/2020\/07\/31\/outside-my-window-part-seven\/\">Outside My Window \u2013 Part Seven<\/a>&nbsp;(7\/31\/20)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/2020\/08\/13\/out-my-window-inshallah\/\">Outside My Window \u2013 Inshallah<\/a>&nbsp;(8\/13\/20)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/2020\/09\/15\/outside-my-window-part-eight\/\">Outside My Window \u2013 Part Eight<\/a>&nbsp;(9\/15\/20)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/2020\/09\/25\/outside-my-window-part-nine\/\">Outside My Window \u2013 Part Nine<\/a>&nbsp;(9\/25\/20)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s the next in the \u201cOutside My Window\u201d series, chronicling life during the COVID-19 pandemic. 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