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From Cathy Davidson: "There is almost no field untouched by this COVID pandemic or irrelevant to it. I do not mean we all have to suddenly become trauma therapists. That's dangerous (unless we are trained to that role). And it doesn't mean making every class "about" the pandemic (that would be awful). It means being sensitive to the devastating historical moment in which we are now living. Before we even think about a syllabus or videos or Zoom, think about what it means to be a student. Now."

How do culminating exams and assignments also account for ongoing stressors on ourselves and our students?

This article is focused on K-12 environments, so some of its examples don't come up as often in higher education. Still a very useful set of principles, and useful to work through what the parallel situations might be.

This article came up at our recent lunch discussion on culturally responsive teaching. When we talk about students and resilience, are we fully informed about what things outside the classroom might be drawing on their abilities, and how they've been taught to act with "grit" in other situations?