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Day 98 of AY20-21: Community over convenience

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When I woke up on Wednesday morning I wrote up Reopening Texas is homicidal in response to Governor Greg Abbott lifting the statewide mask mandate and declaring that all businesses would be able to operate at 100% capacity beginning next Wednesday. I…

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Day 97 of AY20-21: grateful for another day together

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I woke up for day 97 with my hand swollen and in plenty of pain. It seems that perhaps when I fell filming an update video on Monday morning that maybe I broke or sprained something in my hand or wrist. But…

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Day 96 of AY20-21: managing manageable weather again

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I woke up on Monday morning raring to go with cycle seven of the pandacademic year. Most of the Learners had been remote since December 22nd due to the local pandemic conditions and the Texas freeze. I had been remote since November…

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Reopening Texas is homicidal

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Yesterday I was talking to some Abrome Learners when one of them mentioned that Texas Governor Greg Abbott was about to make an announcement of some sort. I immediately thought to myself, “bad news.” Not because I knew the content of what…

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How does a child spend 1,000 hours outside in a year?

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Not being in school is a start. I’ve seen multiple friends sharing a blog post over the past couple of days that states that children should be outside for 4-6 hours every day. The post was shared on the 1000 Hours Outside…

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Who convinced who that fighting Covid-19 was unnecessary?

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Central Texas schools operating as sites of infection Last week, Dr. Mark Escott of Austin Public Health shared some shocking Covid-19 positivity rates in school-age children. The positivity rates for elementary, middle, and high school students were 19.8%, 27.1%, and 20.2%, respectively;…

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Day 62 of AY20-21: our final day of 2020

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Tuesday, December 22nd, was day 62 of the Abrome pandacademic year, the last day of cycle four, and our last day of 2020. It’s been quite a ride thus far, in spite of all of the disruption and struggle faced by members…

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Day 61 of AY20-21: shadow periods work

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Day 61 was the last Monday of the fourth cycle of the Abrome pandacademic year. It was also the first day of winter. In the morning meeting I asked the remote cell, how will you celebrate the 1st day of winter? They…

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Day 60 of AY20-21: growing in trust

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Dangerously close to risk stage level five December 18th, was day 60 of this pandacedemic year and it was our last Friday of this fourth of eleven cycles of the year. Although we are wrapping up the calendar year soon, we are…

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Day 59 of AY20-21: a rough day for some

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Everyone in the remote cell showed up for the morning meeting on Zoom. It was a pleasant way to start the day for us. We started the meeting with a fun prompt: who do you believe is most likely to hack into…

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Day 58 of AY20-21: welcoming two shadowers to Abrome

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Day 58, Wednesday, December 16th, meant that we only had five days left in the cycle. Because we require prospective Learners to shadow with us for five days, those who wished to enroll for January needed to begin shadowing no later than…

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Day 57 of AY20-21: exploring in place

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On Tuesday I started off the morning meeting with the question, what’s better, cold pizza, hot pizza, or an apple. Two people said an apple, three said hot pizza, and none said cold pizza. I asked them for their justification and it…

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Day 56 of AY20-21: cold days are always better with vulture remains

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Looking up information about birds in the area Day 56 was the beginning of the last full week of cycle four. It was the beginning of a very hopeful week, with perhaps two prospective Learners starting to shadow later in the week….

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Day 55 of AY20-21: the bad business decision of being safe during Covid-19

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What do you call a day where everyone shows up for remote meetings, but only three Learners show up in-person? You can call it day 55. This fourth cycle of the pandacademic year has thrown us a few curveballs. It was the…

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Day 54 of AY20-21: getting lost and finding our way

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On Thursday I led the morning meeting with the remote cell with the question, “what are your goal-oriented intentions today?” I asked this because when we set intentions they tend to be more goals than intentions. Afterward, I asked them what their…

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