The last in-person lesson I taught before all this craziness of the global pandemic and self-isolation began was March 19th. It's been a new adjustment teaching most of my students online the past couple of months, as I mentioned in my last post.
And now, as of Tuesday May 12th, 2020, I restarted in-person lessons with a couple of my students here in my neighborhood. To be honest, it was a little surreal. I think mostly because I had gotten so used to doing pretty much everything via webcam, even meeting up with friends or family, that what was once considered "normal" now seemed "foreign." To be sure, I wasn't scared like some people would be. But it was slightly different than before, since I had committed to wearing a mask at all times within my students' house, didn't touch their piano at all, as well as restricted myself from touching anything else except my own belongings. I asked my students to handle their own lesson books because I wanted to reduce possibly spreading the virus via surface contact. I'm sure these students thought this was all strange as well! Today on the 13th, I had another in-person lesson, this time at a local music school where I have a few students. The requirements for everyone coming in (teachers, students, parents, employees alike) was to wear a mask, of course maintain 6 feet apart, and sanitize all surfaces after touching them. Thankfully there was a keyboard in the same room I was teaching in where I could demonstrate for my student, while she played on an upright piano. It was still a little surreal, especially not seeing that many people there on a normally busy Wednesday afternoon (there was only the office secretary and one other teacher with their student). Going forward, I'm confident more students' families will be willing to restart in-person lessons, but I know I have to proceed slowly and with caution, and give them reassurance of their families' health and safety. But I foresee most people wanting to continue webcam lessons via Skype, Zoom, etc. So I guess this is our new normal. An this is only one example of many different workers across all kinds of different fields adjusting to a new way of doing their job. Who knows how long this will last....
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