Undoubtedly, many of the issues regarding student performance and capability can be traced to COVID. This, however, is not the same as faulting COVID, which is what society tends to do.

I stepped away from my original lesson plan and invited my students into my very messy, confused, neurodivergent brain. I may have multiple graduate degrees, a book to my name, and an unquenchable desire to read, but that doesn’t mean reading is easy. I still struggle.