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Truth & Alienation In a Covid World

Alex Duell explores how the Covid-19 pandemic and the subsequent shift to life online has contributed to human alienation from nature.

On the 23rd March 2020, my school shut its doors to pupils. As an affluent and forward-thinking private school, we were prepared, fortunate, and imbued with all the necessary technology to shift our entire school’s teaching online. Within the space of a week, we had trained staff to run Zoom lessons, prepped the students on how to use their iPads to access their classes, and ensured all the necessary procedures and processes were in place to keep the school open whilst the school building was shut. This was no small feat, but assemblies continued to run, despite all the glitches and issues Zoom would throw at us. Lessons were as close as possible to being normal, students engaged in class, submitted work, asked questions, and felt supported.

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