Most often, these little chunks of group work are meant to be spent discussing prior readings, but you almost always finish that conversation in half of the allotted time. Half the time you actually do know exactly what you’re supposed to be doing, but something about that blissfully dumb intro provides a bonding icebreaker for you and your ten-minute confidantes. “Uhhhh, do you guys know what we’re supposed to be doing?” is easily the most common opening line for breakout groups of all studies. Breakout groups, especially the one-on-ones. All you have to do is put your furry friend on camera and magically you go from being a noisy disruptor to the host of an adorable guest appearance in no time.ģ. Dog howls, cat meows and pretty much anything that has to do with a pet is an easy recovery. The good news is, most of the time it leads to harmless interruptions. Whether you’re filming a Tik Tok, bad mouthing someone on a Zoom call to another in the room, secretly watching TV, or perhaps having a flatulent reaction to that burrito you ate for lunch––it’s tough to come back from a forgotten click of your mute button. It’s a devastating rite of passage that’s plagued conference-call users for years. This one has potential to be even worse than its counterpart. The aftermath can go one of two ways: You apologetically repeat yourself at a nonsensical speed, or you lose the original thought entirely and resort to the ol’ “I forgot what I was gonna say––it wasn’t important.” And then there’s the hesitant “I think you’re on mute” that comes from a fellow student who simply couldn’t bear to watch your mime act any longer.
TIKTOK ELIZABETH ZOOM CLASS FULL
After about fifteen seconds of impeccable oration, you glance at the screen to find not a classroom full of mesmerized peers as you’d expected, but rather a dozen faces staring at you in confusion. The handcrafted words that you practiced a minute ago begin to flow from your mouth with ease. You raise your hand and by some grace of pure luck your professor notices and calls on you to answer. You formulate a coherent talking point in your head, maybe you even go so far as to quickly type it out before finally mustering the courage to speak up. Your professor asks a question that you surprisingly know the answer to. We’ve all fallen victim to this at least a half dozen times by now. I decided to make a comprehensive list of all the glorious fails and cumbrous trials to change that. Between guest cat appearances, frozen computer screens, and painfully awkward virtual farewells, there’s a lot that goes unsaid amidst this relatable remote learning process. We’ve had some good times, some bad times and we’ve certainly become experts on bedridden camera angles. To which the teacher warns: “Zip it! Everything is being recorded so … you don’t really want to mess up here.This piece was featured on The Simmons Voice’s and Simmons Radio: The Shark’s podcast “Welcome Home.” Click here to listen.
In a follow-up post, the granddaughter screams, “I’m over it - just shut the f–k up!” “Your granddaughter brought it up,” The teacher replied. “Well how did BLM show up?” the grandma asked. “Ma’am… Ma’am… we’re reading a story about a historical event and the question was presented to the students as ‘what’s the most important historical event that’s happened in your lifetime?’,” the teacher explained, attempting to calm the woman down. He should have owned both sides of his family.” found in Zoom Class going off 🤦🏽♂️ #WorldPeace #MusicLesson #BLM #karens #endracism Unless you want to hear what I have to say,” the grandma raged before bizarrely adding: “And Barack Obama was biracial. “No, you’re talking about BLM and all that stuff. “All we’re talking about are historical events,” the teacher says as the children register shock on their faces at the interruption. In the post dubbed “Karen found in Zoom Class going off,” which has garnered over 1.7 million views so far, the grandma barged into what looks like a middle school Zoom class, wagging her finger at the screen as the teacher discussed Black Lives Matter with the children. Joe’s new green-energy crisis, Ron’s bogus charisma ‘problem’ and other commentaryīLM's cash chaos and more: Letters to the Editor - June 4, 2023Ĭousin of BLM founder died of enlarged heart, cocaine: officialsĪ video of a grandmother branded “Zoom Karen” has gone viral on TikTok after user uploaded a video of her interrupting her grandchild’s class to argue with the teacher about Black Lives Matter. Pro-BLM ice cream chain sues Seattle over ‘extensive property damage’ from autonomous zone ‘CHOP’
0 kommentar(er)
