We came to this week's Round Table on our own--no guest-- so that we could speak in depth with one another and so you could get to know our newest podcasters, Jack and Kenisha, as well as veterans Inica and Madeline, a bit better than you might in an ordinary episode. We talked about the issue on most teens’ minds--what will it be like to head back to school? Many of us are a year and a half older than when we were last in an actual school building. Are we a year and a half wiser? We talked about various tensions at hand--whether or not we think vaccines and masks should be mandatory; how do we socially distance in a school of 5000 at 150% capacity; how do we handle school lunch, which can’t be done with a mask; how to we address the detrimental mental health impact of the pandemic; how can we empathize with those who have very different perspectives on all of this than we do? One thing is for sure--the year isn’t going to be boring… Thank you for listening!
