Teaching through a Pandemic: I was Wrong

Pat Austin Becker
3 min readJan 14, 2021

As hard as it is to admit this, I might have been wrong.

While some school districts across the country have remained closed, and while they look to reopen in coming weeks, I hope to alleviate some of the anxiety that teachers feel about returning to the classroom.

In August, I was terrified of returning to school in this pandemic — and the numbers then were so much…

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Pat Austin Becker

Consumer of life, ELA teacher, Louisiana ambassador, avid reader. Author of Cane River Bohemia: Cammie Henry and her Circle at Melrose Plantation (LSU Press).