Wednesday, March 11, 2020

So Should We... Go Back to Guat?

We left the hotel on Sunday at, as Dr. P would say, “pre-o’dark hundred.” Drifting sleepily through Guatemala City and Chicago O’Hare airports, we made sure to hand-sanitize every five minutes and wipe down our seats with disinfectant to evade the infamous Covid-19. We snoozed our way back to Nashville without a hitch. Going our separate ways at the airport, we were thankful for our successful trip and the great group of people we got to share it with.

Arriving back on campus, everything was once again normal… until it wasn’t. Around 7 PM on our first day of classes back from the break, the Vanderbilt community received the notification that all classes were cancelled for the week and would be held online for at least the remainder of the month as a preventative measure against the spread of coronavirus. The past two days have been hectic, with students considering whether to return home and faculty working out how to teach class remotely. We wish everyone the best in this confusing time, which has left us wondering: so should we… go back to Guat?

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