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Academic Exchange Quarterly
ISSN 1096-1453
Volume 24, Issue 1 Spring 2020
Editorial Unintended Consequences of 6 feet Welcome to the expanded Spring 2020 print edition of AEQ. Inclusion of BEEM 2020 mental health workbook necessitated new format: full color plus bigger size 8 x 11 instead of 6 x 10. Because of Coronavirus we intend to publish this expended print edition for the entire year: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter.  nationwide. Accordingly teachers are losing their jobs. Resulting social isolation also seems to aggravate the public health such as mental wellbeing of some. To all this, we say: LET'S RECALL 1918 Spanish flu, thought to be the deadliest in human history, instead of fearing things to come. For details of pandemic effect upon the mood or psychological state of the nation read Pettit, Dorothy † (1976). A cruel wind: America experiences Pandemic influenza, 1918-1920. A Social history. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of New Hampshire, NH †Deceased 11 March 2016 READ ALSO Review of School Closure as a Pandemic Mitigation Strategy article by John T. Carlo in Texas Medicine July 2009, 105(7):21-26 LET'S NOT forget friends and colleagues from Greatest and Silent Generation. Often for them just knowing that there is someone they can count on if needed is enough to dampen fear of abandonment. To diversify their daily activities share with them BEEM 2020 workbook. It is free. Photocopy from 2020 Academic Exchange print issue in your library or request by email free PDF copy - need to identify academic position. Steve S. Pec, Editor and/or Publisher since 1997 PS Do you have a story to tell? Focus on "impact of COVID-19 on education". |
