It’s a feeling that’s been absent from my heart for the past four years. Euphoria, tranquility, assurance. Yes, this is what it feels like to have a real president—one with honor, integrity and empathy. When President-elect Joe Biden, with Vice President-elect Kamala Harris by his side, delivered his acceptance speech on Nov. 7, 2020, I could sense a shift from the chaos and divisiveness of the current administration to decency, civility and normalcy. Once more, character will matter. Values will matter. Science will matter. We will matter, and decorum will be the flavor of the day—every day. Celebrate and rejoice in the healing power of change.
November 9, 2020
Yesterday (15th Oct) London and Essex, areas adjacent to Kent where I am, went into tier 2 lockdown which means you are not supposed to travel out of it. This means that even though my area is not directly in proper lockdown (just tier 1 - cannot meet more than 6 people at once) half of my in person classes will be cancelled and made online after all because the professor lives in London and cannot make it out to our university.
October 17, 2020