Club PA Newsletter #73 (Patreon)

Sorry this is late.

I said in the post that I hoped nobody had real high expectations for me doing school at home, because I'm not a teacher, and frankly it's kind of insulting to suggest that it's something just anybody can do.  But we're in a new phase of this process, "remote learning," which means the same thing as "online learning" but it took two weeks to name.  Essentially what it comes down to is that in addition to whatever you need to do for work, you're also operating a school and it's basically entirely on you to make sure it all gets done because the schema is constantly shifting, the digital assets are changing constantly, and the online tools are being leveraged differently teacher to teacher.  I try to imagine how this is supposed to go for people - my parents wouldn't have been able to deal with any of this, period.  The fact that I can stay home if I need to and make sure this stuff happens is probably the best case scenario, and I'm still completely redlined.  I changed out of my pajamas at 5:17pm.  It's been like that.   

I'm the "president" of Penny Arcade, whatever that means.  I kinda had to make it up for myself.  The main thing it means is that whenever I see what a big company does, I just do the opposite.  So if the thing being done is shedding jobs, I retain those jobs and pay employees a bonus.  Just…  whatever is the most opposite thing I can think of.  And part of the reason I can do that is your continued support of the work we do.  So, I thank you.  And I'm not the only one.  

That's what's happening over here.  How was your day?   

(CW)TB