At the outset of the coronavirus pandemic, before we had a chance to acclimate to our world turned upside-down, I was genuinely confounded by the inflexibility of some professors to help students. After all, we had been offered the grace of an extension on tenure-track requirements, and afforded the opportunity, and relative safety, of working from home. How was it possible then, to not understand that students, too, might need grace? And how could anyone be OK with choosing not to help? Far from traditional research questions, my wonderings provoked lively conversations with colleagues, and a lens through which to consider my own positionality and difficulties in dealing with the challenges posed by the pandemic. Framed by Nel Noddings’ Ethic of Care, and through poetic inquiry, this article presents a personal response to teaching in an Educator Preparation Program during a global pandemic.

在冠状病毒大流行开始之初，在我们有机会适应我们的世界之前，人们就倒过来了，我真为某些教授不愿帮助学生而缺乏灵活性感到困惑。毕竟，我们已经获得了按使用期限要求扩展的宽限期，并提供了在家工作的机会和相对的安全性。那么，怎么可能不了解学生也可能需要恩典呢？有人选择不帮忙会怎么样？我的好奇心与传统的研究问题不同，它激发了与同事之间的热烈对话，并成为思考我自己在应对大流行所带来的挑战时所处的位置和困难的一个镜头。由内尔·诺丁斯（Nel Noddings）的《护理伦理》所构架，并通过诗意的探讨