What is the New Normal?
December 15, 2020
Reem Abouemera
Is there a new normal? What does this term — which has taken on a life of its own since COVID-19 hit the world — mean in terms of our work, social life or home routine?
News@AUC spoke to members of the AUC community to explore what their new normal is.
Nothing “New” About the New Normal
“To me, the new normal connotes some conflicting points," reflected Teklu Bekele, associate professor of international and comparative education. "It implicates the presence of an/the old normal; the state of affairs we had before COVID-19 takes its toll on humanity in general,"