Some of the complete insanity with online classes this year has actually been good for my impostor syndrome. Instead of worrying that I’m secretly no good at my job, that I was hired by accident, everyone else is breezing through while I struggle, and all the other bad-brain worries, instead I feel more like no one could possibly be good at this, so whatever!
No one could possibly be good at hacked-together online teaching, dodging technical failures from all sides, often using the cheapest options possible, receiving new rules at the last possible second, while the entire country is living through pandemic and economic stress, so under the circumstances, I’m not worrying about not being very good at my work.
Oh, no, my bosses are gonna figure out that I have no experience, no training, and I don’t know what I’m doing! What if they discover I’m basically winging it in online classes?
Not today, imposter syndrome! In covid life, NO ONE has any experience and everyone’s winging it! I’ve been preparing for this my entire career.
