{"id":2156,"date":"2022-02-18T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mildsauce.org\/?p=2156"},"modified":"2022-02-18T00:15:19","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T06:15:19","slug":"normal-is-weird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mildsauce.org\/index.php\/2022\/02\/18\/normal-is-weird\/","title":{"rendered":"Normal is Weird"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mildsauce.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Jalen-Header-1-1024x792.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2159\" width=\"490\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mildsauce.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Jalen-Header-1-1024x792.png 1024w, https:\/\/mildsauce.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Jalen-Header-1-300x232.png 300w, https:\/\/mildsauce.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Jalen-Header-1-768x594.png 768w, https:\/\/mildsauce.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Jalen-Header-1-1536x1188.png 1536w, https:\/\/mildsauce.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Jalen-Header-1-376x291.png 376w, https:\/\/mildsauce.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Jalen-Header-1.png 1999w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><figcaption>Image by Jalen Marrero<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/mildsauce.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/MMJ_Jalen-FINAL.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption>&#8220;Normal is Weird.&#8221; by Jalen Marrero<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you consider yourself to be normal? Everyone is different, so whatever is perceived as normal in our daily lives is also going to be different for everyone. Though <a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/normal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00e2\u20ac\u0153<em>normal\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/em><\/a> means to be common or expected, when it comes to people, that definition doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t always hold true. Normal is a social standard\/ construct that obligates people to change things about themselves to &#8220;fit in&#8221; into a group.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Join MMJ Jalen Marrero with students Iva Peric and Matthew Francis (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.disneyiimagnet.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Disney II<\/a> Magnet High School), and English teacher Kristine Wilber (Disney II Magnet High School.)\u00c2\u00a0 With them, he explores what the term means in their own lives, how that was affected by the pandemic, and what the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153new normal\u00e2\u20ac\u009d means for them now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Five journalists responded to the theme: &#8220;Back to the Normal&#8221;. Click\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mildsauce.org\/index.php\/category\/the-normalcy-issue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here\u00c2\u00a0<\/a>to see all the stories covered in our Normalcy Issue. For more podcasts, check out our\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mildsauce.org\/index.php\/category\/podcast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Podcasts archive.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"small\">Do you consider yourself to be normal? 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