Thank you for sharing your insight into this conversation, John! Yes, referring to learning as being lost and/or in need of recovery is definitely making the likes of John Dewey spin in their grave. And yes, as our recently and thankfully departed mayor Rahm Emanuel used to say, in every crisis there is an opportunity. When I first started hearing about this lost learning conversation, I remembered when I had mononucleosis in high school and was out for two months. There was so much "catching up" that I needed to do from the perspective of my teachers, but they also had no idea that I spent most of my time reading and watching documentaries about the world. In many ways, I learned more in those two months than I ever did languishing behind a cramped desk at 7:50am. Unfortunately, not every student or member of the academic community had this luxury, especially as most libraries were closed and given the inequities of technology access in this nation. Your comments are part of a much larger conversation that seeks to divert attention away from the deficit mindset that students "lost" any sort of learning experiences. What is most important, then, is finding a way to understand the lived experiences of our students so we can learn more about the knowledge they may or may not have been exposed to during their pandemic experienceso we can pick up where they left off. Thank you again for your comments, John! Have a great week!