In the face of COVID-19, our educational institutions shuttered their doors, moved curricula online, loosened regulations, and reimagined student engagement. Almost as quickly, society reverted to an eagerness for normality as we devolved into anti-Critical Race Theory rallies, anti-mask board meetings, and protests. In this essay, we situate education with a merry-go-round motif, and we situate the efforts we have taken toward true change on a continuum converging toward, or moving against, the "hard reset."