...was my last day at school that year. I really expected decent people, adults, to make good decisions, and I expected to be back at work in 3 weeks.
Temporarily shutting down schools in the early days of the 'rona, when no one knew anything, seemed reasonable. Keeping them shut for a year was disastrous.
One of the saddest parts of the covid-era online learning, was many teachers adopted it permanently. It's not unusual to walk into a classroom and see student's heads buried in their laptops. My grandson often comes home and I ask, "What did you do in math today?". His answer is, "Kahn Academy."
ReplyDeleteIt's both a lazy way to teach, and a horrible learning experience.
It seemed reasonable... and that's how they got their hooks in.
ReplyDeleteJust two or three weeks---months---years to flatten the curve, remember.
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