These pictures were taken 6 years apart. Despite the fact that my boys are teenagers now, this picture shows the immense difference between how school used to be and how school is today.
The first picture shows the joy on their faces because they are about to head off to school and see their friends, meet their teachers and learn new things! The second picture shows the boredom and frustration because of “remote learning”.
What is there to be excited about? How is this the better choice? Kids need to be around other kids. Kids need to be able to run around and learn in a hands-on environment. Instead, my boys are sitting at our dining room table, staring at a computer screen not wanting to participate because they feel defeated. They feel defeated because they had hoped that they would be able to go back to school, even with restrictions, and have a little bit of their “normal” back. They were fully prepared to follow along with the guidelines just so they could go back to school.
It still boggles my mind that 75% of our school district chose “in-person learning” but then a week later everything changed. Now, 50% of the district has the choice of remote or in-person while the other 50% has no choice.
The only thing I can hope for during this is that my boys will grow closer to each other. They are teenagers so they still fight and bicker, but they are in this chaotic mess of “remote learning” together. They can help each other with computer and homework issues because they are all each other has when it comes to this. They can’t get help from their friends or even really get hands-on help from their teachers. In the end, I do not believe that “remote learning” will be a good choice for our kids.
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