My kid can’t handle a virtual education, and neither can I
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My kid can’t handle a virtual education, and neither can I
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Re: My kid can’t handle a virtual education, and neither can I
#2I stopped reading since it's obviously just a rant but this seems like it's about preschool remote kindergarten - clickbaty title
Re: My kid can’t handle a virtual education, and neither can I
#3I honestly couldn't get past the first four paragraphs. The author has... issues. Personally I wouldn't write an article like this to let the whole world in on my neuroticism.
It reminds me of the Mark Twain quote "It's better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than open it and remove all doubt."
It's better to keep your mouth shut and appear neurotic than open it and remove all doubt.
Re: My kid can’t handle a virtual education, and neither can I
#4If remote learning is leaving a lot to be desired where kids aren’t really getting much benefit academically and it’s stressing people out, is there a possibility to pause education for a year and resume a year from now?
Now, I know there is no guarantee there will be an effective vaccine, but if not we may learn enough whether heard immunity is enough by then.
Graduating a year later for everyone from K- to-be-seniors in Uni may or may not be much of a big deal. Lots of people take a year off before uni...
Re: My kid can’t handle a virtual education, and neither can I
#5I expect that the next school year will be a virtual “gap” year. As the author illustrates, anything we do with remote learning is just wishful thinking.
Re: My kid can’t handle a virtual education, and neither can I
#6If remote learning is leaving a lot to be desired where kids aren’t really getting much benefit academically and it’s stressing people out, is there a possibility to pause education for a year and resume a year from now? Now, I know there is no guarantee there will be an effective vaccine, but if not we may learn enough whether heard immunity is enough by then. Graduating a year later for everyone from K- to-be-senio…
Sure, but don’t expect other people to follow suit. They will hire private teachers and remote home school to get ahead.
Re: My kid can’t handle a virtual education, and neither can I
#7I honestly couldn't get past the first four paragraphs. The author has... issues. Personally I wouldn't write an article like this to let the whole world in on my neuroticism. It reminds me of the Mark Twain quote "It's better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than open it and remove all doubt." It's better to keep your mouth shut and appear neurotic than open it and remove all doubt.
"Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something."
Re: My kid can’t handle a virtual education, and neither can I
#8I stopped reading since it's obviously just a rant but this seems like it's about preschool remote kindergarten - clickbaty title
We'll swap it out for the subtitle, which is a lot more specific.
Re: My kid can’t handle a virtual education, and neither can I
#9I honestly couldn't get past the first four paragraphs. The author has... issues. Personally I wouldn't write an article like this to let the whole world in on my neuroticism. It reminds me of the Mark Twain quote "It's better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than open it and remove all doubt." It's better to keep your mouth shut and appear neurotic than open it and remove all doubt.
Yeah, I read it and ended being not sure what it was about.
Unless you're going to end with a stance of "but we'll get through it because of COIVD" or "we should go back to school no matter what" I'm a little lost of the point here.
Nobody is "doing this" to you, it's what we all have to do.
Re: My kid can’t handle a virtual education, and neither can I
#10I expect that the next school year will be a virtual “gap” year. As the author illustrates, anything we do with remote learning is just wishful thinking.
Given the amount of brain development that happens at young ages, this is daunting to consider.