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The Crushing Reality of Zoom School
- gedy 6y agoEveryone is different, but to be honest I got very little learning out of in-person teaching until maybe college. Virtually all learning I did via reading, not being talked to or "collaborating" in class. "Push style" education does not seem like it works for remote learning.
- titanomachy 6y agoI don't know if I learned all that much in grade school, but it wasn't too soulcrushing either. Even as an adult with an ostensibly mature brain and adult self-control, I can barely handle a remote, hour-long meeting of 30 people. Can't imagine what it's like for kids doing it all day.
- thechao 6y agoRight. Except the school district my kids go to — one of the wealthiest in Texas — doesn’t buy books. And, the teachers are only on for 2 hours a day. What’s the point?
- m0zg 6y agoThe reality will be far less crushing if everyone makes an honest effort to make it work. Unfortunately that's not going to happen - people resist change.
- stolenmerch 6y agoI don't, for the life of me, see how the author can lay the entirety of this unprecedented disater solely at the feet of Trump. Governors, municipalities, and school districts have a tremendous amount of flexibility on how to handle this dilemma. Unfortunately, there is no perfect answer. I get that it's more satisfying to have a bad guy to point to, but it doesn't fix any of these problems, which are murky and unknown. As an aside, I also find it troubling this article isn't labeled as opinion (at least on mobile), which it clearly is.