Posted on 12/18/2020 2:58:53 PM PST by CheshireTheCat
....In an essay Eileen’s daughter wrote about her virtual learning experience, she describes the despondency and defeat students and teachers feel. In some classes, students mute their audio feature to hide the fact that they’re playing video games instead of paying attention. Teachers have difficulty holding students accountable, making flouting the rules easier. Eileen’s daughter, an aspiring writer and accomplished student, also faces her own waning motivation.
“Every minute I sit at my desk I am being erased. It started with one of my dimensions. Then my voice was replaced by the chat, my face with a logo, and my life with progress checks,” Eileen’s daughter writes. “Virtual school is not real school. They are not giving us an education. They are teaching us how to not get caught using google translate. They are teaching us which websites will do your algebra homework for you. And if the Board of Education doesn’t take my education seriously, then why should I?”
The National Alliance on Mental Illness reports that the lack of social interaction that can negatively affect adults is also found to cause or exacerbate mental health conditions in children up to a decade later. Virtual learning has upended the critical sense of stability in children’s lives that can come from established learning schedules, seeing peers, or participating in extracurricular activities, leading to a sense of alienation among students....
John Torre, from Connecticut, told the Caller that his 10-year-old daughter has suffered from headaches after being online all day, while his 8-year-old son will quit online lessons out of frustration. Jaclyn from Michigan says her 15-year-old daughter leaves her bedroom no more than 3 times throughout the day, and no longer talks to her beyond single-word responses...
(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...
Heard this read aloud on the radio this morning. Great writing from that kid, very introspective.
dumb parents-pull them out of publix and get your own curriculum going.
Earlier today a Freeper stated the smart kids are doing OK with remote learning while the dumb ones aren’t.
The smart kids are struggling too, if they are not cheating. My daughter is one.
The “dumb” ones include my senior son—who got a 4 and a 5 on two AP tests and a not-bad 1210 SAT (85% percentile), who can program in 3 languages (C++, Java, and Python), is a ranked chess player, and taught himself excellent piano without a single lesson (was even tipped playing jazz at a piano bar in New Orleans!). He got into 6 four year colleges with a declared BS Computer Science major.
This son is now getting 5 Fs and 2 Ds with “remote learning.” I’m withdrawing him from the district during the winter break, and will homeschool him to finish out his high school career.
Life in a poorly designed Matrix.
Long term consequences of this are catastrophic
I pulled my daughter out this past summer (to private) and my son out yesterday (to homeschooling).
My senior son really wanted to finish out high school with his class, but there was no way the union would allow reopening this year—I finally gave up waiting yesterday when the district delayed a promised Jan 5th reopening yet again. Too much Charlie Brown and the football being yanked away!
Knock it off and teach them at home.
Please, oh please, let the revolt against the clueless, immoral, science and IQ challenged Democrats be soon and very very - er - not nice to the buttwipes.
In Maryland, children in private and parochial schools are going to in-person school. Public schools not open yet. It is truly outrageous. It is actually evil.
Same here. My son is struggling and I don’t have the money for private school. He desperately wants to go back to in person school.
The schools are left-wing indoctrination centers. I know it’s difficult but I hope home schooling becomes more popular.
Learning doesn’t really happen until the kids take responsibility for it. What used to happen in class was Kabuki for most kids.
You know this is going to become another imaginary crisis in which teachers will become heroes. They will fight so hard for the little chudren. Teachers don't give a damn about children, well at least 99% don't. They care about their jobs more. Heaven forbid if distance learning works and they lose their jobs with precious government pension plans and summer vacations.
Hits home here. We have been fully remote for a month after starting the year with blended learning cohorts. I had 2 online conferences today with my 11th and 12th graders, and both were “no shows.” They aren’t required to attend. I record the sessions and post. At this time, 75% or our 9th graders are failing. Graduation rate has plummeted to 56%. Everything in this article is true. Our football team was destined to take the states this year, but the metrics kept them out of the playoffs. The only team surviving the metrics was awarded the state championship, virtually. When does end?
Your post made me dig out an old post of mine.
I would only add that, notwithstanding the studies showing that HSers tend to be more academically-proficient than the compliment, HSing won't ipso facto make Johnny or Mary smarter (though it probably has a better likelihood of working). I've been in co-ops where many of the children are, well, average. HSing certainly offers the gifted child more advantages, but that comes chiefly (IMHO) from customization.
The average or even below-average child will STILL benefit from HSing because of the customization, among other things. And because HSing is usually done by a parent or a loved one who cares deeply for the "student," they won't get left behind.
Many people who support HSing base their support on the statistical outcomes being stronger than otherwise. This is dangerous, because HSing is a fundamental right, equal to firearms, free speech, religious freedom, etc.
If all the kids who were HSed were still "idiots," we should not back off that right being defended vociferously. Indeed, bad free speech or stupid gun use doesn't negate or necessitate regulation of those rights.
HSing may also help your son with "socialization" insofar as many HSers are probably willing to get together even in the midst of a pandemic. I wish you the best and will pray for you all.
“The average or even below-average child will STILL benefit from HSing because of the customization, among other things. And because HSing is usually done by a parent or a loved one who cares deeply for the “student,” they won’t get left behind.”
Truth
Idle time is the devil’s workshop. Poor kids. We’re going to see some serious damage to the kids and our society in the near future.
My children did remote learning - an online academy their last couple years of high school. That was 8 years ago, so I don't know if things have changed. They loved it. They were able to go at their own pace, which was fast. If they missed a lesson or wanted to review a lesson, it was available 27/7. They had the self-motivation and a parental expectation to succeed.
I wouldn't be too surprise if teachers are tanking the whole remote learning situation just to make it seem that the only way to be educated, err, indoctrinated is through a in-person government schools.
They still have parents. Some are as whacked out as the teachers.
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