‘I didn’t really learn anything’: High school graduates of COVID-19 era face college!
COLLIN BINKLEY Associated Press Aug 9, 2022
Is it past time to terminate every public school system in every school or online?
Angel Hope looked at the math test and felt lost. He had just graduated near the top of his high school class, winning scholarships from prestigious colleges. But on this test — a University of Wisconsin exam that measures what new students learned in high school — all he could do was guess.
It was like the disruption of the pandemic was catching up to him all at once.
Nearly a third of Hope’s high school career was spent at home, in virtual classes that were hard to follow and easy to brush aside. Some days he skipped school to work extra hours at his job. Some days he played games with his brother and sister. Other days he just stayed in bed.
Algebra got little of his attention, but his teachers kept giving him good grades amid a school-wide push for leniency.
“It was like school was optional. It wasn’t a mandatory thing,” said Hope, 18, of Milwaukee. “I feel like I didn’t really learn anything.”
He learned the penalty for “NOT paying attention” & education isn’t OPTIONAL.
I remember my class schedule from my senior year in HS, 50 years ago: Physics, Chemistry Lab Assistant, Civics, Calculus, and PE. The only B I had was in Calculus, leaving me with a 3.8 GPA. I rarely had homework outside of class. If I did, it was done in the library after school.
I didn't have to load up, I had enough credits to graduate in December.
We are going to be feeling the effects of the Covid shut down for decades to come.