How much do you think the pandemic hurt your child academically?
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Anonymous
| My sister in law is a public school ELA teacher and brought a stack of essays with her to my house as she’s staying over because her water heater flooded her apartment. I perused though some of them out of curiosity. She teaches the 8th grade. Some of these kids write like they are in elementary school. Serious and consistent spelling mistakes (read is raed, you are is ur, mention is mensin etc), failure to write more than 2 sentences for a 500 word essay, run on sentences, poor punctuation etc. She told me most of the kids are very behind and a good number should not proceed to high school. She said that in the last 3 years the overall quality of the work the kids are producing is down. How much do you think the pandemic hurt your child academically? |
Anonymous
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Academically - it didn’t as far as I can tell.
Socially - 2020/2021 was a VERY rough year for my 7th grader but she bounced back in 2021/2022. |
Anonymous
| Our kid started kindergarten in 2020 and I definitely think it set her back. It wasn't until this year, in a new school with smaller classes, that I felt like she "caught up." But I guess another possibility is that she's just a late bloomer. It's hard to say. |
Anonymous
| well, my kid's math score declined in percentage terms, after consistently rising. We are working on it with tutoring. The school itself hasn't helped. |
Anonymous
| It did not. However socially, it did. |
Anonymous
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JFC. Shred your pandemic excuse card. DCUM Moms are going to be on their walkers in nursing homes in 2073 toothlessly bleating “LeArNinG LoSs! EviL tEaChErS!! mY pOoR pAnDeMiC bAbIes!!!!”
Time to take some parental responsibility. Actually, the time for that was three years ago. And I’m a parent, not a teacher, so don’t bother with the predictable clapback. |
Anonymous
| Hard to say. I think the pandemic made schools lower their standards enormously. During the shut down it was “oh well, we can’t be expected to teach on Wednesdays or to administer tests!” Post pandemic it was like “oh well, the kids are behind!” I’m not sure that expectations have recovered. In parallel, reducing rigor is also now more broadly accepted as an equity move - eg no homework, honors for all. |
Anonymous
| Not at all. Thank goodness for us knowing scientists who told us early on to form a bubble, having nannies, and working from home. It really allowed us to spend more time with our kids than we usually get and though we're not teachers we were able to pick up where online teaching left off each day and drum in what the kids had been taught. |
Anonymous
Stupid |
Anonymous
| No academic impact, but huge social impact on my kid. |
Anonymous
I sincerely regret not forming a pod or hiring a nanny. Remember in 2020 when we were castigated about “pod privilege”? Good times. |
Anonymous
| Didn't hurt at all. He was in grade 1. K would have been hard. |
Anonymous
| Academically? My friend’s HS daughter was hospitalized for a near suicide. |
Anonymous
Do you think they are recovering? Mine seems to be finally better but the class still seems pretty volatile as whole. Seeing how important the kids are to each other makes the shut down seem even more horrendous. |
Anonymous
| My kid was in 2nd grade when school closed and I homeschooled for 3rd because it was easier than doing online mcps school. We switched to a private for 4th. She’s in 5th now and doing well academically and socially. I don’t think she has any lingering Covid related issues. I think it’s probably a different story for teens and kids who should have been in preschool or K. |