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[quote=Anonymous]I'm shook by This American Life's "School is Out Forever" podcast this week that looks at two families and how the pandemic shaped them.

To summarize: One single mom ended up having to leave her third grader at home alone and used a security camera to watch her at work. She'd speak to her daughter over the speaker. Daughter and mom developed a codependent relationship and tried to transition back to school but couldn't handle not being with her mom all day and mom couldn't handle not knowing all of what her daughter did all day. Mom ended up pulling her out of school to do "virtual school" and it turns out her daughter wasn't doing any work at all. Reminds me of Black mirror "Arkangel"

Second story is a girl who basically did not go to middle school due to pandemic/ COVID/ family instability. Apparently that is just fine and she's graduating middle school and going to high school despite any schooling for two years.

If these stories are even the case for .05% of kids in America, I'm terrified for the future of this country.

https://www.thisamericanlife.org/
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