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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You guys know that this this TAL episode was originally designed to be one mostly-pro-virtual-school story and one anti-whatever-tf-happened-during-covid school story, right?  But they put a little coda on it because they found out the kid from the first story wasn't actually doing her work the second time she went virtual.

Contrary to the two stories in here, not everybody's virtual experience was bad.  I'm the mom above with a middle school girl, and she still talks about the year right after covid first happened, where schools here were still virtual, as a time when she really found her voice and confidence in herself.  She caught back up in math, but found inner strength.  For her it was a net gain.

Sorry if your kids did not have that experience, but it's not all doom and gloom.[/quote]

My kids HATED virtual school, and yet they are fine and it was not all doom and gloom. I’m actually disappointed how low expectations at school are as a result of the pandemic, in terms of behavior, in terms of level of work, doing it on time, allowing for endless corrections/revisions, etc. It’s like they can’t expect anything of anyone. It’s sad. [/quote]

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