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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I sent an email out on Tuesday just checking in on them.  3 out of 120 students opened the email so far[/quote]

This is why virtual school is a delusional myth. It doesn't work because kids aren't motivated to do it and if you're not standing in front of their faces, they will ignore and procrastinate. The data already told us this, but too many parents are in denial.[/quote]

The you fail them.  It doesn’t work because of parents like you. Kids don’t check emails.  They get too many.  You need to email parents and post on canvas. [/quote]

Kids learning to check and manage email is a life skill. Yes, there are a lot of emails, but this is part of their "job" as students. If you grew up in the pre-digital world, did your parents micromanage your assignments and contact teachers for everything and anything? Mine certainly didn't. [/quote]

100%.  I tell all of my students that the 3 most important things they will learn in school are the following:

1.  How to follow a schedule.  No matter what you do in life, you are going to need to learn to be somewhere and do something on a fairly rigid time frame.  In the real world you don't get extended time and tardies.  You just get fired.  Learn to handle it now while the stakes are low.
2.  How to follow simple instructions.  Again, no matter what you do in life, you likely are not going to be the first person to figure out how to get it done.  Someone is going to give you directions and it is your job to follow them no matter how much you may disagree with them.
3.  How to respect authority.  99.9% of you will end up working for someone else at some point in your life and you aren't always going to like them but you are going to have to respect them to an extent.  Treat your teachers the same way.  I tell my students that when you have a job, you do what the boss says because he signs your paycheck.  As a student, treat your grade like a paycheck.  Do what the teacher says because they assign your grade.

Everything else in school is great but without those 3 fundamental lessons, you'll never be successful as an adult.[/quote]

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