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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is this really a shock? That 18 months of virtual schooling would put kids at a disadvantage long term? 
Congrats to those not struggling. [b]Have they learned anything?[/b] Or are they simply not struggling with what is currently being asked of them? 
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I'm the PP with the 6th grader, upthread.  She absolutely learned, and learned a lot.  Her 4th grade teachers were exceptional, and although their directive was to not teach new material, they did, in the hour or so they had with the kids daily.  5th grade teachers were very good as well, so DL was not terrible.

Where my kid is struggling this year, is with the small things.  Remembering not to talk/be disruptive in class (especially difficult since they have SO much to share), how to stay organized, how to take notes by hand, how to deal with kids that aren't exactly nice, that sort of thing.

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I posted above about my kids who are doing ok too.  If there is one area where they are struggling, it's with fatigue after the day.  They spent so much time locked up at home that to be at school at day with people and being "on" and having extracurriculars (which they really wanted to do again), that they are overstimulated and just spent at the end of the day.  It's been a long time since we had this much activity. [/quote]

Same- my third grader is having trouble with fatigue and not being used to not having a lot of down time since he has sports and then its homework, dinner, bed. But he did learn last year because his teacher did amazing teaching virtually. My first grader is another story- he is currently learning both kindergarten and first grade material at once and lost all the playing etc that happens in a K classroom. Theyve definitely been effected in different ways. My current first grader I feel lost a year, my third grader just needs time to adjust.[/quote]

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