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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not surprised! I’m a stay at home mom with a high HHI and I thought I was supervising my third grader but then I got an email saying that he hadn’t logged in to his afternoon math class for a whole damn week.

A lot of it was his straight-up lying about what they were doing, but a big part was he didn’t know where to go or when. He didn’t understand how to find the links for all the different rooms he was supposed to be in and he tried to set timers and reminders but sometimes the sound was off. This stuff is hard for little kids and I think the teachers expect too much or them in terms of keeping track of time and knowing how to navigate canvas to find the next class or small group.

Now he is doing great because I am with him all the time and listening to when asynchronous time ends and he doesn’t use his headphones anymore. If I had to work I’m pretty sure he would just repeat 3rd grade. I get why we are doing it but there’s no question it’s a disaster. [/quote]

So it never occurred to you to check on your kid for a week and help an 8y.o. with set up? Of course he’s too little to be doing it alone, even in f2f school you have to help them navigate and organize. It’s silly to expect teachers to be able to provide support throughout. [/quote]

I was really involved at the beginning and after three or four weeks I thought he has it figured out. Wrong! [/quote]

Plus I have a 6th grader who was trying to get used to adjusting to a demanding middle school (including doing homework for the first time) in addition to learning how to do it all online. I was helping her a lot of the time. Now that she has figured things out I have more time to spend on my third grader but I cannot believe the number of hours throughout the day I spend supervising my kids. I just hope most parents who work have kids who are more on the ball than mine are. [/quote]

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