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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I teach math in a Title I middle school here in the DMV.  It is unusual for me to have more than 1 or 2 students miss class.  The 1 or 2 students who miss my classes always tell me why either by email beforehand or the next time we're in class via chat (oh, how they love the chat, private to me or otherwise!).  Usually the absence is entirely understandable and unusual.

I agree with the high school teacher above that very few students in our school are negatively impacted by technology access.  Our school system has done an outstanding job with ensuring that all children have ChromeBooks and Kajeets for hot spot access to the internet.

In some ways the access via technology has been a game-changer for a few of my students.  In a Title I school we obviously have some families that have difficult living situations.  Some of my students with the most difficult home and family situations are the first ones to pop in to my Office Hours and open class time to connect with me and get some positive feedback and support.

The current situation isn't ideal by any means but it also isn't the absolute worst thing to ever happen.  We are so fortunate in this country to have the resources that we do and the ability to use them.  I wish that some of the negative mindset people here on DCUM would start to recognize that.  We certainly have challenges but we would be better off banding together to solve problems and overcome perceived obstacles.  This continued negative harping does much more harm than good.[/quote]

This doesn't seem consistent with the press coverage or stats reported by schools themselves, which is that significant numbers of students (and a disproportionate number of kids who are poor or who are not white) are simply not showing up. I am glad you are an outlier, but that isn't the norm.[/quote]

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