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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You can’t supplement connection. That’s what’s missing.[/quote] Well put. Also, to the PP above who is saying DL isn’t working for us because we didn’t try to make it work: Nope. We went into DL with our PK kid very optimistic. Our kid was excited, we really liked our assigned teacher, and we put a bunch of effort in up front (creating a small classroom with all the materials, getting DD adjusted to the schedule ahead of time, talking it up to her before we started, etc.). I read every piece of material the school sent home. I really wanted this to be a good experience. Something I told my DH frequently back in August was “It’s not nothing!” We were excited for our child to have another adult in her life and some exposure to her peers, even if virtually. Three months and a lot of sweat and tears later, my conclusion is that DL is developmentally inappropriate for my child and that she is better off by every metric (emotionally, academically, behaviorally, physically), if we skip DL and instead focus on getting her lots of physical exercise, in person time with other kids, and whatever in person instruction we can cobble together via outdoor classes and even my own efforts at what we call “preschool in the park” because we try to do it outside when possible. To say that DL failed fir us because we didn’t make the effort is absurd. It didn’t work because it’s terrible and it’s actually unkind to expect a young child to try and learn that way.[/quote] We are at a private school and every educator at our school fundamentally agrees that the distance learning "modality" is totally inappropriate for young children. This was never how any education program was designed to work. But - surprise surprise - none of the other "educators" in the public schools have ever brought this up. Interesting, huh? Did these public school "educators" (aka unprofessional hourly union workers) forget everything they learned when they became a teacher? Oh wait, they did, as the only thing the teachers care about is themselves, not the children. It's so pathetic and my heart breaks for all of the children impacted by this mess. [/quote] Public school teachers agree. But in public school teachers can lose their jobs for speaking out and saying anything negative at all about the school or county. [/quote]
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