One may ask "Was COVID-19 an Accident or Intentionally released?If by accident, imagine what an intentional biological virus (a submicroscopic infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of an organism) release could do.
Teachers working from home, miss out on Interaction with their fellow Students.
Students miss out on socializing experiences, as music/band, sports, team work, game rivalry & competition, wood shop, auto mechanics, other social activities that a School has to offer as PT Physical Fitness, General Assembly, Parent Teacher Conference, School Counselors, Planning for the Future, School Dance, Prom Night, Graduation.
If Traditional Schooling does not Return...Students forever Home, year round school ?, with or without Parenting or Supervision, Child Care & Sitters. What happens to Soccer Moms, Football & Baseball Dads ?
Turn in your Homework, Testing Papers & Grading. You have no Graded Paper to be proud of and hang on the refrigerator, to frame, so much would be lost without Traditional Schools.
No more going to the Principal or VP office when in trouble, as I had a few times.
What about School Buses, Bus Drivers, Bus Maintenance and Mechanics. School Libraries and the Librarian, Student Librarians, Custodial Staff
Street Crossing Lights turned off, No School Crossing Guards.
Home Life Environment, stable home, siblings, pets, other distractions as everyone is home 24/7. Nutrition, Good Sleep Habits, it is a School Night do not stay up late, playing outside away from other children, video games, television, etc.
How do you ditch a Class or School, by going to the Mall or a Friends home.
Lunch Programs, School Cafeterias, Food Service Workers and Staff.
How will a School District work, knowing where all the students live (their parentage), those coming of school age, new to the school district, that of Private Schools, Home Schooling, to enforce education regulations.
Does COVID-19 mean less crime on the streets, neighborhoods, drug dealers, do more children sneak out of their homes at all hours of the night to meet up with friends (I did)
A New World, a Big Change almost all at once...and not even a bomb drop, nor troop deployment to fight this virus...are deployed to assist the Medical Professions and their Facilities, our City & County Governments, across our Nation.
First Responders as well, are overworked, Law Enforcement, a heavy burden has been placed on Professionals, Employers, Employees, Skilled Workers, Business Owners, Home, Apartment, Hotel, Motel, Owners.
How do you prepare Students at High School Level for Careers in the Medical Professions, to replenish the need for more Legal Administrators, Attorneys, Banking & Financial, Police & Fire, Jails & Prisons, Probation & Parole.
Most Important are Teachers...COVID-19 would/could make more difficult for New Teachers to Amerge.
Synchronous learning is when classes occur on set schedules and time frames. Students and instructors are online at the same time in synchronous classes since lectures, discussions, and presentations take place at specific hours.
All students must be online at that exact time in order to participate in the class.
From a Teacher Friend Their Perspective in how Virtual Remote Teaching affected them.
Trust me teaching during remote learning was no day at the beach.
There was the typical teaching responsibilities and so much more!
We held Zoom and Google Meets meetings with kids and parents just to guide them through the technology and ins and outs of Google Classroom.
I put more time into remote learning, day to day than a regular school day.
There's also all the special ed aspect of meetings, paperwork-DocuSign (parents had a hard time with that), paperwork was compounded because we had to make remote learning plans, approval of these plans, it went on and on.
The really awful part to me was 3 months worth of paperwork had to be printed and filed. Three months of meeting paperwork that is usually taken care of right after the meeting at school.
It's very true there's a lot that is lost in remote learning.
The whole hands-on, multi-sensory lesson experience is gone and you can't really replicate that on a computer.
Kids miss being in the routine of school-even those who don't love academics.
As you said it is the socializing and enrichment that is also lacking.
In our district the librarian, music, art, phys ed, and computer class are considered specials and they do take place online, but of course it is not the same. We even had field day, with kids participating in their yards.
Yes, many jobs must be affected, depending on the school district.
Kids aren't so motivated to work from home, so that adds another layer of working with the already stressed out family on.
Kids do stay up way too late when they're home and then we're trying to work around their waking hours-ugh!
How much longer can this go on, will this be the Future of America ?
