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網上教學 Online / Remote Learning Due to Covid

Last week, the parents were told by the school district that in September,  that the teaching will be online/remote.  😕 It's inevitable as the COVID-19 cases refuse to go away.  I am not surprised really, but the news still made me feel sad and anxious for what it might mean learning wise for my children.

I watched this video which was broadcasted last week by the school district.  Everyone is working furiously trying to put things together for September, so many details still to work out -> 😟 which ironically, made me super uncomfortable.  I hate hearing more information will be coming soon.  Nothing is concrete.  Hello?!  It's a month away.  Why are they trying to promote confidence in parents when we should be weary that many things will go wrong?  Why can't they just be honest and say 20 hours of teacher's training in August might not be enough for teachers to be good at online teaching?  What happens when everyone tries so hard with this new model and our kids reject it?

They are still trying to please all parents.  It's not possible.  I would much rather hear something like, "Hey parents, it's going to be bad again.  Hopefully it's not as bad as last spring.  We still don't have a clue how some courses would work remotely, they probably won't and we might have to just give up of these courses (like art-ceramic!).  Sorry, we have to cut courses and only focus on ones we can deliver."

How about you?  What do you think?

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Location: Kirkland, WA, USA

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