Interrupted Schooling Meant A Pause In Discipline. For Some Students, That Was A Relief
After his remote school days, Will Brown walks around Mattapan and Dorchester to "refocus." (Max Larkin/WBUR) Take away Will Brown’s commute to and from his home on the Dorchester-Mattapan line — and he gets time to think. “After a school day, I normally go for a walk and just listen to some tunes," Brown says. "Just... refocus myself, you know?” Brown, a junior at Boston Arts Academy, is still learning entirely remotely. So in the afternoons, instead of a crowded bus from the Fenway, you'll find him walking through his neighborhood and reflecting on his life so far — to a so...