Struggles of virtual school include tears, technology, teachers' toil
12 observations of the life of learning at home By Gail Ravnitzky Silberglied | December 18, 2020 As a PTA president and mother of three kids in elementary and middle school, I’ve heard a lot about how all-virtual school is going this year. These are my top 12 takeaways: There are a lot of tears. Many of my friends say their kids frequently erupt in tears. During the seventh week of online school this fall, all three of my kids cried at some point about school. The math problem is hard, the link doesn’t work, the directions weren’t clear, it’s too much, I hate school, I miss my ...