I’ve been providing academic support for a student, 8th gr, 9th gr, and now 10th. After last year of online school for everyone, and he and I mostly working on FaceTime, our governor has ordered all students back to in-person school. Today was day 4.
In chatting about how it’s going for him, I asked about classmates. He shook his head, and told me he’s focusing on establishing rapport with his teachers “because it will make all the difference if we have to go back to online-only classes.”
I imagine he’s correct, but I find it an awfully sad situation.