Online School: What’s Our Response?
Online school.
What’s our response to online school?
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“Urgh. When will this pandemic end?!! Our kids need to be back at REAL school!!”
“This whole online school is such a waste of time!”
“It’s kind of like homeschooling nowadays, isn’t it? The kids get to do more things at home now compared to before. No traveling time is spent. No one is stuck in traffic.”
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Whether we realise it or not, our view of online school affects our children’s response to their daily online school.
Do we despise it?
Are we “okay” and “at peace” with the idea of our children attending school, online, during the pandemic?
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I’m sure we all hope that the pandemic is over soon so our children can be back to “normal” again, … meeting their friends face to face, learning from teachers who stand in front of them, laughing, being silly, etc.
I’m also sure that not all kids “enjoy” online schools.
But.
If we ourselves despise the idea, or verbally “curse” it every now and then, especially in front of our kids, their views will naturally be impacted, too.
And, since we all have no idea when the pandemic will end (esp. in Indonesia, where all schools need to go online since March 2020), finding positive aspects of the current situation would be a better choice?
Food for thought.
