She keeps talking to her students about visits to family and friends. What gives?
My first grader is attending Google Meet lessons with her teacher and classmates every morning for 30–60 minutes. Last Friday her teacher joined class from her car because she was driving with her family to another state to “help her mom.” Today I overheard class, which she joined from the home of a friend who also lives in the distant state. Our state’s stay-at-home orders are being stepped back, but it’s clear that social distancing remains the order of the day.
Our experience with the first grade teacher is very different. Each week she sends out the weekly lesson plan, holds one 30-minute Zoom call, and adds a few tasks to the school apps, and that’s basically it. Not a single comment on any assignments, even the ones that clearly involved a great effort; no response to the personal letter our daughter wrote to tell her how much she missed her teacher; and a one-sentence form email the first week asking if we had any questions.
When you do reach out, after pleasantries and well-wishes, I would try to articulate the need you’re feeling and ask if she has suggestions rather than making them. So: “I’m feeling a bit lost and adrift on how this is all going. Is there a way we could connect and get some feedback about her progress?” Or: “Daughter is having a hard time with the abrupt loss of her school community, and I think she’d like to connect with you personally because she misses you.
She wrote me a very thoughtful email explaining that her three older children had struggled when they were in eighth grade as well. The issues were various, but they all had a hard year. And then they all did well in high school. So I did. It helped some before distance learning started, and then they both lost momentum. And that’s OK. Maybe they’ll be like their brothers and perform well in high school. Maybe it’ll take until college before they get their acts together. Maybe they won’t go to college; they’ll just pursue a field they’re interested in. Say black holes, aviation, or high-powered cars.
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