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‘I Used to Like School’: An 11-Year-Old’s Struggle With Pandemic Learning
‘I Used to Like School’: An 11-Year-Old’s Struggle With Pandemic Learning
NY Times
CLARKSDALE, Miss. — By the time Precious Coleman returned home from her overnight shift at a casino, it was past 9 in the morning. It had been another night of dealing with belligerent patrons who refused to wear their face masks and drunks who needed to be escorted to the curb. Her eyes stung.
More than anything, she wanted to fall into bed. But her 11-year-old son, Jordyn, was waiting for her.
Or, more specifically, for her cellphone: Because their Mississippi apartment has no internet, Jordyn uses her phone to log into his virtual classroom two days a week.
By the time Jordyn signed in, he had already missed two periods of class. And he would miss more. By the sixth period, he had fallen asleep, cheek smushed into his palm. His mother, who tries as hard as she can to stay awake so that she can supervise him, was also sound asleep in the next room.
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