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Collected Item: “The Reality Of Teaching During COVID”

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The Reality Of Teaching During COVID

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Meme (Google Images)

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.


No teacher was prepared for a transition to distance learning during a global pandemic. Nevertheless, teachers all over the world had to alter courses at the end of last school year, and the beginning of this school year. With very little time, adjustments were made to introduce distance learning. This allowed for teachers to keep teaching and students to keep learning. Although a plan for distance learning was created, no one knew what they were walking into. This has left teachers, parents, and students to pick up the pieces and learn as they go. In frustration many blame teachers for any disorganization or problems that have occurred throughout distance learning, but in all realness, they too are left to take this new style of learning day by day.

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#hst485, #asu, #covidteaches, #distancelearning, #COVID, #meme, #teachers, #frustrated

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@studentsaywhat

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2020-11-04
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