4/3/2020 0 Comments Coronavirus Blog 4/03/2020I want to start off saying that the past 3 weeks have been extremely difficult and unpredictable for everyone. It is important to use a day-to-day basis. A Pandemic has not happened in anyones lifetime. Nobody likes the idea of having too stay isolated inside their homes, and keeping physical, face-to-face social life to a minimum. But this is now a reality. School has been canceled since the the 13th of March 2020. Everyone had bad luck on that Friday the 13th. Then April first came about, but this is not an April fools joke! Now that I have covered the basic situation that has engulfed the world, I will continue to talk about adapting, and some short term solutions for this issue. First off for myself and my family, we are very close and have many family gatherings. This has affected my family quite a bit. I have lots of elderly family members that are at high risk. I have family in Italy. Some of my family in Italy is over 100 years old. So you can imagine how we feel right now. Another example are my Grandparents. They are 91 years old and alive alone in Arlington MA. I would regularly go visit them multiple times a week and help them out, and keep them company and make them laugh. But Coronavirus took my family away from me. As you may suspect my elderly grandparents do not have any technology in their house except a landline phone. So thankfully for phones I get to call them everyday. I also use an old school tactic to safely in interact with them, I talk to them through the window outside their house. Thankfully, the school has responded to this Pandemic in a very timely and efficient way. They did the best they could for how fast this virus spread, and the limited time and supplies they had. The school also created an online schooling program. I am thankful that myself and the other students can now continue, and finish top their high school career. There are also lots of grey areas, and lots of questions that many students have. But as of right now, the answers are non existent. I am not blaming the school by any means, I give them a lot of credit. Google Hangouts: We have been using Google Hangouts, this product works well and it is efficient. It is a way to connect students and teachers. So far we have only used Google products. Such as Classroom, Slides, Sites, Hangouts, Docs, And Drive. We have been following a Remote Learning Schedule and it works well. But it did get boring, not interacting with students and teachers in person. I like the idea of getting participation grades instead of traditional letter grades. Hopefully this remains the reality for the following weeks. I Hope You And Your Family's Stay Safe!
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