Dr. Yo’s 2 Pieces of Back-to-School Advice in the Crazy Age of COVID
At this point, the only thing anyone can expect for academic year 2020-2021 is the unexpected. Having said that, I’d like to emphasize two important back-to-school bits of wisdom. (See also Catch the Wave and Leaving Soon for College?) DON’T TAKE REMOTE LEARNING SHORT CUTS. Many schools are opening online or offering some form of hybrid of in-school and distance learning. I worked with and talked to enough high school students last spring to know that in most cases, distance learning is a joke compared to in-school learning. Not only is it much easier to duck and hide from teachers—literally […]
