If you are a parent of a school-age child who been on an extended spring break due to the health crisis, you have most likely been doing everything that you can to help everyone in your family to settle into the new normal routine for your household. My family is preparing for both of our teenage sons to start their distance learning tomorrow morning. We were told that over the next month the students will mostly be reviewing what they have already learned, as well as complete assignments that they might have not turned in before spring break, allowing each of them to bring their current grade up before the end of the school year.
I have used my previous experience of taking online college classes to help my guys organize and prepare the space they will each be using for their distance learning. I think what will be most challenging for them is that they will have to go to bed early enough so that they can be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed every morning for their distance learning adventure. My son who is a senior in high school is the one who is complaining the most about how late he can stay up at night. He thinks that he is a man because he turned eighteen years old a few months ago. smh😏 I cannot wait until he has children of his own! lol
So, if your family is also facing distance learning, hang in and remember that this school year is almost over. If he or she is taking AP classes, and possibly concurrent classes at a technical school, distance learning will also let him or her see what it is like to take online college classes. It will also make him or her responsible for setting aside the appropriate amount of time each day so that that he or she can get their assignments in on time. If he or she can master the skills associated with time management related to distance learning, this experience will prove beneficial to him or her especially if they ever have to work from home (WFH) by future employers.
Your student(s) can do this because they have YOU to support them in this adventure! This pep talk is for me as much as it is for you. 😉 Make sure that you set aside some "me time" each day while you are trying to maintain what resembles homeostasis in your household because your mental health is just as important as your physical health. If you have not already called it a night, you should get some sleep before your children have to be up to start their first day of distance learning!
Your friend,
Lorrie
I have used my previous experience of taking online college classes to help my guys organize and prepare the space they will each be using for their distance learning. I think what will be most challenging for them is that they will have to go to bed early enough so that they can be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed every morning for their distance learning adventure. My son who is a senior in high school is the one who is complaining the most about how late he can stay up at night. He thinks that he is a man because he turned eighteen years old a few months ago. smh😏 I cannot wait until he has children of his own! lol
So, if your family is also facing distance learning, hang in and remember that this school year is almost over. If he or she is taking AP classes, and possibly concurrent classes at a technical school, distance learning will also let him or her see what it is like to take online college classes. It will also make him or her responsible for setting aside the appropriate amount of time each day so that that he or she can get their assignments in on time. If he or she can master the skills associated with time management related to distance learning, this experience will prove beneficial to him or her especially if they ever have to work from home (WFH) by future employers.
Your student(s) can do this because they have YOU to support them in this adventure! This pep talk is for me as much as it is for you. 😉 Make sure that you set aside some "me time" each day while you are trying to maintain what resembles homeostasis in your household because your mental health is just as important as your physical health. If you have not already called it a night, you should get some sleep before your children have to be up to start their first day of distance learning!
Your friend,
Lorrie
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