Amelia

 Well Amelia's school year is going like crap (that's the nice version of what I think its going). Her computer has worked one day out of the last 5. She literally lays on the ground and throws a fit about school work, her computer or anything related to school. She was nervous about starting the year off at a new school with new kids so throw that on top and you have a childhood trauma event that we are reliving every day there is school. I am trying really really hard to help her thru this. Last spring she threw fits after she had to do work from school. Anything new or challenging made her scream and cry. She is now doing the same thing. For every assignment she completes she cries for at least 15 minutes, either before, during, after or a combination of all three. At home learning is a joke for her.  She needs in person interaction. She needs other kids to play with. She needs a place where other adults can help her. She needs a place where she can be helpful to others. 

2020-2021 School Year

First day of school 2020-2021. Let's see... the boys have sat thru the same power point presentation in all of their classes. Basically going over how to click on a Zoom link to get them to class (note they clicked on a Zoom link already to get them to the class to watch the presentation on how to click on a Zoom link.) or how to email a teacher. Jack got to help his technology teacher out by showing how to toggle between a video and his screen. 

Amelia hates her Zoom class meetings each day. She hates sitting there listening to a tiny head on the screen talk with her. Today her computer did not work right so we was like 15 minutes late to the class meeting. She then was so upset she had to use the our personnel computer she wouldn't even sit at the computer. Now she is laying on her floor crying because she doesn't want to complete the work on the computer. 

Online school sucks. It is not good. It is a joke to think this is ok for kids at all.