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  1. Apr 2023
    1. I figure that most of the learning students lost in Zoom school is learning they would have lost by early adulthood even if schools had remained open.

      Here we have a correlation between zoom school and the feeling of missing out on the school experience. Is this true? Well he states "I figure" so this doesn't typically mean there is evidence backing up the claim and there also is no article linked to this part of the essay. One way to do this is to survey children in Zoom school and collect data from the numbers.

    1. Most grown-ups believe that school is only for learning back-to-back. They don’t understand the parts that build character for us teens.

      Grown ups, sometimes, don't understand what school is like now compared to when they were in school. What I disagree with is the fact that grown ups don't understand that it builds character. That is one thing that hasn't changed over the years. Making life long friends and finding yourself. The statement leaves out these important factors. We have to consider the statement from every angle.