The Boy is attending his final Kindergarten Zoom as I tweet.
His amazing teacher at @SylviaFedoruk ( @StoonPubSchools) meets with them twice a week and provides so many opportunities for them between visits.

Here are some thoughts that I can't shake about this:

1) My wife and I recognize that the work of his teacher is world class. We are able to recognize this because we both work in education.
This allows us to know where to fill in the cracks that virtual experience leaves.

2) Our involvement actualizes the amazing foundation laid by his teacher, but we are able to do so without a steep learning curve because, again, this is our world.

Our son directly benefits from that.

3) These advantages are not "lucky."

We often say, "We are lucky that...
...we can work from home."
...we have the technology."
...etc. etc. etc."

But it's not "luck," it's privilege.

4) The Boy's class size has been erratic, but has trended smaller and smaller as the "semester" went along.
Other kids have encountered difficulty (for whatever reason).

These are his friends, teammates, etc.
They aren't "unlucky" any more than we are "lucky"

5) We need to think long and hard about how school is done in this "new normal" that powers-that-be are currently constructing.

I'm worried that many of the decision makers are like me--"lucky".

6) Additionally, we need to think long and hard about how this. has. always. been. a. thing. but "normal" school has masked it.

Specifically, I need to take this up in how I build my experiences for kids.

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