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Collected Item: “A mother captured an emotional photo of her son crying in virtual class to show difficulties of distance learning during pandemic”

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A mother captured an emotional photo of her son crying in virtual class to show difficulties of distance learning during pandemic

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

Text story with photograph

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

When her son returned to virtual learning last week, Jana Coombs saw him struggling. Her 5-year-old, a kindergartener at a school in Coweta County, Georgia, was so frustrated with the remote back-to-school experience that he put his head down and cried. Jana Coombs story is not unique; it’s the same story experienced by thousands of mothers who now find themselves running back and forth to their children’s computers trying to make sense of remote learning. This article is an accurate glimpse into the home of every mother with a school aged child and how their lives have been affected by Covid.

Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your story. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?

#HST580, #ASU, #motherhood, #frustration, #remotelearning, #reality

Enter a URL associated with this object, if relevant.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/25/us/covid-distance-learning-frustration-trnd/index.html

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

Lauren M. Johnson, CNN

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2020-08-25
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