Hi WLB, thanks for your thoughtful response. I appreciate your feedback on how students learn, and primarily, which students.

Specifically, I think you said it right that students experience their 'aha' moments differently. Although many academics claim that they've cracked the code for what makes effective learning, it isn't a universal formula. There will always be students who slip through the cracks.

It resonated with me when you wrote that some children aren't equal to their age. It's absolutely true, and often times they are measured using inequitable guidelines by administrators. These students are the ones that need in-class and hands-on learning. Distance learning doesn't provide a uniform benefit to all students. Not yet, at least.

I absolutely agree that many students don't have access to the same resources that schools have. This is true about technology an facilities, but most unfortunately true when it comes to food and shelter. A school is a community, and I hope that we do not abandon it entirely. Not only does it provide learning opportunities, but development experiences like sports games, refuge from natural disasters, dances and other recreations. There's certainly no replacing it.

Warmly, Jad