For her, the onset of remote learning last spring brought a weighty realization: Each student has very different needs in the virtual classroom. Ms. Santana joined the school’s food program, distributing meals to families so she could see her pupils and offer them air hugs at a distance. Ms. Santana was intent on countering the gloom around them — especially the incessant noise of sirens — by bringing levity into the virtual classroom. Ms. Santana was relieved to see her students’ moods lighten on spirit days. Ms. Santana sent a picture with her Kitchen-Aid, because baking Dominican cakes with her children has brought her joy on particularly high-stress days.

Source: New York Times October 05, 2020 22:07 UTC