A Most Unusual School Year: Part I

Curious City

WBEZ Chicago

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4.8 • 642 Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2020

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

We’ve spent the last couple of months reimagining the Curious City podcast and trying out some new ways to answer your questions. And now, the wait is over. We’re ready to let you hear what we’ve been up to. We’re still going to be answering your questions, but in this episode, we’re collaborating with our audience a little differently. Two WBEZ education reporters share how a family and a teacher are coping with remote learning.

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0:00.0	Hey there, it's Curie City editor Alexandra Solomon here with some good news.
0:05.3	We spent the last couple of months reimagining the show, trying out some new ways to answer
0:09.9	your questions, and the wait is over. We're ready to let you hear what we've been up to.
0:15.1	So here it is.
0:18.9	Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, can you just let her finish?
0:22.1	Can you just let her do her own poster?
0:24.6	Why aren't you dressed?
0:26.1	Like a lot of families, my kids are going to school remotely this fall.
0:30.1	Can you go, is your computer on?
0:31.9	Instead of getting the kids off to school, I've been getting them on to Google Meet.
0:37.7	We cannot shop for bedroom furniture now. I need you to get dressed. I thought she only
0:43.1	greeted on the words that you, the spelling words are your spelling words. You have to spell
0:48.5	everything right. Do you think I still got an A from that?
1:00.1	My sixth grader has a sign up on the bedroom door.
1:01.2	It reads,
1:03.8	Welcome to Isabella's office space.
1:06.7	Please knock to ensure she's not unmuted.
1:09.3	And I try to respect her privacy,
1:11.9	but sometimes that can be really hard to do.
1:13.8	Why are you watching? What are you watching?
1:16.0	I'm not watching you do.
1:17.1	Leave me a lot.
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