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Uyakuzwa lokho kuthula?
Lokho wukungabikho kwezinyathelo ezinanela emaphasishi ezikole zikahulumeni zezwe lethu. Ukuthula kokufundisa endaweni ebonakalayo egcwele abafundi abayisimungulu abangenakho ukubonakala ngokomzimba. Ukuthula okudabukisayo kwalabo abalahlekile manje, abangakwazi ukuya ekilasini elakhiwe yi-Zoom ne-Google.
Mhlawumbe uzwile ukukhala kothisha ezweni lonke ngonyaka odlule lapho siphuma emakilasini ethu singena emigwaqweni, sicela izindlu ezingabizi, ukunakekela impilo, kanye nokufinyelela kokulinganayo ngezimali futhi izinsiza kubafundi bethu? Noma mhlawumbe uzwe ukukhala kwezingane ezithukile njengoba zigasela emigwaqweni futhi zikhuluma nezindaba, efuna ukuphepha kanye nokuphela kosongo lodlame lwezibhamu ezakhiweni zezikole zesizwe sakithi? Manje, akukho okusalele ukuzwa.
Namuhla, esisele nakho wukuthula okuvala izindlebe okuvala umsindo wokuhlupheka okungaka. Impilo yomphakathi eqhubekayo, impilo yengqondo, kanye nenkinga yezomnotho ye-Covid-19 iveze ubuthakathaka balokho okwakukhona. Izikhungo ezibhekene nokunakekela nokuqondisa impahla yethu ebaluleke kakhulu - izingane zethu - zase zihlukunyezwe yisigamu sekhulu lesi sifo esingapheli. uxhaso lwezimali, izinqubomgomo zezifundo ezidukile ezazibeka phambili testing phezu kokufunda kwangempela, kanye nezinqubomgomo zenhlalo ezivuna ukucindezelwa ukunakekela amalungu asengozini kakhulu emphakathini wethu. Manje njengoba othisha abaningi kangaka behlukunyezwe futhi bodwa noma bakhiyelwe kude nomndeni, izibopho zethu zokusondelana zinqanyuliwe, siphoqeleka ukuthi sigqolozele kuleyo ndawo, sizama ukuthola nokunakekela abafundi bethu kwalasha wokuthula. Uhlelo luphukile. Umbuso awunazo izingubo.
Emasontweni amangaki adlule, bengike ngaba uthisha esikoleni samabanga aphezulu esigcwele ngaphandle kwasePortland, e-Oregon. Ngaphambi kokuba leli gciwane lifike, ngafundisa ukudweba, ukudweba, izitsha zobumba, nokwenza amafilimu emakilasini amathathu ahlukene e-studio. Lapho, amaqembu abafundi abahlukene phakathi kwezomnotho, ubuzwe, inkolo, uhlanga, nezilimi ayehlala ihlombe nehlombe, exoxa futhi edala, usuku nosuku, unyaka nonyaka. Kwadlalwa umculo saxoxa.
Ngezinye izinsuku, amakilasi ayengalawuleki futhi enesiphithiphithi; kwabanye, izolile futhi ikhiqiza. Kulezo zindawo, senza konke okusemandleni ethu ukuxhumana, ukwakha imiphakathi echumayo. Engikubonayo manje, nokho, ukuthi indawo ebonakalayo esabelana ngayo iyona kuphela into eyayisihlanganisa sonke ndawonye. Lawo makilasi ayeyi-tape efaka ubhampa ophihliziwe emfuleni yemoto okwakuwuhlelo lwethu lokufundisa umphakathi.
Manje, bekungeke kucace kakhudlwana: akekho ozoxazulula izinkinga zesikhathi sethu samanje nesesikhathini esizayo ngezixazululo ezijwayelekile. Lapho ukuphelelwa yithemba kusishiya singenamcabango, sibambelele ezimpendulweni zakudala, sizama ukusekela izinhlelo eziqhubekisela phambili futhi ziqiniswe. ukungalingani, kusho ukuphuthelwa yithuba langempela lalesi sikhathi esibuhlungu ngenye indlela. โUkuphumula okukhuluโ okungukuvalwa kwe-Covid-19 kusivumele sonke ukuthi sigqolozele igebe, ukuze sibone ngokucace kakhudlwana ukuthi izikole sekuyisikhathi eside zithwele kanzima kanjani emphakathini osebenzela kakhulu abanelungelo, okushiya abanye bethu. izingane nemindeni yesizwe ukuqoqa imvuthuluka yanoma yini esele.
Ilungelo Lemfundo Yasekhaya
Emasontweni okuqala ngemuva kokuvalwa kwezikole ezweni lonke, njengoba abazali bezabalaza โukufunda ekhayaโ izingane zabo, ama-memes, ama-tweets, nama-imeyili anamagama aqinile kubaphathi bezikole avela ku-inthanethi. Bazwakalisa ukukhungatheka ngaleso sikhathi. Lezo zinganekwane ezabelwana ngazo zovivinyo oluhlekisayo nosizi lwabazali abazama ukunikeza ifacsimile enengqondo yemfundo ezinganeni ezivalelwe ekhaya, ngenkathi zisazama ukusebenza isikhathi esigcwele ngaphansi kobhadane, zangimangaza futhi zangicindezela.
Umdidiyeli wethelevishini nombhali uShonda Rimes tweeted, โBengifundela ekhaya ingane eneminyaka engu-6 nengu-8 ihora nemizuzu engu-11. Othisha bafanele ukwenza izigidigidi zamarandi ngonyaka. Noma ngesonto.โ I-tweet kaRimes ibonakala ihlanganisa iqiniso elingenangqondo lempilo yasekhaya nezingane ngesikhathi se-coronavirus. Ngenkathi ngifunda i-tweet yakhe, ngahleka kakhulu futhi nginobumbano naye. Uthisha, nami, ngangizama futhi ngehluleka ngendlela emangalisayo ukwengamela โimfundoโ yomfundi webanga lesithathu owayelokhu ekhungatheka futhi engakwazi ukumelana naso.
Kithina esilahlekelwe yilungelo lethu - enempilo, enokudla okuningi okugcwele emakhabetheni, amagumbi athule anezicabha ezivaliweyo, ukufinyelela kwe-inthanethi okwanele, kanye namadivayisi anele anikwe amandla e-Wi-Fi ongabelana ngawo phakathi kwamalungu emindeni yethu - thina esivalelwe yedwa. impilo yasekhaya iyinselele, kodwa akwenzeki. Ukukhungatheka kwethu kwansuku zonke kusaqhubeka kuwumsebenzi walelo lungelo. Kulabo abangenayo, labo ababevele behlala ebumpofu noma ngasemaphethelweni abo lapho ubhubhane luhlasela, ukufunda ekhaya kudala esinye isithiyo esinzima empilweni. Ungazifundisa kanjani izingane zakho kuyilapho ukuthola ukudla, umsebenzi nendawo yokuhlala kuwukuqola kwakho konke?
Ngaleso sikhathi, njengoba abazali abakhathele bekhala ezifundeni zesikole, othisha, nabaphathi ku-inthanethi mayelana nokuhlinzeka ngezinsiza zokufunda ezingokoqobo kanye nekharikhulamu ye-inthanethi ukuze bahlanganyele nabafundi phakathi nosuku lwesikole, izikhulu zesikole zikahulumeni (okungenani emhlabeni wami) zazizama ukubhekana nokude. usongo olusheshayo: izingane ziyalamba. Okuvezwe yilo bhubhane ngokushesha ukuthi izikole ezibaluleke kakhulu neziphuthumayo ezihlinzeka izingane eziningi wukuzondla.
Usongo olukhulu futhi olusheshayo kubafundi bethu abasengozini enkulu kwakuyindlala, futhi isaqhubeka iyindlala. Uma izikole zivaliwe, kanjalo nengqalasizinda ebalulekile esiza ukuthi izingane zesizwe sakithi zondle. Ngaphandle kwe-SNAP (uhlelo lwesitembu sokudla), Uhlelo Lukazwelonke Lwesidlo Sasemini Sesikole luwuhlelo olukhulu lokulwa nendlala ezweni. It udla Izingane eziyizigidi ezingu-29.7 ngezinsuku zesikole, nezinye izingane eziyizigidi ezingu-14.7 zondliwa ngenxa yoHlelo Lwasekuseni Lwesikole kanye nezingaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-6.1 ngoHlelo Lokudla Kwezingane kanye Nokunakekelwa Kwabantu Abadala. Futhi lezo zinombolo azifaki ngisho nohlelo olungakahleleki lokusatshalaliswa kokudla othisha abavame ukukunikeza abafundi emakilasini abo. Ngokwesilinganiso, othisha Sebenzisa ngaphezulu kwama-dollar angu-300 ngonyaka abahlinzeka ngokudla kubafundi.
Ngakho-ke, akumangalisi ukuthi, ngokushesha nje lapho i-Covid-19 ivala iminyango yezikole zethu, abaphathi, othisha, abagcini, abasebenzi bezindawo zokudlela, abashayeli bamabhasi namavolontiya ezweni lonke. kubuthiwe ngesilinganiso esikhulu - futhi esinamandla - ukuzama ukugcina labo bafundi bondlekile. Esifundeni sesikole sase-Beaverton lapho ngifundisa khona, uhlelo lokusabalalisa ukudla oseceleni kwe-"Grab and Go" lwamiswa ngokushesha, okwenza ukudla kwansuku zonke kufinyeleleke kuwo wonke umfundi esifundeni. Njengezimo zomnotho bhekisa amabombo Usizi olukhulu lwezinga lokudangala, cabanga ngalezi njengezinguqulo zika-2020 ze- izinkwa ezingadumile yangaleyo nkathi, kulesi simo kuphela ezezingane (futhi ngezinye izikhathi nemindeni yazo).
Umthwalo wemfanelo wokondla abafundi kwakungewona wodwa owawukhathaza ngokushesha. Abantu abadala esikoleni sethu ngokuvamile basebenza njengabaphenduli bokuqala balabo bafundi. Siqapha imizwa yabo futhi silalele izindaba zabo. Siyaqaphela lapho izingane zidonsa kanzima ngokomzwelo futhi, njengezintatheli eziyisibopho, ziyangenela lapho sisola ukuthi ingane iphila esimweni esiyingozi noma esingaphephile.
Emasontweni okuqala ngemva kokushiya amakilasi ethu, izingcingo zenombolo yocingo yocingo yokuhlukunyezwa kwezingane yase-Oregon ihlile ngaphezu kwesigamu. Ezinye izifundazwe lonke kubika ukwehla okufanayo. Ukwehla kwezingcingo kunemithelela ethusayo. Ngokuhambisana nokungalondeki okwandayo kwezomnotho nokuzihlukanisa emphakathini, amanani akhuphukayo okuhlukunyezwa kwezingane akungabazeki ukuthi aseduze. Lapho othisha, abeluleki, nosonhlalakahle besikole bengasakwazi ukubona nokuxhumana ngokukhululekile nabafundi, izimpawu zokunganakwa noma ukuhlukunyezwa maningi amathuba okuba zingabonwa futhi zingabikwa.
Ukuvalwa kwezakhiwo zethu nakho kubangela umgoqo omkhulu kokujwayelekile ukweseka yabafundi abalwa nezinkinga zempilo yengqondo. Izingane zethu sezikhona ukuhlupheka kusukela emazingeni ashaqisayo okucindezeleka nokukhathazeka. Ukuhlukanisa kubangane babo, kontanga, abeluleki, abanakekeli, kanye nothisha bazohlanganisa izinselele zabo zempilo yengqondo.
Izama ukubhuloka i-Digital Divide
Engeza imvelo ye-surreal yesitha esingabonakali ekusweleni okucacile iziqondiso kusuka kokubili kuhulumeni wobumbano nowezwe futhi unefomula yezinkinga. Lapho ekugcineni siyalwa ukuba siphume esikoleni sethu, akuzange kube nesixwayiso esithuthukisiwe. Emagumbini ami okufundela, amaphrojekthi obumba aqede isigamu agcwele ama-countertops, kuyilapho ama-palettes alayishwe ngopende we-acrylic namaseyili angaphelele ayeshiywe ukuze acwebe futhi aqoqe uthuli emashalofini.
Abafundi bahambe ngaphandle kokuhlanza amalokha abo noma ngokuvamile nokuqoqa umsebenzi wabo wesikole nezincwadi, ingasaphathwa eyempahla abazoyidinga ukuze baqedele lowo msebenzi ekhaya. Futhi nakuba abafundi bethu bekwazi ukufinyelela kubuchwepheshe - eminyakeni emithathu edlule, isifunda sethu samukela inqubomgomo yokuhlinzeka nge-Chromebook kumfundi ngamunye - ngokushesha kwacaca ukuthi bekunezithiyo ezinkulu okumelwe sizinqobe ekuguquleni amagumbi ethu okufundela ngezitini nodaka ukuze enze izinto ezibonakalayo. izikhala. Abafundi abaningi, ngokwesibonelo, babephule noma balahlekelwe ama-Chromebook abo. Amanye abenamashaja angekho. Futhi ngisho nabaningi balabo ababenama-Chromebook abo ekhaya babenawo Kunqunyelwe noma akukho ukufinyelela ekuxhumekeni kwe-Wi-Fi.
Ukuzama ukufinyelela bonke abafundi bami ngaphesheya kwalokho kuhlukana kwedijithali kwaba yinto engigxile kuyo amahora wami wokuvuka. Ngenza izingcingo; Ngithumele umyalezo othi; Ngithumele i-imeyili; Ngithumele izimemezelo ekilasini lami ledijithali ezisho ukuthi sizophinde sihlangane ku-inthanethi. Noma kunjalo, akukho kulokhu imizamo kubalulekile kubafundi abavaleleke ekhaya ngaphandle kwe-Wi-Fi noma ukuntula amadivaysi adingekayo.
Ngaphambi kokuthi kuvalwe izikole zezwe lethu, i-Federal Communications Commission ilinganise ukuthi cishe abantu abayizigidi ezingu-21 eMelika babengenakho ukufinyelela kwe-inthanethi ye-broadband. Ngokusho kwedatha eqoqwe ngeMicrosoft, nokho, inombolo engakwazi ukufinyelela i-inthanethi ngesivinini se-broadband empeleni isondele ezigidini eziyi-163. Ngenkathi izifunda ezweni lonke zilwela ukuhlinzeka ngezindawo ezinomakhalekhukhwini kanye namadivayisi okusebenza kubafundi, othisha abafana nami baqale umsebenzi odabukisayo kanye nowobuciko wokuqeda iminyaka yezifundo ezicatshangelwe kahle ukuze banikeze ulwazi olusha ngokuphelele lokufunda ku-inthanethi. Singene emakilasini ethu abonakalayo sinolwazi lokuthi, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi zingaki izinsiza zedijithali ezintsha esinazo, akukho esingakwenza ukuze sinikeze ukufinyelela okulinganayo emfundweni sikude.
Futhi noma singaxazulula izinkinga ezinjalo, asikwazanga ukunikeza isikhala noma ukweseka abafundi badinga ukufunda. Izingane ezihlala ngaphansi kwezimo eziminyene zizoba nzima ukuthola indawo ethule yokuya emakilasini ethu aku-inthanethi. Labo abazali babo abasebenzayo bavele badinge ukunakekelwa kwezingane zezelamani ezincane ngezinye izikhathi baye bazithola sebengena ohlwini lwabanakekeli abayinhloko.
Abanye abafundi abanemikhaya yabo eyayisezimweni zomnotho eziyingozi kakhulu bandisa amahora abo okusebenza futhi bawulahla ngokuphelele umqondo wokuya esikoleni. Futhi abafundi bethu abaningi be-English-as-a-second-language, noma i-ESL, kanye no-14% wabafundi kuzwelonke abadinga โukusekelwa kokufundaโ okwengeziwe, basenkingeni manje. Bayekiwe ukuthi bazulazule kuwebhu eyinkimbinkimbi yezinkundla zedijithali nezindlela ezintsha zokufunda ngaphandle kokunaka komuntu ngamunye noma ukuhlola okuvamile ukuze baqonde ukuthi bathembele kukho kothisha babo.
Lokho ukufunda okubonakalayo okungasoze kwamelana nakho yisikhathi lapho umfundi encika futhi angicele usizo kimi noma kontanga. Leso senzo esilula sokuba sengozini esakha ibhuloho komunye umuntu kungase kube isikhathi esibaluleke kakhulu kunoma yiliphi ikilasi futhi manje asisekho. E-Covid-19 America, lapho izingane zesikole zidinga usizo kakhulu, azikwazi ukuvele zincike phezulu zilucele.
Isikhathi Sokuzulazula
Namuhla, ngifundisa ekhishini lami, ekamelweni lami lokudlela, noma phansi kwekamelo lami lokulala. Ngigqolozela kwalasha wedijithali ebusweni obuphixekile babafundi abambalwa. Akunakwenzeka ukufunda imizwa yabo noma ulimi lomzimba. Ngisho noma ngibathulisa, abaningi bakhetha ukungakhulumi.
Usuku ngalunye, abambalwa babo bafika ekilasini. Kwesinye isikhathi, abafundi bavala amavidiyo abo, futhi ngikhuluma kuphela nolwandle olunonxande abamnyama, umbhalo omhlophe wegama lomfundi okuyinkomba eyodwa kuphela yokuba khona kwakhe ekilasini lami elisha. Akumangalisi ukuthi amaseshini ethu ndawonye aqinile futhi ayaxaka. Ngizama ukwenza amahlaya futhi ngixhumane, kodwa akwenzeki ukuphindaphinda ku-inthanethi ukusondelana kokuxhumana ubuso nobuso. Umlingo walokho okwakukhona, wabafundi abangama-25 kuye kwangama-40 abasebenza ngokubambisana emphakathini, ulahlekile.
Futhi emahoreni amnyama kakhulu ekuseni, lapho ngivuka ngokuqala, ukukhathazeka okucindezelayo kuphushela esifubeni sami, ngicabanga ngabo bonke abafundi bebanga lesithathu abangakwazi ukubamba iqhaza ekilasini lokufunda ibanga lendodakazi yami. Ngiyazibuza ngezitshudeni engingakakwazi ukubafinyelela - labo abangakaphenduli kuma-imeyili ami noma abangaqedanga noma yimiphi imisebenzi, futhi ubuso babo engingakaze ngibubone ku-inthanethi. Bakuphi? Banjani? Anginayo indlela yokwazi.
Umhlaba wethu awusabukeki ngendlela efanayo. Lokhu kuphumula, okubangele, futhi okuzoqhubeka kubangela, ukuhlupheka okuningi kungase futhi kube isipho, kunikeza ukushintsha kokubuka kanye nethuba lokuzungeza. Mhlawumbe kuyithuba eliyivelakancane ukuvuma ukuthi izikole zomphakathi zesizwe sethu akufanele zishiywe zodwa ukuze zinikeze izingane zesizwe sethu ukudla, ukunakekelwa kwezempilo yengqondo, kanye nokuxhumana kwedijithali kwezingane zesizwe sethu. Lokho kufanele kube, ngendlela ongeke uyicabange eMelika namuhla, indima yomphakathi omkhulu.
Manje akusona isikhathi sokuthula kodwa sokuphakamisa amazwi ethu, sisebenzisa noma yiliphi ilungelo esingaba nalo, kungaba ngesikhathi, imali, noma ukufinyelela kalula, ukufuna izinguquko ezinkulu endleleni sonke esicabanga ngayo ngezwe lethu laseMelika kanye izinhlelo eziqhubekisela phambili ukuhlukana okunonya nokunganaki kwabantu abaningi kangaka.
Ayikho indlela yokuqhubeka nokubeka itheyiphu eyengeziwe kuleso siqhumane esiphahlazekile sohlelo lwemfundo yomphakathi olwase luhlakazekile ngaphambi kokuba kufike i-coronavirus kulolu lwandle. Futhi lesi akusona isikhathi sokuhlehla ezinqolobaneni zethu, siqongelele amalungelo kanye nephepha lasendlini yangasese kanye nesihlanzisi sezandla, ngobugwala kakhulu ukuba sifune okwengeziwe kuzo zonke izingane zakuleli. Sekuyisikhathi sokuthi sifinyelele endaweni eqhele ngamamitha ayisithupha manje esesihlukanisa sonke futhi sifune okwengeziwe kulabo abangakwazi ukuzifunela yona.
Belle Chesler, a TomDispatch Njalo, unguthisha wezobuciko obubonwayo e-Beaverton, e-Oregon, futhi manje ufundisa esekhaya ePortland, e-Oregon.
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U-Belle Chesler ukusho kahle kakhulu. Lapho ngifunda bese ngixoxa nomkami, naye onguthisha osebenza ngendlela efanayo indaba yakhe, ngakhala. Ngiyazi ukuthi konke lokhu kusho ukuthini empilweni yabafundi.