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Homeroom: My Daughter’s Teacher Is Making Her Hate School
I’ve told her that Ms. G is struggling with her own issues in the pandemic. But getting her out the door is still a nightmare.
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Editor’s Note: Every Tuesday, Abby Freireich and Brian Platzer take questions from readers about their kids’ education. Have one? Email them at homeroom@theatlantic.com.
Dear Abby and Brian,
I’m a working-from-home mother doing my best to get my two daughters (ninth and fourth graders) through this “hybrid learning” year. Their school is on a schedule that alternates days of virtual and in-person education. My older daughter has adjusted well, but her younger sister, whom I’ll refer to as “Sarah,” fights me every morning she has to go into school. And I don’t blame her. From what I overhear when she’s Zooming, her teacher, Ms. G, really doesn’t like her.