Yehyun Kim :: ctmirror.org
Sophia Cagna, 10, attends a class about growth mindset at Roger Sherman Elementary School in Meriden. Pandemic is one of the reasons why the school is focusing on social emotional learning and how to be good humans, Principal Anita Gennaro said. Students were maybe nervous about coming back to school and anxious about the changes in the world, she said.
Conversations with educators, parents, and students about the past year of missed school reminded me of my own education, interrupted by war in my home country, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and in a refugee camp in Uganda. Seeing students graduating on Zoom last summer, unable to hug their friends and teachers, take photos, or have their families cheering their hard work was disappointing.