Technical high schools adapt to COVID’s immense challenge
Updated Feb 16, 2021;
Posted Feb 16, 2021
1/21/2921 -Westfield- Students at work in Westfield Technical Academy s auto repair shop. (Don Treeger / The Republican)
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The vocational director at Roger L. Putnam Vocational Technical Academy says the last 11 months have been difficult, but could have been worse.
“Some districts were caught (unprepared for the coronavirus pandemic). They planned for hybrid last summer and then had to go back to full remote,” said Joao Alves, who supervises the training of 1,300 vocational students in Springfield.
Those students have been learning remotely since September, and having their education delivered much differently than they’d anticipated.
The grandkids spent Christmas with us, and during the grand times that we had celebrating together, there were moments where we needed to find some kid-friendly television shows.
Our cable package includes a network that broadcasts TV programs that first aired when I was a little kid. While granddaughters Samantha and Abigail were momentarily entertained by programs that today are a blast from the past, like, for example, âThe Andy Griffith Show,â I got to thinking of others shows of that era, particularly those of the genre that defied reality.
I remember âMy Mother The Car,â which tried to ignore the real world every week. Among the main characters was a talking car. The show only lasted one season.
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