Fact check: Betty comic from 1997 showed kids attending virtual school in 2021 Rick Rouan, USA TODAY
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The claim: A Betty comic book from 1997 predicted kids in 2021 would attend virtual schools at home via computers with cameras © Shafkat Anowar, AP Lear Preston, 4, attends her Scott Joplin Elementary School virtual classes from home assisted by her mother, Brittany, in Chicago s South Side on Feb. 10.
In 1997, at least two things seemed part of a distant future: virtual school and the year 2021.
In an instance of life imitating art, a Betty comic book from nearly a quarter-century ago predicted the short commute kids would make from the breakfast table to the classroom.
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