

Remember the panic we were feeling? We were in free fall, wondering which end was up.

But let’s consider the spring of 2020 when schools first closed at the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Mathews, in his 2021 Post column on the subject, quotes Wakefield High School teachers’ criticism: “he Spring 2020 virtual learning experiment during the pandemic taught most of us that students do not, will not, complete work if it is not for a grade,” and he repeats the statement in his April 3, 2022, update of the controversial topic.
