Distance Learning Distractions

This week on a special #EducationReboot episode of Max Out Time: Victor Jimenez and Jeremiah Pierre, two seventh graders at Flushing Christian School in Flushing, New York, discuss their remote learning difficulties amid the coronavirus pandemic. It is the second time these young men have been guests on the show. I interviewed them in 2019 when they became the youngest winners of National Geographic's GeoChallenge team competition for their project about preserving the Hudson River Watershed. The two middle schoolers say that remote learning causes unnecessary distractions, there are technical difficulties and it's also affecting their social lives. But they both agree that it is *not* time to return to in-person learning. This podcast episode is sponsored by DC's Southwest Soda Pop Shop (https://www.swsodapopshop.com), a family-run, Black-Owned ice cream parlor on the District Wharf that keeps sweets simple. For a limited time, visit the walk-up window and use the discount code "MAX OUT TIME!" to receive 10% off your first purchase. Previously recorded on Friday, November 6th, 2020. -AJ II