Because of COVID-19 (新冠肺炎), teachers are trying their best to come up with creative ways to connect with their students.
First-grade teacher Katie Ricca of Florida has been giving her math lessons every day on Zoom. At the same time, she has to take care of the studies of her five little ones. So when she spared no effort to help one of her students out, the child's mom couldn't stop singing her praises.
During one of her many Zoom calls, Katie noticed a girl named Hannah had shut down in the middle of the lesson." Our class tried talking to her, but there's something wrong with her," Katie said later. When Hannah left the lesson early, she became worried.
Once class was over, Katie texted Kelley Close, her mom, to check in and found out Hannah "was sad but didn't know why". On hearing this, Katie asked if she could pay a short visit the next day. Kelley said yes.
"Today her teacher came over and hung out for some time." Kelley wrote on Facebook." They chatted, read books, and just talked. Though this woman has five kids at home, she kept social distancing (距离) with my daughter and sat in my driveway for an hour to make sure Hannah was okay."
For Katie, spending time with Hannah wasn't a waste of time. "Seeing my student upset, I knew I had to show her I care for her," the teacher explained. "She told me she couldn't understand the math lesson and that she felt bad about that. I just explained the lesson to her again and told her to do more math practice. I showed her I understood her feelings and that she wasn't alone.
In the hour, Katie took away from homeschooling her own children that day. She gave a sweet memory to a little girl in need.
