Student thanks Biden for 'letting' them go back to school because 'it was hard to learn stuff' online

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President Joe Biden visited a Pennsylvania elementary school on Friday where one student thanked him for letting them go back to in-person learning.

“I want to say thank you to you for letting us go back to school because in computer it was hard to learn about stuff,” the Luis Munoz Marin Elementary School student told the president, according to Fox News. “And in person, you can see our friends and hug them and can learn more in person.”

“Makes a big difference between being in school and on a computer, doesn’t it?” Biden remarked.

.@POTUS visits students at the Hon. Luis Muñoz-Marín Elementary School in Philadelphia, which has used ARP funding to hire more school staff, provide tutoring, and address student mental health. pic.twitter.com/5RANimfJD6

— Angela Perez (@ADCPerez46) March 11, 2022

One Twitter user pointed out that maybe Biden could relate to the difficulty of remote learning.

Biden knows all about the hardships of remote learning. The teleprompter sometimes is to far away to read and the person in his ear speaker is speaking to fast for him to remember what they said.

— Karl (@realkarlthomas) March 12, 2022

Others joined in the chorus to praise Biden for putting kids back in school.

Thank you, POTUS! Someone who really cares about our children.

— CP8 (@cp8_formerGOP) March 12, 2022

Since the beginning of the pandemic, there has been an outcry from concerned parents and experts that warned of the toll school closures would have on the mental health and education of school children, but much of the country forced kids into remote learning throughout much of the past two years, anyway.

And the concerns were not unfounded as it quickly became clear that American kids were failing at rates two to three times higher than they did before the pandemic. Instead of advocating for a quick return to in-person learning, many schools simply made school easier by no longer giving zeros for work, deducting for late work, and allowing kids to retake tests and quizzes as many times as they liked.

A study from research nonprofit NWEA found that academically, students were struggling particularly in math for the 2020-21 school year, finding that “math achievement fell even further behind historical trends – the difference of 5 to 10 percentile points in the fall of 2020 widened to a difference of 8 to 12 percentile points in spring of 2021.”

Last December a neuropsychologist reiterated the importance of in-person education.

“Virtual instruction is not the same as quality, in-person education, and it’s especially not accessible for many students with disabilities,” Dr. Jennifer Reesman said. “We need our schools to be open. Public school is a public good, and as mental health professionals, we can tell you that open public schools are a safety net.”

Many people agreed with the doctor on the detrimental impacts of remote learning that some predict will be felt for decades to come.

She’s right. Online learning is not good

— Am Isaya Bornventure (@Bornventures) March 12, 2022

My grandson also complain about that too

— Wilson Rush (@WilsonRush4) March 12, 2022

The damage done to this generation of kids will be felt for decades.

— Heath Clark (@rhclark77) March 12, 2022

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