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Message: [QUOTE="UConnRock, post: 3599195, member: 1024"] My son's end of school year on-line college classes were a mix of zoom and video lectures. He had a great British History class with a very vibrant professor that was his favorite class until they had to go on-line. Although the lectures were on zoom, the class just totally lost its luster. The pre and post class discussions with the professor which were the basis for great in-class discussions were lost. There was simply a lack of back-and-forth that was present in a live classroom. The video classes were even worse. No connection with the professors and simply listening and regurgitating the information. That is not what college should be. He took an economic statistics class in the first summer session to keep himself busy during lockdown. He was honest that he did not feel the class was the same value as in-person even with the A grade. My daughter's high school reduced the daily class periods from 8 to 4 during on-line teaching and it worked very well. The teachers had to do zoom classes and the administration and staff spent all of spring break working to make the transition to on-line work. Trying to do a full HS classload on-line would not be good for teenagers. I conclude that the on-line learning works well in a more structured HS curriculum vs. the varied college classes. It was a social nightmare for both kids and neither one wants to start the fall on-line. [/QUOTE]