Children and COVID times

During these pandemic times, I see children who are under 12 years are the most affected. When I see kids who are supposed to start their first steps into Montessori and further are doing online classes. Which in my view is inefficient and disgusting. These kids are losing social skills, disciplinary skills.

They do not know what is punctuality and discipline and obeying elders etc. Their fine motoring skills are going for a toss. No one is able to help them. We as parents are trying our best to induce some learning and writing habits in their brain but due to familiar faces they are not so keen on doing what we say. They need a commanding voice in the form of a teacher in front  of them. Only then they will start inclining towards academics. Other wise, we are here for a very dark phase of life in these kids lives. 

Kids below 12 years are addicted to cellphones increasingly and with no other choice left during the COVID times. We really cant ask them to not look at cellphone or play games in cellphones as going outside and playing is a dangerous option. Some kids who do want to get locked with a cellphone try to use all the indoor toys but for how long? So we are in a phase where the Kids are PUSHED BY LACK OF CHOICE TO WATCH/PLAY ON A CELLPHONE.

Just when we had hopes of schools opening up, we have Omicron hitting the streets and Governments thinking to lock the cities again. Its really sad to see such things happening in front of our eyes, which we had seen in sci-fi movies probably 10 years back.

I just hope kids from this phase of history are not classified as pandemic kids just because they were deprived of good education.

Off the topic: In Karnataka the government has introduced multiple choice questions for SSLC (10th Std) which I think doesn't make sense and makes it difficult to differentiate between kids who have good skills and who are merely ticking answers in randomness.

COVID and Work from Home

 The title is combination of events which is disaster to life. I was reading an article which gave suggestions or "principles" to follow for two types of working modes.

1. Work from home

2. Work from home during COVID. 

I just couldn't stop laughing at the status we are in today. My experience during these times when you are literally left with no choice but to work for and from home is a confused story to say the least. 

1. You really can't deny certain chores that are requested to do at home. At the same time you have to 
obey your boss at office.

2. You have to clean your kids poop while presenting the quarterly business review to your stakeholders.

3. You have to carry your laptop with "ALL" accessories from headphones to mouse to power adapter when you kids are playing outside where the local authorities have dug up the road for civil works.

4. You have to receive the guests and at the same time listen to the team call, just to ensure you do not miss any action item for yourself.

5. You have to do the casino job if mute/unmute when you are attending important call (in which you have to "TALK") and at the same time your kids are running around the house shouting and crying at the top of their voice.

6. You have take the call while you family is at restaurant or shopping mall sitting at a public sit-out.

7. You have to deal with domestic micro (or macro?)-aggressions while taking your appraisal meeting with your boss.

8. There is no element called "PRIVACY" when you are working. Its plain "BLACK" or "WHITE". Either you work for company or work for home.

9. You have lost your "SPACE"/

10. Never ever I wish this would repeat.