with Corona What happened to my school life June 4 21:09
Classes have resumed at many schools since June. But the scene seems to be very different from what we know. "I can't talk with my friends," "I don't have friends next to me," "I'm afraid to go to school," and from the voices heard by the SNS, I searched for a school that was visible to children and parents.
(Network news department reporter Shinsuke Ayuai, Aya Noda, Yohei Kato)
95% chance of not talking to anyone
"When I asked a shiny first grader who was finally able to go to school, "Did you have friends?" I got a reply. If you don't speak, you can't be friends."
This post was written by Takahito Kamihira, a professor at Senshu University in Komae City, Tokyo. It seems that his son, who was in the first grade of elementary school from this spring, could not exchange such conversation on the first day when he could finally go to school.
At the school where my son attends, the rules of school life according to a new way of life are shown, and it is specified that people refrain from talking or leave their seats. As usual, children can't play and talk loudly during their breaks.
"Can I make 100 friends?"
Actually, when Mr. Kamihira asked his son whether he had made a friend, he had a reason.
Takahito Kamihira
"This year, there was a graduation ceremony at a kindergarten where my son was attending in mid-March. At that time, the children cheerfully sang "I can make 100 friends" before entering elementary school. However, March was a time when it was expected that the situation would worsen in the future due to the spread of the new coronavirus, but the children of course did not know such a thing, and they worked hard and said, "I wonder if I can make 100 friends. When I saw it, I cried as a parent, and on the first day of school, I asked my son, "Did you have a friend?" "
However, Kamihira-san says there is only one relief.
Takahito Kamihira
“During temporary holidays, I stayed out and my son stayed at home all the time. Compared to this, even though there are various restrictions on infection control, as a person I am stimulated just by going to school. I'm glad to hear that there is. There seems to be better than no school, and I'm relieved as a parent."
"I haven't talked to anyone yet"
The impact of parents still continues. A mother in her thirties living in Tokyo was shocked by the remarks of her daughter who was just in the first grade of elementary school, and tweeted as follows.
"When I asked my daughter who started her first year, "How about school?", she said "I haven't talked to anyone yet."
According to the mother, she was surprised at what she said because she had the personality of talking to a child she didn't know even at a park or playing with her immediately.
Mother living in Tokyo
"It was strange that my daughter hadn't talked to anyone at school yet, and my husband was surprised at how it would be possible to not talk to anyone at school." ``When I heard the story, I felt heartbroken and sad.
Some children are less worried about their parents
However, when I listened to it often, I heard that the only concern was the parents.
"I was sad when I saw the prints. Rest time I banned playing with my friends, I banned playground equipment, and even eat lunch silently. Prison...?"
"Easy rules for the rest time. Reading and painting are allowed. It's a turn at a fixed time. You have been deprived of the fun of it."
Looking at the children, this tweet was from a mother with a child who was in the first year of this spring. However, when I actually heard the story, an unexpected answer came back.
Mother
“I'm in the first grade, so maybe I don't know what a school is like, but my children really enjoyed the class and came home. “It was fun at school,” “I was kind to the teacher,” Niconico said. As a parent, there are of course anxiety and dissatisfaction, but he seems to have enjoyed the teacher's kindness."
Even children who feel "afraid of school"
On the other hand, some children seem to feel scared at school.
"Today's second daughter crying because I don't want to go to school because I'm afraid of corona, I can't join my family unless my dad who works from home doesn't work. I was in a hurry and there was no convincing daddy lol.
I interviewed the mother in Nagoya who posted. While my mother had asthma, my daughter refrained from playing with friends outside while the new coronavirus infection spread, but I was worried when I saw elementary and junior high school students gathering and playing in a nearby park. It means that I was impressed.
And last week when school was about to restart, I was sick every day saying, "I don't want to go to school because Corona is scared."
Mother from Nagoya City
"I wanted to keep my daughter off even after school was restarted, but I was worried that if my daughter only took a break, a group would be formed during that time, and I would not be able to get in the loop I decided to"
Then, on June 1, the morning of the reopening of school, I started crying from the side where I woke up, and something like a tweet happened.
After that, the persuaded daughter goes to school every day, but when she asks about her school, she says, "I'm afraid to talk during school lunch without a teacher, and I'm scared." ..
Some families choose “voluntary school closure”
Some families have decided to voluntarily rest their anxious children. A mother in Yokohama City started a school for her 3rd grade elementary school daughter on June 1, but decided to let her daughter rest and solve the school's tasks at home.
In May, when it was decided that the school would be restarted, the mother told her daughter that she was not at risk of getting the new coronavirus at school, and she heard her feelings.
Then she said, "I'm scared of illness so I don't have to go now".
The mother got permission to talk with the school, and explained to her parents that she was acquainted that she would take a break, so she decided to refrain from going to school.
My daughter is now having a good time solving her problems, but she might be worried not to go to school, saying "I think it's strange that I'm the only one who doesn't go to school." is.
Mother of Yokohama
“I'm worried about infection, but I also want to be accepted as a matter of course for the decision not to go to school due to concerns about other children.”
Children's feelings Read carefully
with A school where children go to in the corona. It seems quite different from the school we know.
I think it is important for schools and parents to carefully read what each child is having fun and worried about now.