>>> THE UPCOMING PROGRAM WAS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED.

>> THE VIEWS EXPRESSED ON THIS PROGRAM ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF WTJX, ITS BOARD, STAFF OR UNDERWRITERS.

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I´M ISRAEL DUFFY, YOUR HOST FOR THE EVENING A SENIOR AT ST. LOUIS HIGH SCHOOL.

AFTER ABOUT SIX MONTHS OF A PANDEMIC WE´VE HAD TO ADAPT TO SOME CHANGES IN OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM.

WE´VE ALSO SEEN A POINT IN HISTORY WHERE TEACHERS ARE FORCED TO LISTEN TO THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS.

TONIGHT WE´RE GOING TO DISCUSS EDUCATION AND THE UNHEARD EXPERIENCES OF STUDENTS IN VIRTUAL LEARNING FROM OUR LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

TO START OFF, WE STARTED VIRTUAL LEARNING A PRETTY LONG TIME AGO.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY FIRST IMPRESSIONS THEY WANT TO SHARE WITH US?

CADEN, I FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY.

>> YEAH.

I REMEMBER, I THINK IT WAS FRIDAY, ACTUALLY, AND WE WERE ALL, YOU KNOW, GETTING TIRED OF SCHOOL.

IT´S KIND OF BORING AND CORONAVIRUS WAS JUST STARTING OUT.

I REMEMBER EVERYONE GOT THIS E-MAIL THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, THAT WE´D BE GOING ONLINE FOR A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE OF CORONAVIRUS.

I WAS REALLY EXCITED BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AT THAT MOMENT ONLINE MEANT STAYING IN BED LATE AND DOING WHATEVER YOU WANT DURING CLASS.

IT DIDN´T END UP THAT WAY, BUT I REMEMBER BEING VERY HAPPY THAT WE DIDN´T HAVE TO COME INTO SCHOOL.

>> YEAH.

AT FIRST I WAS, LIKE, YOU KNOW, I THINK I CAN GET INTO THIS, BUT THEN AS TIME PROGRESSED I WAS, LIKE -- SITTING ON A CHAIR FOR WAY LONGER THAN I WANTED TO BE IN, I REALLY LIKE BEING AROUND OTHER PEOPLE, AND I DON´T LIKE JUST STARING AT A SCREEN.

IT´S NOT THE SAME DYNAMIC AS TALKING WITH EVERYONE ESPECIALLY IN SPANISH.

I CAN´T STAND SPANISH ONLINE.

>> YEAH.

IT´S PROBABLY SO HARD TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR TEACHER IS SAYING IF YOU DON´T HAVE SOMEONE VISUALLY IN FRONT OF YOU EXPLAINING STEP BY STEP WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.

I DON´T WANT TO TALK ABOUT JUST THE BAD THINGS THAT COME WITH VIRTUAL LEARNING BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MUCH TIME TO TALK ABOUT THAT TYPE OF STUFF.

IS THERE ANYTHING GOOD THAT ANYONE´S GOTTEN FROM VIRTUAL LEARNING?

MYSELF, PERSONALLY, I´VE BECOME MORE ORGANIZED.

>> I FEEL LIKE VIRTUAL LEARNING IS A LITTLE BIT MORE COMFORTABLE BEING IN THE SPACE OF THE HOUSE, BUT THAT´S REALLY THE ONLY BENEFIT, IN MY OPINION, THAT I TOOK AWAY FROM VIRTUAL LEARNING.

>> THAT´S INTERESTING.

CADEN?

>> I FEEL LIKE WHAT HE SAID.

I THINK IT IS MORE COMFORTABLE AND WEIR IN THE OTHER PEOPLE AND YOU DON´T HAVE TO BE MORE STRESSED OUT.

IT´S MORE COMFORTABLE AND YOU´RE GOING AT THEIR OWN PACE.

YOU ARE HALF WAY DONE?

MAYBE I SHOULD SPEED UP.

IT´S EASIER.

>> YEAH.

I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT.

JADEN, DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING.

>> I GET AN EXTRA HOUR OF SLEEP, AND I DON´T HAVE TO WAKE UP AND THINK ABOUT SHARING THE BATHROOM WITH ANYBODY OR GETTING ON THE ROAD.

OTHER THAN THAT, WHERE I DISAGREE WITH CADEN, I FEEL LIKE SOMEONE IS AHEAD OF ME, AND I KNOW THAT WE DON´T HAVE MUCH TIME LEFT AND I HAVE TO PICK UP THE PACE BECAUSE I DON´T WANT TO BE THE ONE PERSON THAT IS COMPLETELY BEHIND WHEN THE TIME IS UP.

>> SCHOOL CAN BE PRETTY STRESSFUL BY ITSELF, AND ESPECIALLY NOW THAT IT´S VIRTUAL, IT JUST FEELS LIKE THERE´S A WHOLE OTHER LAYER OF STRESS ADDED TO IT, HAVING TO BASICALLY FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO YOUR WORK ON YOUR OWN BECAUSE IT´S KIND OF HARD TO GET YOUR TEACHER AT THE TIMES THAT YOU NEED THEM.

THAT´S A GREAT POINT, JADEN.

>> I´M GOING TO GO ON TO ANOTHER TOPIC THAT I HAD THAT WAS CAMERAS.

HOW DO YOU GUYS FEEL ABOUT KEEPING YOUR ZOOM CAMERAS ON, AND HOW DID YOUR SCHOOLS HANDLE THAT?

DID JOSHUA TAKE THAT?

WITH REGARD TO CAMERAS, I WOULD USUALLY KEEP MY CAMERA ON AND IN CLASS TIME WHEN I WAS DOING VIRTUAL, IN-PERSON NOW, BUT I KNOW SOME OF MY FRIENDS LAST YEAR WHEN WE WERE FIRST STARTING VIRTUAL AND WE HAD AN ENGLISH CLASS AND OUR TEACH YOU ARE HIGHLY SUGGESTED THAT WE HAD OUR CAMERAS ON.

IT WAS HIGHLY SUGGESTED.

SO IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE TEACHER, BUT USUALLY WHEN I DIDN´T REALLY CARE, I KNOW A MAJORITY OF THEM KEEP OFF THE CAMERAS, BUT TO ME IT´S COOL.

>> I GO TO PRIVATE SCHOOL, SO KEEPING IT IS A REQUIREMENT AFTER YOU GET YOUR PARTICIPATION POINTS, BUT I DON´T REALLY THINK IT SHOULD MATTER BECAUSE I´M TALKING, AND YOU´LL PROBABLY GET SICK OF ME, BUT FOR THE OTHER KIDS AND ARE QUIET IN CLASS AND I FEEL LIKE THE CAMERAS ARE AN ISSUE AND YOU HAVE TO SHOW YOUR FACE ALL OF THE TIME AND I´M LOOKING AT MYSELF AND IT´S STILL KIND OF WEIRD LOOKING AT YOURSELVES CONSTANTLY TO BE IN SCHOOL.

>> PERSONALLY, I DON´T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH MY CAMERA.

I HAVE MY CAMERA NOW, BUT I HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS THAT HAVE SWORN AGAINST NOT HAVING A CAMERA AND POSSIBLE TO KEEP A CAMERA.

I DON´T HAVE A PROBLEM KEEPING MY CAMERA ON.

IT DOESN´T BOTHER ME TO HAVE THE CAMERA, BUT IN HIGH SCHOOL THEY GAVE ME THE FREEDOM TO KEEP IT ON, AND I WOULD ALLOW THE CAMERA TO BE ON, BUT YOU KNOW.

KEEPING CAMERAS ON ARE QUITE THE DILEMMA, BECAUSE YOU HAVE STUDENTS THAT ARE SELF IS-CONSCIOUS ABOUT THE WAY THAT THEY LOOK OR DON´T HAVE THE COURAGE TO COME IN CLASS AND SPEAK OUT FOR THEIR CLASS OR EVEN HOME ENVIRONMENTS.

I WON´T SAY PEOPLE HAVE BAD SITUATIONS AT HOME, BUT MAYBE YOU DON´T FEEL COMFORTABLE SHARING IT WITH THE REST OF THE CLASS OR YOUR HOME, EVEN.

WE CAN MOVE ON TO ANOTHER TOPIC.

PARTICIPATION.

A LOT OF SCHOOLS ARE MAKING YOUR VIDEO CAMERA A PART OF YOUR PARTICIPATION.

I FEEL LIKE PERSONALLY, IT SHOULD BE BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF PARTICIPATION YOU GIVE TO A DISCUSSION LIKE HOW MUCH YOU´RE ADDING TO AN ACTIVITY OR GIVING INPUT ON.

CAN ANYBODY TOUCH ON THAT TOPIC?

JOSHUA?

>> YEAH.

I AGREE WITH THE PARTICIPATION BEING BASE ON HOW MUCH YOU CONTRIBUTE TO THE DISCUSSION BECAUSE LIKE I SAID FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, KEEPING ON YOUR CAMERA, YOU MIGHT BE SELF-CONSCIOUS OR AS TO WHY YOU DO NOT WANT YOUR CAMERA ON.

SO I AGREE AS BEING PART OF THE DISCUSSION.

>> I AGREE WITH YOU AND JOSH.

I HOPE THE PARTICIPATION WOULD BE HOW MUCH YOU ENGAGE IN THE PARTIS PAEGZ AND NOW, NOT JUST SHOWING YOUR FACE OTTO THE CAMERA AND, AND YOUR ENGAGEMENT LEVEL ROO ROOB WOULD BE HIGHER PRICE FOR PARTES PAGZ AN YOUR FACE.

UPON DIDN´T CREATE PARTIS PIGS, NOT ISSUE WITH EVERYBODY, I FEEL LIKE IT´S OKAY TO HAVE YOUR CAMERA OFF AND IF YOU´RE PAYING A TPGZ, BUT AND WITH BEING IN THE DISCUSSION AND ASKING QUESTIONS AND YOU´RE ASKING THE TEACHER.

I THINK THAT´S WHAT THE PARTICIPATION IS.

THAT´S AN INTERESTING POINT.

ANOTHER PART OF CAMERAS ARE ENCOURAGING CONVERSATION.

DO YOU FEEL LIKE BEING IN PERSON PROBABLY GIVES MORE INCENTIVE TO SPEAKING UP IN CLASS OR SHOWING OUT LIKE TAKING CARE OF WHAT YOU NEED TO DO?

>> WE´VE SEEN WITH VIRTUAL LEARNING, IT´S HARDER TO DO MORE.

IT´S JUST DIFFERENT.

IN SCHOOL YOU WERE WITH THE TEACHER AND YOU´RE WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND YOU WERE ABLE TO DO THAT, BUT ONLINE IT´S JUST A LOT HARDER.

>> YEAH.

I AGREE, EVEN IN CLASS, ON-LINE?

>>, MICRO, AND IT IS UNMITTED AND AT LEAST IN CLASS, RAZR RAISE WRUR HAND ASK GET WILL CALLED, AND IF THINK ENGAGES WITH WE KGSZ AND INVOLVED.

SOME OF MY KIDS HAVE CLASS THEY DON´T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY EVEN IF THEY WANT TO AND I FEEL IT´S NOT FAIR TO THEM BECAUSE THE CONVERSATION COULD HAVE GONE SO MUCH BETTER IF WE WERE IN PERSON.

>> TO BE HONEST, A LOT OF TIMES THERE REALLY ISN´T EVEN A CONVERSATION.

I FEEL LIKE -- IT´S NOT BECAUSE OF THE CAMERAS, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE´S CAMERAS ARE OFF AND WHEN SOMEONE ASKS A QUESTION, I THINK IT IS FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO TALK, BUT NOBODY TALKS SO THEY´RE WAITING FOR NOBODY TO TALK, AND -- THE CONVERSATION DOESN´T JUST REALLY HAPPEN AND YOU HAVE TO WAIT FOR THAT ONE PERSON TO SAY SOMETHING OUT OF THE BLUE BECAUSE NO ONE ELSE IS DOING ANYTHING.

SO, YOU KNOW.

>> THAT´S REALLY JUST THE TEACHERS TALKING TO A SCREEN WITH NO RESPONSE WHATSOEVER.

>> YEAH.

>> YEAH.

I HAVE TO TODAY, WE HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT CAPITOL HILL, AND WE WERE JUST TALKING AND IT WAS MOSTLY EVERYBODY IN CLASS AND THE PEOPLE ON ZOOM WEREN´T REALLY ABLE TO PARTICIPATE BECAUSE YOU CAN´T CHATTER HOW WE´RE CHATTING, AND I HAD -- SOMEONE HAD TO CALL ME BECAUSE TOO MANY PEOPLE WERE TALKING ON ZOOM.

THEY CALLED ME ON ZOOM TO PARTICIPATE IN THE IN-CLASS CONVERSATION BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO GET THEIR VOICE HEARD BECAUSE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT RACE AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS AND IT WAS A VERY JAM-PACKED CONVERSATION.

SO I THINK THAT IT IS DEFINITELY A LOT HARDER TO MAKE YOUR OPINION AND TALK IN CONVERSATIONS AND ALSO BACK TO WHAT CADEN SAID ABOUT THE ONE PERSON ZEROING ON ZOOM.

I FEEL LIKE, YEAH, IT´S REALLY MESSED UP HOW THAT KIND OF FLOWS ON ZOOM BECAUSE YOU CAN´T SEE THE PERSON AND THAT´S WHYY GUESS YOU GET THE ON-CAMERA PARTIS PAGSZ.

SO, YEAH.

IT´S HARD.

>> THAT´S GREAT INSIGHT.

A REALLY IMPORTANT TOPIC THAT I WANTED TO COVER TONIGHT WAS YOUR IDEAL VIRTUAL SCHOOL WORLDS, LIKE, HOW DO YOU SEE SCHOOL FLOWING PERFECTLY WITH ZOOM IN A WAY THAT YOU FEEL -- STUDENTS WILL BE COMFORTABLE WITH?

CADEN, CAN I HAVE YOU ANSWER THAT?

>> YEAH.

TO BE HONEST, MY IDEAL ZOOM WOULD BE EVERYBODY ON ZOOM.

I THINK IT´S A LITTLE TOO HARD TO BE A TEACHER AND TO TRY TO KEEP THE KIDS IN CLASS ENGAGED AS WELL AS THE OTHER KIDS ENGAGED.

MY IDEAL ZOOM WOULD BE EVERYONE BECAUSE THAT´S THE EASIEST WAY TO HAVE EVERY SCHOOL PARTICIPATE BECAUSE YOU´RE AN EQUAL AMOUNT THIS WEEK.

>> I AGREE WITH CERTAIN POINTS OF CADENCE.

I FEEL LIKE WORKING MIKES -- A LOT OF PEOPLE´S MIKE DOESN´T WORK AND THEIR INTERNET DOESN´T WORK SO YOU DON´T COME ACROSS THEM AND IT DOESN´T WORK.

SO USING THE MIKE ON THE INTERNET, AND I FEEL LIKE I DON´T FEEL IT´S A NECESSITY TO HAVE ALL OF US ON THE SAME PLATFORM, BUT IT -- YEAH, TO HAVE ALL OF US ON ZOOM, I FEEL LIKE MOSTLY THE KIDS IN THE CLASS INTERACT MORE SO THERE IS MORE INTERACTION WITH THE KID, BUT -- YEAH.

PROBABLY TEACHERS CAN ENGAGE WITH THE ZOOM MORE THAN THEY DO.

>> I THINK FOR THE MOST PART, MY IDEAL VIRTUAL CLASSROOM WOULD BE, LIKE, AT LEAST A 10 TO 15-MINUTE BREAK BETWEEN CLASSES AND IN THAT TIME I CAN WAKE UP, STRETCH OR SOMETHING BECAUSE HAVING TO GO TWO HOURS STRAIGHT JUST SITTING DOWN AT THE COMPUTER AND NOTHING ELSE, BUT LISTENING TO A LECTURE OR LESSON, IT´S A LOT BETWEEN THAT.

IN A SCHOOL SETTING A LITTLE BIT LETTER AND NOT A NECESSITY, BUT THAT WILL BE NICE.

ALSO NO HOMEWORK BECAUSE SINCE WE´RE COMPLETELY ONLINE I´M NOT GETTING ANYTHING FOR OPEN PRESENCE AND LESS ONLINE.

I THINK LESS HOMEWORK AND LESS TIME ON THE COMPUTER AND I CAN GO OUTSIDE AND STRETCH OR SOMETHING.

I THINK THAT´S IT BECAUSE THERE ARE KINKS EVERYWHERE ELSE.

YOU MENTIONED HOMEWORK, AND I KNOW FOR ME IT´S A LITTLE TOUGH DOING HOMEWORK AT HOME.

SINCE I DON´T HAVE TO SEE SOMEONE THE NEXT MORNING PHYSICALLY.

IT´S HARDER FOR ME TO TURN IT IN LIKE THAT, AND ALSO WITH, LIKE, THE TIMES.

WE HAVE 1:30 CLASSES NOW OR 1:20, AND THE TIME REDUCTION ON ZOOM WOULD BE IDEAL, BUT I WANT TO KNOW HOW YOU GUYS FEEL WITH VIRTUAL HOMEWORK IN GENERAL?

>> PERSONALLY, I´M JUST NOT A FAN OF IT.

HOMEWORK HAS NEVER BEEN A STRONG SUIT OF MINE.

I´M MORE ON THE ORGANIZATIONAL SIDE OF IT I DON´T HAVE AN INCAPABILITY OF DOING IT AND BEING A WHOLE, YOU KNOW, HAVING MY PLAYSTATION RIGHT THERE, MY PHONE RIGHT NEXT TO ME AND I´M ON THE COMPUTER.

YOU KNOW THAT YOU DON´T WANT TO DO YOUR HOMEWORK WHEN YOU´RE HOME ALL DAY ESPECIALLY THOSE TEACHERS WHEN ASSIGN MORE HOMEWORK FOR A CLASS YOU DON´T WANT TO DO IT FOR, AND IT´S JUST, LIKE.

THE VIRTUAL MEMORY KIT.

IT´S JUST NOT HERE UPON THE SAME PERSON.

>> YEAH.

I UNDERSTAND THAT COMPLETELY.

I FEEL LIKE IT´S MORE TIME CONSUMING TO DO THE WORK AFTER ONLINE SCHOOL.

LIKE, AT HOME YOU DON´T HAVE ANY TIME TO RELAX BECAUSE YOUR BRAIN IS CONSTANTLY ON OVERDRIVE BECAUSE SCHOOL IS NOW AT HOME AND YOU DON´T HAVE ANYWHERE TO LEAVE SCHOOL AND HAVE YOUR BRAIN DISCONNECT FROM THAT TYPE OF ACTIVITY THAT IT´S RUNNING.

CADEN, CAN I HAVE YOU GO?

>> LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, AND IN THE SAME PLACE EVERY SINGLE BIT AT THE SAME TIME, I USUALLY DON´T START MY HOMEWORK.

I FEEL A FEW HOURS AFTER SCHOOL IS FINISHED, SO I´M DONE WITH THE COMPUTER AND I GO OFF AND DO SOMETHING ELSE AND THEN I USUALLY COME BACK, LIKE, SIX OR SEVEN AND I HAVE A LOT OF HOMEWORK TO DO, AND THAT KIND OF STRESSES ME, AND YOU DIDN´T HEAR FROM THE CITY STREETS AND IT´S JUST A LOT WITHOUT THE WHOLE NONPALACE.

THE ZEEN TIME IS EXCESSIVE.

>> ALSO WITH HOMEWORK, YOU HAVE GRADES.

FOR ME, PERSONALLY, YEPT TO SEND OUT NAME, BUT AT MY SCHOOL I´VE HAD TROUBLES WITH TEACHERS AND UNTIL THE LAST DAY OF THE QUARTER OR SEMESTER TO PUT IN GRADES AND I´M, LIKE, YO, WHAT´S GOING ON?

I´M STRUGGLING.

I HAVE COLLEGE WORK AND I´VE GOT STUFF THAT I´M GETTING TO.

CAN I HAVE CADEN TAKE THAT?

>> YEAH.

BASICALLY FOR ME, I HAVE IT ON -- I´M IN PERSON RIGHT NOW.

[ INDISCERNIBLE ] >> AND THEN I´M IN THE PLAY FROM 4:00 TO 6:00, AND I´M JUMPING ON THE HOMEWORK AND THIS IS AN ENTIRE DAY FULL OF COMPUTERS AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I´M BEING ASSIGNED FIVE PAGES OF HOMEWORK.

MY SLEEP SCHEDULE IS MESSED UP AND THEN I´M TIRED FOR THE VIRTUAL IN THE MORNING AND IT´S ROOM TO REPEAT, ROOM TO REPEAT AND IT´S HARD TO KEEP THE GRADES UP, YOU KNOW?

YOU KNOW?

>> YEAH.

I HAVE A STORY ABOUT MY HISTORY HOMEWORK.

I, YOU KNOW, TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES HAPPEN AND WE HAVE A LIVE GRADE BOOK AND WE CAN SEE OUR GRADES UPDATE CONTINUOUSLY, BUT MY TEACHER DIDN´T UPLOAD MY GRADE UNTIL AFTER THE ASSIGNMENT WAS DUE, SO I DIDN´T SEE THAT MY GOOGLE CLASSROOMS DIDN´T TURN IN THE ASSIGNMENT AND IT WAS MARKED AS NOT DONE SO I GOT A ZERO.

I WAS, LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE.

I HAD A 90-SOMETHING ON MY AVERAGE AND NOW IT HAS DROPPED DOWN TO A 70-SOMETHING, AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHY THAT IS.

SO IT´S JUST, LIKE, I NEED THOSE -- THOSE UPDATES REALLY QUICK SO I CAN GET ON IT BECAUSE I DON´T REMEMBER THE HOMEWORK.

IT´S THREE WEEKS AFTER WARD.

SO IT´S KIND OF CRAZY.

>> YEAH.

EXACTLY.

I WANT TO GO BACK TO A POINT THAT YOU TOUCHED ON CADEN, WAS THE AMOUNT OF TIME WE SPEND LOOKING AT A SCREEN, YOU KNOW?

WHEN I WAS ABOUT TO SAY WHEN I WAS GROWING UP LIKE I´M AN OLD -- LIKE, BACK IN THE DAY, MAN, MY MOM -- I USED TO BE SITTING AT THE TV SCREEN AND MY MOM WAS, LIKE, YOU HAVE TO MOVE OR BACK UP OR GO OUTSIDE AND DO SOMETHING BECAUSE YOU´RE LOOKING AT THAT SCREEN TOO LONG.

NOW WE´RE SPENDING EIGHT HOURS OF OUR DAY JUST STARING AT A SCREEN TALKING TO TEACHERS AND STUFF.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE AN OPINION THEY WANT TO SHARE ON THAT?

>> YEAH.

I DON´T WANT LIKE IT.

I JOIN ZOOM ON MY PHONE AND I WALK BECAUSE I´M A WALKER.

EVEN IN CLASS I HAVE TO WALK.

I CAN´T SIT DOWN IN A CHAIR.

THAT´S JUST ME.

YEAH.

>> PERSONALLY, I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE A POINT ABOUT US SITTING IN FRONT OF OUR SCREENS AND I DON´T HAVE THAT BIG OF A PROBLEM BECAUSE WE´RE OF THE GENERATION WITH THE SCREEN AND WE HAVE OUR FACES IN OUR PHONES OR LAPTOPS AND WHATEVER.

SO I DON´T HAVE THAT MUCH OF A PROBLEM BECAUSE I WATCH A LOT OF YOUTUBE AND VIDEO GAMES.

I´M NOT ON MY PHONE THAT MUCH, BUT I´M USUALLY ALWAYS ON YOUTUBE AND PLAYING GAMES AND I USUALLY HAVE A SCREEN RIGHT IN MY FACE, SO BEING ON ZOOM ISN´T THAT BIG OF A DEAL FOR ME.

>> YEAH, I THINK IT´S FUNNY THAT THOSE SAME TEACHERS ARE THE ONES THAT EXPECT US TO BE A MINIMUM EIGHT HOURS A DAY.

I DON´T WANT LIKE BEING ON THE SCREEN ALL DAY BECAUSE I HAVE TO WALK AROUND.

LIKE, I CAN WALK AROUND AND GO OUTSIDE AND SOMETHING, AND I HAVE TO SHARE MY SCREEN.

YEAH.

AND I DON´T WANT TO JUST PARADE ALL OVER MY HOUSE WITH MY SCREEN ON.

>> TO BE HONEST, ADDING ON TO I AM ON TECHNOLOGY A LOT EVEN IF I´M -- BUT SCHOOL EQUALS STRESS AND I´M WATCHING OR PLAYING VIDEOS.

NOW YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES PLAYING VIDEO GAMES WITH MY FRIENDS CAN BE STRESSFUL, BUT I FEEL LIKE IT´S A DIPS BETWEEN DOING HOMEWORK NON-STOP AND TALKING TO YOUR FRIENDS WHILE PLAYING A VIDEO GAME, YOU KNOW?

IT´S A DIFFERENT TYPE OF SCREEN TIME.

>> YEAH.

EXACTLY.

IT´S INTERESTING BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU´RE TRYING TO DO AND ALL THAT TYPE OF STUFF.

LUCKILY, I´VE HAD MY PARENTS LOOKING OVER MY SHOULDER MAKING SURE THAT MY SCREEN TIME IS THE RIGHT SCREEN TIME.

>> WE STARTED AT CLOSE -- I HAVE TO THANK ALL OF MY CLASSMATES RIGHT HERE HELPING ME OUT, STUDENTS FOR COMING IN AND TALKING ABOUT THE TOPIC OF EDUCATION TONIGHT.

IN THE FUTURE, WE´LL COME BACK TO THIS TOPIC.

I WANT TO THANK OUR VIEWERS FOR TUNING IN AND SEEING THIS WEEK´S EPISODE OF "GRAFFITI STREET."

WE´LL SEE YOU GUYS NEXT TIME WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE TRANSITION OF POWER.

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