PC Magazine - USA (2020-10)

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more said the lack of interaction with peers is where the
technology really fails.

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classrooms. Some parents said their children were less
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an actual plan now.

PC MAGAZINE DIGITAL EDITION I SUBSCRIBE (^) I OCTOBER 2020
One respondent
claimed ongoing
virtual
schooling is
disastrous, at
least for teens,
because ‘they
think they know
everything.’