Apart from exposing a digital divide, ‘home delivery of education’ is unfolding differently for different parents For the first time in weeks two Sundays ago, I set an alarm for the next morning.
Quarantined in our home in Gurugram, we had let our routine relax a bit over spring break. On 30 March, however, we had to be up and somewhat presentable, for our nearly six-year-old son’s school was reopening with a 9am “Morning Circle"—over Google Hangouts.
So, that Monday morning, we logged in hurriedly for a cheerful catch-up with his two teachers and two dozen classmates over a spring song and a storybook about sharing.