Episode 2: "No laptop and no internet"
Titilayo Aluko reported this story as a junior in high school. She lives in the Bronx.
“Doing research on an iPad with no keyboard is almost impossible. Seriously, you try it.”
By Titilayo Aluko
All one million of New York City’s students were thrown into online learning when schools closed back in March. But for a lot of us, adapting to Google Meet and trying to stay on a regular schedule while not being able to see friends weren’t the only challenges. I began virtual school without a laptop, or even internet access in my home. In this episode, I share my first hand experience of what it's like to be a low-income student in a pandemic, and speak about my struggles to receive technological support from the Department of Education in the midst of working to complete my AP classes and get through junior year.
This podcast season, “Students in a Pandemic,” is produced in partnership with The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education.
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Music for this season includes original tracks from Brooklyn teens Lens Louis and Joshua Senior.