Name : Dinda Nadilla Yuzar

Class : XI MIA 1

A. from your text book page 30 number 3 :

find an editorial from English newspaper or magazine, use the visible thinking technique or
"reporter's notebook" to identify and separate facts and opinions from this article.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/06/opinion/coronavirus-schools-reopen.html
1. Facts
 By the start of the next school year, the average student could have already lost a third of
his or her expected progress in reading and half in math, according to a recent working
paper from the nonprofit NWEA and scholars at Brown and the University of Virginia.
 The learning losses are greatest among black and Hispanic students.
 Apprehension is running especially high among school employees over 65, an age group
of people especially vulnerable to coronavirus infection.
 An analysis by John Bailey of the American Enterprise Institute shows that 18 percent of
teachers and 27 percent of principals fall into the high-risk age category. Districts might
end up offering buyouts for some their most vulnerable employees — and finding roles
outside of schools for the others.
 Parental anxiety is strikingly evident in recent polls, including one released last month by
USA Today/Ipsos.
 Elected officials should find it sobering that six in 10 parents say they are likely to
continue home learning instead of sending their kids back to school this fall. One in five
teachers say they are unlikely to return to their classrooms. And when parents and
teachers are considered together, about four in 10 oppose returning to school at all until a
coronavirus vaccine is available — in othe
 Drawing an epidemiological picture, he pointed to a school in the district whose 2,844
students and staff members comer words, possibly years from now.
 from a vast area and are connected to nearly 100,000 other people. The public health
mandate that requires limiting student and staff interactions at school will require putting
fewer students on buses and in classrooms.
 Under this hybrid schooling model, some students will study at home and some at school
on certain days, and the groups then switch places

2. Opinions
 many of these parents worry that schools might hastily reopen without taking the
necessary precautions to shield children — and everyone in the school community —
from infection.
 If this crisis of confidence continues to fester, millions of families could well decide to
keep their child.
 This would further harm the prospects of schoolchildren who have already lost ground
because of the pandemic and who are at risk of falling irretrievably behind.ren home
when schools begin opening around the nation this fall.
 The decision to keep some children home next year would also undermine support for
public education generally and damage the possibility of economic recovery by keeping
caretaking parents at home and out of the work force.
 One Texas father and teacher among those surveyed spoke for many others: “The
expectation of parents and society is we’re sending our children to be educated in a safe
environment, and how we’re going to provide that safe environment is completely
unknown.”
 This could create a staff shortage at precisely the time when districts are trying to lower
the risk of spreading infection by cutting class size and staggering schedules to limit
population density in school buildings.
 He acknowledged on Wednesday, for example, that reopening schools would require “a
delicate dance, with a thousand steps, each connected to the other” and striking a balance
among three sometimes competing priorities: the health and safety of those in the school
community, the impact of the pandemic on jobs and families, and the need to effectively
educate students.
 Mr. Beutner nevertheless told Angelenos that the term “safely reopen” was misleading
because “the risk from the virus will not be zero until there’s a vaccine or a treatment
which is 100 percent effective.”
 School officials can handle instructional logistics. But as Mr. Beutner rightly states,
county and local agencies need to take responsibility for the complex network of supports
that schools would need to stay open in the midst of a pandemic. He called on public
health officials to decide a few crucial issues promptly, so that procedures and protocols
could be made public.
 Mr. Beutner has set a good example by giving regular updates and sharing his concerns
with the public.
  Elsewhere in the country, however, some officials seem to be operating on the
presumption that they can set rules in private that families will meekly follow. The truth
is that parents, not school officials, hold the leverage.
 Families will inevitably balk at sending children back to school if they sense that districts
have not taken the Covid-19 threat seriously or have done too little to shield students
from harm.

focus on the followings : identify an issue or dilemma from the article, identify the facts and
opinions, see if you understand them or you need more information, then express your opinion
about it based on the information you have.

The problem or dilemma of the article is about reopening schools in America (How to Reopen
America’s Schools). Parents have different opinions on this case, making it difficult to make the
best decision. Some parents think that online schools cannot replace offline schools when viewed
from their children's learning progress at home. Meanwhile, some parents are still worried
because positive cases of Covid continue to rise, and there is no sure way to keep children from
this virus at school.

For me, the article is excellent and complete with facts and opinions that help me understand the
problem better.

I agree with the opinion of Mr. Beutnur. In this matter, three things must be considered, the
health and safety of those in the school community, the impact of the pandemic on work and
family, and the need to educate students effectively. From these points of view, I think the choice
to reopen schools is still too risky.

Before the vaccine, it would be better if we choose the online class. Because the risk of
transmission in schools, even if implemented with the hybrid schooling model, will continue to
exist before the vaccine is founded. Many parents disagree with offline learning from voting
because they want the best safety for their children.

I think online school is still the best choice. With online schools, we can secure one side: the
health and safety of those in the school community, students, teachers, and school employees,
especially those whose age is vulnerable to Covid. When discussing the bad development of
student learning, it can be improved through teaching that is made more attractive. Of course,
students find it difficult to understand if they are only given assignments without appropriate
juxtaposition and attract their attention.

For the pandemic's impact on work and family, I think they can still work well. The role of
parents here is needed in the development of children's learning. But in my opinion, it will not
get in the way of parents' work affairs because parents' role is to support and guide their children,
not teach all school materials and replace the role of teachers. It is the teacher who gives the
teaching. People know they don't need to stop working and supervise their students every school
hour.

This way, I think the three things have got their solution by choosing the online school option
until a vaccine is founded.

B. Self Reflecion :

what values you get from learning Expression of opinion/thought

Values that I get from learning :

 I've learned that there are several phrases that we can use to ask someone's
opinions/thoughts (what do you think..., What you feel about...).
 I've learned that there are several phrases that we can use to share and giving our
opinions/thoughts about something( I think..., I feel...)
 I've learned that we can express opinions/thoughts from a personal point of view (in my
opinion..., Personally, I think...) or a general point of view (Some people say that...,
While some people believe...)
 I've learned that there are several phrases that we can use to agreeing (I agree..., That's a
good point...) and disagreeing with an opinion/thought (I'm sorry I don't agree with you...,
I'm afraid I have to disagree with you...).
 I've learned that we can't agree or disagree with people's opinions/thoughts carelessly.
There are polite and impolite ways to disagree with people's opinions/thoughts.
 I've learned that if we use correct phrases to express an opinion/thought and complete it
with argument and facts, people will be more appreciative and believe our
opinions/thoughts.