Dylan has a very simple dream: to finally be able to play football again with his college friends and go eat a burger at a fast food restaurant. But the Covid-19 has become for months for him, his two sisters and his older brother, a machine of disillusionment. So this Monday morning, this 4th year student will plug in, death in the soul, his computer on the table in the family living room to follow his lessons again remotely. Far from his teachers and his classmates. An organization that leaves much to be desired. “The week before the holidays, I only had one French video course per day,” explains the college student. For the other subjects, the teachers sent us homework over the Internet. "
Except that the operation turned out to be a real headache.
In the family pavilion of Gonfreville-l'Orcher (Seine-Maritime), in the eastern suburbs of Le Havre, the mother, Cindy tore her hair so that Dylan can send his homework to his teachers to correct.
“We waited a whole day before having the code that allowed us to register and we only managed to connect twice in a week, there were so many people on the network, plague the mother of the family.
Suffice to say that it was very stressful.
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"We had to invest 500 euros in a second computer"
Especially since the daily use of the Internet is not necessarily rooted in the family. “We had to learn to write on a keyboard, to scan the lessons and we had to invest more than 500 euros after the second confinement in a second computer, so that my eldest daughter could also work remotely in her room, explains Cindy. . And again, I know families who only have one computer for four children. "
In second class, her daughter Johanna admits that "it's a bit complicated because the network is not very good".
The high school student lives especially very badly this schooling "in distance".
"Of course, we often call each other with my friends and my girlfriends, but in the end we are always alone in front of our computer and everyone feels the sadness of this loneliness", sighs the teenager, who wonders if the Covid- 19 will not affect the remainder of its course.
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“I hope that I will succeed in passing the baccalaureate despite fewer hours of class. Before the holidays, the class was organized in half-gauge and I did not have French lessons every other week, ”she explains. Difficult to follow the program in these conditions, especially for a student who suffers from dyslexia and dysorthography. "With all the lessons they have lost over the past year, my children are bound to be enormously behind schedule," sighs Cindy. So, for this return to school on Monday, the mother, who does not work full time, will resume her marathon pace to help her children follow their courses remotely.
Once 11-year-old Lana is dropped off at school, you'll have to take care of Dylan and cross your fingers that Johanna can do it on her own with her computer.
“When both parents work full time like some of our friends, it's very complicated.
And I am not talking to you about my neighbor, who is the only one who has to manage six children.
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“It will still be a hassle,” sums up Jérôme, the father, who comes home late at night from work and admits to being seriously worried about the risk of contamination.
Especially since her youngest, Lana, will be back in her CM2 class on Monday and have lunch in the canteen.
"With all these variants that appear everywhere and these studies which show that the Covid-19 also attacks children, it scares me for my kids," admits the father.
“Talking with his mistress and his friends with a mask on your face, having to wash your hands all the time, obviously that disturbs the little one and I think it plays on the minds of all children,” worries Cindy. Beside him, his little Dylan nods: “I understand that with the Covid, we cannot do everything we want but I would so much like to go out and resume life as it was. "