KISAH Futures Anthology
in Ipoh, our wedding and honeymoon have been postponed indefinitely. I let out a sigh so loud it caused silence to ensue among the students in the virtual classroom. It wasn’t the first time my pessimism commanded more attention than the lesson I had to attend to.
Unlike myself, my students were excited for today’s lesson. Show and tell has been a highlight of my online classes — a chance for me to sit back and relax and let the kids speak without restraint (well, kind of ). “Nadir, I still can’t see your video.” “But cikgu, I don’t have a camera,” Nadir responded. A common excuse, but for Nadir, his family just couldn’t afford one. Poorer students like Nadir were reliant on large corporations to provide the technology for online learning. Thankfully, closing businesses provided a huge supply of used devices that could be redistributed. It took time for these to get to the students though. “It’s OK Nadir, you’ll have your turn when you get your laptop OK?” “Farah, has your dad stopped singing yet? What do you have for us today?”
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