Jason — Teacher

October 7 2073 – My First Month of the New School Year

The first month of teaching my grade 6 class this year on TikTok has certainly been a different experience. I need to express my thoughts as well as emotions in my diary because they are becoming too overwhelming and I am not even allowed to interact with others. In this diary, I will just write about the very few positive things about the year so far and talk about the various challenges on another day. With regards to the very few positive aspects of the school year thus far, I find that the students are really engaged with the TikTok videos I have been posting for them to watch from home. TikTok has taken over the lives of my students and they spend most of their days navigating the platform. I can see that each student in my class has watched every video that has been posted which is very encouraging. The students have also told me that they are enjoying learning from home much more than attending school in-person. I am so happy to hear this. However, I wonder if the students are actually learning as much online compared to being in school. They could simply just be watching each of my videos on TikTok without being fully engaged in the material. This is why I wish the government would just allow us to teach in the schools because I believe this is best for student learning.