Ed Surge – Stephen Noonoo
“In what seems like forever ago, but was actually only May, images circled the internet of preschoolers in France, newly returned to school, sitting alone in chalk drawn squares that may as well have been surrounded by invisible walls. The photographer who took the photo said the half dozen or so kids were told to stay inside their zones, which they do, more or less. In one image, many of them sit plaintively under jackets and sweaters without so much as a toy for company; few look like they’re having any fun at all. One French historian called the photos “heartbreaking” on Twitter, and wondered how we could even call it school. Others went farther, calling it downright “dystopian.”” (more)