The message teachers got when we went online last semester was: "Your class is NOT the highest priority of students' OR your life right now. Release yourself from high expectations right now, because that's the best way to help your students learn."
That's still true -- and it will remain true until the pandemic ends. The best we can do, for now, is to meet the students where they are and help them learn what they are capable of learning under these conditions, without penalizing them for being unable to do more.
Long term, we should take lessons from this time. Students don't fail because they are lazy. They fail because something is wrong in their lives. We should stop punishing and blaming them and adopt a more supportive approach instead.
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