@ONthejourney this is an interesting question. I use English as a platform to teach emotional intelligence. During covid lockdown (in HK the children were home roughly between 14 Jan to 8 June depending on their school). I had the opportunity to work with them to monitor their emotional state and academic performance during the long weeks of being home and return to school   When the students returned to school these were their comments: - school classrooms are much noisier so they find it hard to stay focused - commuting makes them more tired. They get up earlier and get home later. - there was less peer pressure and comments about their study, clothes, test scores  - they felt safer because they weren't being scrutinized or criticized   I know that not all students are suitable for studying at home and found home study frustrating. The online group classes helped. However, for some students having to stay indoors during lockdown was challenging. I also know of situations where domestic issues increased. But overall the positive experience that many students had in working from home, being more self-reliant and less exposed to noisy disinterested peers in class meant that their work was of better quality. There is lots we can learn from this situation. For some of my students, I really wish there was a happy medium. Some of the schools decided for the last month of the year to split school time between home and school alternating between: Week 1 -> 2 days at school. Week 2 -> 3 days at school. The students loved it. They felt it was a great balance between focused study at home and participation in practicals and group work at school. ... View more