Fifth grader tells Bidens virtual learning was ‘terrible’

Published May 4, 2021 4:25pm ET



A classroom of fifth-grade students in Virginia told President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden that virtual learning allowed them to take naps, snack, and avoid answering questions by pretending they had technical difficulties.

“If we were really tired, we could, like, take a little nap,” one Yorktown Elementary School student told the president and his wife on Monday. Another student said, “Sometimes, when Ms. B was, like, paying attention to something else, you could eat, and it was fun.”

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