Anne Fricke: There's an Undercurrent of Hope for Change [IEP 139]

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style= "font-family: Gadugi, sans-serif;">You may remember today's guest from a couple of previous episodes, once when we interviewed her and another episode where she was gracious enough to allow us to replay the show where she interviewed US.</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style= "font-family: Gadugi, sans-serif;">Anne Fricke is a poet, writer, and host of the Walking with Freya podcast, through which she shares her story of raising a daughter with Prader-Willi Syndrome. On today's episode, we'll be hearing about how Anne's family has been handling the distance learning experience during the pandemic, the challenges it has presented, and the lessons that go along with it. Please join us!</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><strong class="western"><span style= "font-family: Gadugi, sans-serif;">Show Highlights:</span></strong></p> <ul> <li> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style= "font-family: Gadugi, sans-serif;">Anne shares one of her saddest moments watching her girls during homeschooling.</span></p> </li> <li> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style= "font-family: Gadugi, sans-serif;">In the midst of the traumatic reactions we might have experienced due to social distancing, there is also an undercurrent of hope that things might be changing.</span></p> </li> <li> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style= "font-family: Gadugi, sans-serif;">Now is a great time to look at school reform.</span></p> </li> <li> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style= "font-family: Gadugi, sans-serif;">Anne describes the good and bad points regarding homeschooling, as experienced by her family.</span></p> </li> <li> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style= "font-family: Gadugi, sans-serif;">Foundation building is still very important at this time.</span></p> </li> <li> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style= "font-family: Gadugi, sans-serif;">Anne relates some obstacles that Freya encountered during distance learning.</span></p> </li> <li> <p style="ma