https://www.scmp.com/rss/508742/feed Emily Matchar is a writer and educator based in Hong Kong and Pittsboro, North Carolina. She is the author of Homeward Bound: Why Women Are Embracing the New Domesticity. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com We’re nearly two years into the global pandemic and, in many ways, life in Hong Kong looks fairly normal. There have been almost no local Covid-19 cases for months. Our bars and restaurants are full. Our malls host throngs of screaming boy band fans. Children pack into Legoland and indoor trampoline gyms. But there’s one area that’s conspicuously – and bafflingly – not normal. Schools. Most Hong Kong students have not had a full day of school since early 2020. According to current Education... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3148944/why-hong-kong-children-need-return-normal-school-days?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3148944/why-hong-kong-children-need-return-normal-school-days?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 16 Sep 2021 22:45:10 +0000 My phone vibrates. A friend has texted me another petition. “Reopen Hong Kong Schools.” I sigh, and add my signature to the thousands of others. I’ve signed several of these over the past few months. Hong Kong parents are desperate. But no one seems to be listening. Hong Kong schools have been closed on and off for a full year now. They open for a few weeks, then are shuttered almost instantly each time case numbers begin to rise. This leaves children at home with online learning programmes of... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3120169/hong-kong-needs-reopen-schools-and-save-children-covid-slide?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3120169/hong-kong-needs-reopen-schools-and-save-children-covid-slide?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 03 Feb 2021 00:30:08 +0000