Guillermo Merino helps his friend Matias Dieguez to do his homework next to Gabriel Dieguez and Isabel del Pozo amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Madrid, Spain, June 3, 2020. Picture taken June 3, 2020. REUTERS/Juan Medina
MADRID (Reuters) - Out of 31 pupils in one of Madrid teacher Clara Mijares' online classes last month, eight were missing. Two had not been seen for some time, she said, adding that this is a fairly typical ratio these days for her lockdown sessions for 12 to 16-year-olds.
Some of those who had made it to that pastoral meeting of El Espinillo secondary school in Madrid kept their webcams disabled. They were in no rush to answer when she asked how they were doing.
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