LESSONS FROM THE PANDEMIC: REPORT OF THE EXPERIENCE OF A BRAZILIAN IMMIGRANT STUDENT IN CALIFORNIA (USA)

Resumo

This is an experience report based on the author's experience as an immigrant and student of English as a Second Language in California, United States of America, from 2019 to the present day, reflecting on the American educational system, in the periods before and during the Covid pandemic -19. This is a descriptive research, with an experience report, with a qualitative approach. The results of the reflective effort point to several problems to be overcome by the educational system, as well as in Brazil, indicating the finding of overcrowded classes multiplying the teacher's work, need for teachers to update, lack of access to new technologies for students from families economically disadvantaged, need to adapt teaching materials and strategies, capable of dealing with distance learning with satisfactory results. Although this situation is similar in the America of poor students and in Brazil, it is evident that the American culture, in favoring these students with rapid response policies for inclusion, has historically relied on donations from large companies to school institutions, as well as mechanisms for compensation, bringing guaranteed benefits to immigrants and poor students, thus facilitating social and educational inclusion in times of pandemic.