Go ahead and turn your microphone on

The number 4! The number 4! The number 4! And, "virtual kindergarten." Plus 7 other things worth your time.

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Teacher:

The number 4!

Oh! I see Brit is holding up 2 and 2. That will also make 4!

I see 4 and zero! That is 4!

What kind of pictures do we see over on our number 4?

Can you raise your hand?

What’s a picture that you see over our number 4?

Grayson! Go ahead and turn your microphone on for me.

What kind of picture do we see?

Hmmmm.

Can you get your microphone on? So we can hear you?

Yeah, what’s the picture that you see, Grayson?

Grayson:

For some reason it wasn’t working.

Teacher:

Oh, but do you have it working now? It sounds like I can hear you.

Grayson:

Yeah.

Teacher:

So what’s the picture that you see?

Grayson:

I see a class of kids.

Teacher:

Oh my good—!

Welcome to Virtual Kindergarten, pandemic-style, 2020.

The transcript comes from a Twitter-ized version of a TikTok video, apparently filmed by a kindergarten teacher, and which millions of people have watched over the …