By Jonathan Lau, staff writer
At the beginning of distance learning last March, I found it difficult because it was really easy to get distracted at home, while my teachers still gave me tons of work to complete.
And having so much freedom during learning didn’t make it much easier for me to concentrate.
I began procrastinating because I believed that since I was home the whole time, I would have more than enough resources to complete the work at any time.
But after my initial slacking off, I kind of trained myself to resist the urge of using my phone like I would in real life classes which is a really good habit to practice, but I am surrounded by technology at home so that took a lot of commitment.
I don’t think I have strong feelings about the whole situation either way now because I have adapted to the new style of learning and overall school has become less difficult. And even though I don’t get to see my friends at school everyday I still have the ability to talk to them online.
When I think about distance learning, I see both the pros & cons for me. I think about the lack of interaction between me and my friends and how it was one of the biggest motivations for me going to school was to meet and talk to my friends as I am sure many others can relate. But I also see the pros of distance learning as school starts an hour later which provides everyone to have more sleep and I am thankful for that. In terms of the class schedules, they seemed strange at first but were easily adaptable.
I do not think online school is entirely horrible as it has good intentions, and provides protection for everyone during this pandemic. Some people may find it harder to learn online and that is reasonable because of how many distractions are around but personally, I now find it fairly easy to adapt to. But I always keep in mind that even though this might have not been the most ideal situation for learning, it is surely an effective way of keeping everybody safe.
