Op/Ed

Online Classes are Not Efficient!

This online class system is not worth the time and effort.

Reporter Cameron Ashley

Quarantine has lasted for nearly two months, and most students are wishing to go back to school (shocking, isn’t it). Meanwhile, every student is being assigned work online to make up for the lost time. Google Classroom, Plato Learning, and IXL are just a few of the ways that students are being assigned work. However, this system has some major flaws, and these flaws are causing some serious problems for the students and teachers. Online classes during quarantine are absolutely not efficient because more work is being assigned than there ever was during school, some students don’t have reliable access to the work which causes undeserved bad grades, and the entire system itself is confusing and useless.

Let’s face the facts… students have way more work to complete during quarantine. As an honors student myself, I already had an excessive amount of work before quarantine began. Now, I have so much that it takes up most of my day, which I’m sure many students can relate to. We are expected to complete all of this work in a short amount of time, and that is an extremely difficult task when you have 20 assignments due per class. This excessive work is causing students a lot of stress that is completely unnecessary.

Some students have problems with their internet at home, or they can’t use their devices whenever they want to. I have two younger brothers, and have to share a computer with them daily. I have a limited amount of time to do my work, so it’s basically a race against the clock for me. Many students have problems with the internet at home, and can’t work efficiently because of it. It isn’t fair to fail students for problems that they can’t control.

Lastly, this whole system is confusing and takes so much effort. For example, using different sources to complete work for the same class is a ridiculous idea. It is so unnecessary to go back and forth between programs to complete one assignment. Also, the communication between teachers and students is barely there. Unless there is a video call or a private comment or e-mail, the communication is very strained, which causes problems for both students and teachers.

We may not have a choice because of the Coronavirus, but I think most students and teachers can agree on disliking online learning very much because students have way more work than usual, not everybody has access, and the system itself is too much work. If you were ever considering being homeschooled, ask yourself this- how do you like online learning during quarantine?