When many school systems shut down in March they decided to implement online class methods known as non-traditional instruction (NTI). This is a method that many Kentucky children were very aware of seeing as how many school districts used this method of instruction for snow and sick days in the past. This style of teaching is meant to review what had been previously learned in order to refresh students knowledge. Now they were being revised to teach new content in light of the pandemic. This caused a scrambling of content and many students were forced to learn totally new concepts on their own with a lesson that was pasted online. Many students, like me and my peers, were taking college level classes and we needed extra help to learn the advanced content. It was very difficult to retain the new and daunting information form the online maze. To simply put the matter, online learning was not my friend in high school. I rarely learned anything because it was all about get the work done and not have to worry about it. This off the wall learning wounded my knowledge for college because being in college level courses were supposed to help me learn college level material. However, this was not the case and I fear that my education was lessened due to the pandemic. This may make it harder on the seniors that graduated last year because the content we should have learned in high school to prepare for college is vacant within our memory. But our teachers were always there to help us with our questions even with the content that was being thrown at us through zoom meetings.
I believe that there should be a hardship clause for students impacted by Covid. Students have been through so much this past year in the midst of COVID-19. It is a year that no single person could have predicted which means that everyone is still learning as we continue along. Learning had to be altered at a blink of an eye and rapid speeds that it posed many conflicts to both instructors and students. A hardship clause would be able to help give students a moment to breathe and catch up to speed with the status of their education. However, I believe that just because students are being given an inch that they should not take advantage of the opportunities given. There should still be consequences if there is repeated defiance of the learning systems. In order to practice this clause fairly there should be constant monitoring of all the students progress and whether or not they are struggling or just not doing their work. After all students are there to receive an education and should not be given a free ride through school in light of the circumstances.
It is true that the pandemic has changed all aspects of life and we are not pleased with some of the circumstances. Everyone is still learning more and more about the virus and I believe that all situations are different in various countries. It is up to the leaders of those countries to monitor the pandemic status and change their course of action when needed to protect the citizens and the nation's stability.
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