EGE, KENNETH M.

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REACTION PAPER REGARDING TO ONLINE CLASS

As a student, my online learning experience hasn’t been great. This new learning system
has its perks, such as more time to do assignments in the comfort of your home, not
having to wake up so early to go to school, and ensuring the safety of the staff as well as
the students. Despite these benefits, there are downsides of this method of learning. For
example, I have many responsibilities at home, such as taking care of my younger
siblings, cooking meals, cleaning up after them, etc. I also find it harder to have any
motivation when I’m doing school assignments. When I’m surrounded by all these other
temptations like my phone or other electronics, I lose any will to do work. School has
been tough. Transferring to all online learning has been the biggest challenge this year
for me. As a student, I’d say I’ve usually kept up with all my work for all my classes. The
biggest change I’ve seen in myself is becoming less focused with my school work. 

The environment at home is different from the workspace students have at school. A
classroom provides a quiet academic place to do work while a household can be loud
and cause students to lose concentration or not even work at all. Additionally, I find that
simply reading the instructions for an assignment or lesson isn’t as engaging as when it’s
explained by a teacher. The information is much easier to retain when heard rather than
simply rushing to read the directions. If I could choose, in the future I would not like to
do more online learning because I like having a teacher physically there to help me when
I need it. Having a teacher presence helps me focus more on school work, engages me
into learning, and the teachers help guide me through the work and are there for any
questions I have.

This online learning has affected me personally because during this time, I found myself
turning in assignments weeks late. It was because I was having trouble in internet
connection, also it was because I had no motivation and energy to do them. This isn’t the
norm for me. Without a routine schedule, I felt lost. That makes me sound like a robot,
but I think it’s because it’s been that way since we were so small, change this big is
affecting me to the max. 

This has taught me that online learning will not be for me in the future! Maybe for one
or two classes, but overall I plan for my school life to be set in a physical classroom for
the most part. Although this has been a challenging time for school and out in the real
world, remembering to stand tall will get us through this together.  If I were to choose
online learning or learning face to face, I would rather choose learning face to face. I
choose this because it is much easier and I get my questions answered right away. Not
only that, but I can also get suggestions/ideas from my peers as well. At least that’s my
opinion.