The document discusses whether academic freeze during the COVID-19 pandemic should be considered a form of social inequality. It notes that an academic freeze could disadvantage college students who are in their final year and may have difficulties finding jobs or helping their families without graduating on time. It also acknowledges the challenges for teachers who are not paid if they do not work but also have families to support. However, it also argues that an academic freeze may not be a form of social inequality for some students who cannot afford gadgets or internet access necessary for remote learning during the pandemic.
The document discusses whether academic freeze during the COVID-19 pandemic should be considered a form of social inequality. It notes that an academic freeze could disadvantage college students who are in their final year and may have difficulties finding jobs or helping their families without graduating on time. It also acknowledges the challenges for teachers who are not paid if they do not work but also have families to support. However, it also argues that an academic freeze may not be a form of social inequality for some students who cannot afford gadgets or internet access necessary for remote learning during the pandemic.
The document discusses whether academic freeze during the COVID-19 pandemic should be considered a form of social inequality. It notes that an academic freeze could disadvantage college students who are in their final year and may have difficulties finding jobs or helping their families without graduating on time. It also acknowledges the challenges for teachers who are not paid if they do not work but also have families to support. However, it also argues that an academic freeze may not be a form of social inequality for some students who cannot afford gadgets or internet access necessary for remote learning during the pandemic.
In 5 complete sentence. Can we consider Academic Freeze as a Social Inequality? Why?
* Yes & No, because everyone has different perspective if we consider it as a Social Inequality or not. It can be yes because many students can miss 1 whole school year and especially college students who has the last school year so that they can graduate will have difficulties in finding their desire job and they cannot help their family in the future. Yes, because it can be a tough decision especially to the teachers because due to the Administrative Order No. 26, series of 2020 that if they don’t work they are not getting paid and many teachers also have families and if they have no job they will going to find another just to support their family needs. No, because not all students cannot afford to buy gadgets to help them to learn and due to this pandemic happens many of the sellers of these gadgets are taking advantage to raise the price of their product. No, because many students don’t have internet access and it is too expensive to connect Wi-Fi and it is also expensive to load because it has a minimum days and data usage.