When Will It End?

Having seen dates and events moved and cancelled due to the Corona Virus was something that I’ve become used to however, school has been on and off as to whether it will be open this upcoming school year and the issue brings the concern of, when will it come to the point that it actually does open? As we all are aware of, school is very important to many students who require an environment filled with other students to interact and work with on a daily basis. Some students are aware of their need to be in a classroom or “work setting” due to their lack of perseverance and persuasion to do work at home. But considering we are in a pandemic, it wouldn’t be a surprise that we stay stuck in this living style of needing to fuse work and home in the same place for at least two years. And although adults are aware of this change in norm and are trying to fix it to better help the students, it’s ironic to hear about people having a school meeting over Zoom on how they plan to bring thousands of children back into a classroom setting when they couldn’t even meet up for a conference setting. Everyone is aware how contagious and dangerous the virus can be to those with respiratory deficiencies, and children are no exception when it comes to being a victim of respiratory problems. Yet if we were to bring back school, is it just to put those with deficiencies at risk to the virus just because some students need to be in a classroom to work? If nothing changes, would you be prepared to spend the next two years doing online classes or can you imagine yourself struggling more than before with school? What makes a student have a hard time working in a “non-working environment” and should students learn to get used to it during times like these? Knowing that even before quarantine, collages had offered both online classes and in room classes, do you believe that coming back into a school environment might be challenging for those who much rather learn at their own pace or stuggle with social anxiety? On a larger scale, is school a big impact on the mental health of kids, considering some suffer without it and not being able to be with friends while others thrive not having to be forced to interact with those they don’t want to and can work in their own pace at home.