Teachers shouldn’t assign us regular amounts of work. It seems as if teachers are still finding a way to pile us up with loads of work during this pandemic. Doing work on a computer almost all day is still new to us, and it’s not teaching us as much as we should be learning. 

Not only is it something new that we have to adjust to, but students are taking this time to work and help out their families. So now they have a lot on their plate with work and family and still have to manage to get school work done. Especially with the limited time we have to receive help from our teachers, it’s difficult to learn all these topics in just months when normally we would learn them throughout a whole school year. 

Lack of motivation is also something that is holding students back from finishing all these assignments. I know I don’t have very much motivation to do online school – especially not being able to see our classmates in person is devastating. 

So what the teachers can do to help us out a little is…

1. Find ways to communicate with students easier about grades and/or missing assignments
2. Be understanding with students’ situations at home 
3. Use Zoom time to go over assignments a majority of the class is struggling with

Teachers acknowledging issues students are dealing with at home is very important in times like this because of the lack of assistance. Some students might be deeply hurt with being so disconnected from everything. 

Even before the pandemic hit, some students didn’t feel like they needed to engage in their learning. So what would make students want to do it now over a computer screen?