POST 6: EXPERIENCE IN ONLINE CLASSES

 

To be honest, it’s difficult for me to write about my experience in online classes, because there are moments that I´m happy to not to have to use the subway in the mornings or have to go outside with the cold of the winter or the sun of the summer. But, also  there is other moments that it is really demotivating have to study in the online way, because I can´t do and learn the things that I supposed that I should be studying and I can´t see my friends, teachers and classmates. It´s very sad just be sitting on front of the computer all day.

I think the first semester was easier for me, because the university moved courses and we started some of them first, for example, in august I was finished all my subjects except for one and that helped a little bit to adapt me to the quarantine and the online classes.

But now, the second semester it´s been a nightmare, I have the courses that I we should do in the first semester mixed with the second, so It´s been hard to be able to have time for accomplish with all the assignments. In addition, for subjects like audiovisual language, radio and photojournalism we have to use special programs in our computers and my device and internet connection are not the best, so do the tasks are more complicated now.

Also, I hate and its really demotivating for me when the teachers say to us the things that we can't do for having classes in the middle of a pandemic, because I feel like I´m losing my time in the lessons. However, I´m very thankful for the teachers who do their best to adapt his classes to the online modality and when they understand that all the students have different situations and problems.

In addition, I thinks it´s very bad when the teacher force to some students to active her cameras and microphones without a notice, because I understand that there are moments that it is impossible have silence and a good connection for be able to stay all the class with the camera and microphone on.

Probably, the thing that I most enjoy during this new modality it´s be able to spend more time with my sisters and help them with her homework, see movies and just talk about the life, because I´m from Chillán and study in Santiago means that during the year I don´t live in the same city as my family.

The online classes have been different for everyone, some classes are better adapted to others, some prefer have the lessons from their homes but for me, I just want the covid-19 and this modality end the most quickly that could possible.