Yays and Nays of Online Learning
Yay for more time for sleeping in
Nay to all the hours functioning a computer
Yay for extended due dates on assignments
Nay to understanding hardly any of that information.
Yay to all the work time given by our instructors!
Nay to no classmates to work with
Yay to seeing our families and pets all day long
Nay to the lack of friends around you.
Yay to the freedom of lunch at home
Nay to the realization that…there is no food at home
Yay to not having to get out of bed to attend your classes
Nay to your computer dying during class.
Yay to moving and stretching with the camera off,
Nay to the teacher’s lonely face left on the call
Yay to taking those masks off at home
Nay to loud houses and backgrounds there too.
Yay for using notes on tests
Yay for reaching out to friends during classes
Nay for my cat walking across my test…
Nay to realizing you missed half of the class instruction.
Yay to new website learning!
Nay to using Edpuzzle or zoom…
Yay for class conversations altogether,
Nay to teachers who get upset by cameras being off
Yay for being able to return to school on October 7
Nay for all my friends being in the opposite Cohort.
Yay for our teachers and administrators working hard to make things work
Nay for this virus that just won’t go away.
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Molly Schroeder is a senior at Craig High School. This is her first year in Newspaper, and she is excited to create comics and write stories...
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David Holmquist, age 56, has been a teacher at Craig High School since 1991. Since 2014 he has served as the adviser for Craig’s student...