"Throwback To Online Classes!"

 

It was March 2020, when I was getting ready for school. It was my last exam of class 11^th. It was the exam of the subject "Computer Science". I was excited and somehow nervous about the exam because it was a new subject for me!  I reached the school and got to know that the exam has been canceled due to covid-19, after hearing this, me and my classmates became very happy and we went back to our homes. At the end of March, we got our result and we got promoted to class 12^th. Now studying in normal mode/offline classes couldn’t be possible so there was a new way to study “ONLINE CLASSES”.

It was April 2020, and we were requested to download Zoom, Google Meet for further studies. We were very excited about the class because it was a very new concept for us and then we had our first online class on zoom, we joined the meeting and our teacher started teaching but there was an issue that was "we were not able to hear anything", this was confusing because we could see but couldn't hear anything. Then we learned how to "connect to audio” to hear the meeting. It was really fun to attend the meeting and learning in some unique ways. Some teachers used pdfs to teach, some used MS PowerPoint, some used MS Word, and some used whiteboards to teach. Every teacher had their unique ways to explain the topics and make us understand.

                We all had some students in our class who always entertain the whole class; now they joined the class and they were always ready to make us entertain, so they used the tools to draw and make certain shapes and figures and whenever the class used to be boring, then the people used this method to entertain the class. But then after some time, the teacher learned how to stop all this; now whenever anyone tries to do this, his/her was displayed on the screen (my name was also displayed once when I tried this). We enjoyed online classes because it was fun to study and whenever there was a breakdown of the class, some students used to entertain.

                Now as I have told only the fun that we had in the online classes, people would think that we only enjoyed the class but not used study, now I would like to tell you that you are wrong because studying in online mode isn't as easy as we study in normal/offline mode. Some topics were really hard to understand in the online class, some topics were very long and as the time passed, the interest rate decreased. There were problems related to the internet, there were problems related to smartphones, some students didn't have smartphones, not just the students faced the problems but the teachers faced problems too.

                The teachers also used to face some problems in online classes: Poor connectivity was one of the problems which almost everyone had suffered, sometimes no electricity led to no classes, some teachers didn't have computers so they used to teach using their smartphone only and smartphone's battery was also one of the problems , the teachers also get exhausted while doing so many classes. Sometimes there were problems with their schedule and most probably they had to complete the syllabus before time which was a difficult task!

                There was a shocking time when we heard the news of offline exams which made the students very angry saying “online classes and offline board exams, why?” and with time the board exams were cancelled but we gave our pre-board in school and some of the practical exams too. After a few months, we got our result, some students were satisfied with their marks but some were not satisfied. I also didn't got the marks that I expected but I was like "be happy with what you got!"

                With time, we all got to know a few points like we all understood the value and importance of online classes. We all had so much to learn from online classes like time management, self-study, proper use of our schedule, but being at our home and being at one place made some of us lazy. But with time laziness will also go soon and on this good note, I would like to end this blog. No hate to anyone in this blog, I will always respect and support the teachers and the hard work done by them! Online classes wouldn't be easy without the handwork done by both the teachers and the students, we should appreciate this time and always be proud that we never stopped our learning!

At last, I would want you all to comment on the best part of this blog and also comment on one of the best parts of your online classes and also don't forget to share this blog! Stay safe and stay healthy! Thanks for reading!

Images Source: Lockdown Image (1st) Online Classes Image (2nd) Online Classes Image (3rd) Virtual Learning Image (4th) Online Learning Image (5th) Board Exam Cancelled Image (6th) Learning Quote Image (7th)