▲ Covid-19

Covid-19 is one of the main issues around the world. Since the virus is spreading fast, many people are being careful when they go out or meet someone. Because of this situation, parents are worried about their children. The government is also worried about the situation after students go back to school. This is why the government decided to start school online. At first, the government decided to postpone the date of starting school. The first postponement was about three weeks. However, the situation didn't get better. The virus kept on spreading. So, the government delayed the date for two weeks again. After the announcement of the government, students were frustrated with the situation. Especially, highschool third-grade students are supposed to take university entrance test this year. So, the year of high school third grade is important. In the end, the government informed that students will start school online. 

▲ Teacher having online class with students

There were many opinions about the online school. Some were worried about having class online. There can be a student who does not have a smart device or no internet connection to attend the class. There were also many problems in university when having a class online. Sometimes, they could not listen to what the professor is saying, and many college students mentioned that it is hard to concentrate on the class online. However, there was no other choice. For the problem of smart devices, the government decided to lend some smart devices to students who need it.

▲ Having connection problem while having class

Middle school and high school third grade started school on April 9, and other all students, except elementary first to third grade, started on April 16. After the start of school, the problems that people were worried about happened in real. Some students were unable to connect the site to have class, and the video kept on stopping. In addition, students said that it is hard to concentrate on studying since they can do other things while having a class. Teachers are also struggling with waking up students in the morning. 

Since students and teachers do not meet each other, teachers check whether they are attending the class with a message. When the student does not answer, the teacher has to wake the students. Not just teachers and students, parents are also having a hard time. Especially, the parents who have a child in elementary, they have to take care of the students for a long time and help their child to attend the class, giving them too much stress. Like this, online school is having lots of problems.

Some people say that it would be good to start the semester in September like other countries like the U.S. However, this idea also has many disadvantages like an online school. Actually, we do not have much choice in this situation. People are just hoping that this situation will be solved soon.

by Kim Yerin

April 23, 2020