build relationships<\/a> and socializing became almost non-existent. \u201cWe literally came back from a two-year quarantine and an all remote school year, so to jump headfirst into a large sea of being in person, it can be a lot to handle,\u201d says Lops.<\/p>\nThis is the case for Veronika Lleshi, a junior who spent most of her freshman and sophomore year remote learning. \u201cGoing to this from the germophobia the pandemic instilled in me is a little difficult, especially with all these variations popping up,\u201d said Lleshi. \u201cI\u2019m just trying to protect myself as best as I can.\u201d<\/p>\n
This is just one of the many struggles students are dealing with as they acclimate to on-campus learning.<\/p>\n
For junior and media major Melina Jorge, the challenge comes from time management skills. On top of online learning offering additional leisure time and school existing a few feet from her bed, Jorge\u2019s professors were more merciful with work. \u201cProfessors were a bit more understanding and lenient with deadlines and now they expect work to be printed and handed in before teaching the class–online everything just needed to be submitted by the end of the semester,\u201d says Jorge. \u201cThe workload is more.\u201d<\/p>\n
While students re-adapt to in-person learning, educators are also recognizing their struggles. English Professor Sarah Davis says that she is still giving her students leeway, just in different ways now.<\/p>\n
This semester Davis is teaching both hybrid and in-person classes. In an effort to meet students where they are, she surveyed the class on individual learning preferences. \u201cThey overwhelmingly stated a preference for virtual classes due to safety concerns, convenience for their work schedules, family responsibilities and the commute,\u201d says Davis. In addition, if students need to quarantine, Davis offers assignment extensions as a way to grant them some leniency.<\/p>\n
Davis says, \u201cI tell students at the beginning of the semester that we have no way of knowing what things are like for each other, therefore we should work from a place of good intentions and try to support each other.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Commuting was a big concern for Davis students. And for Victoria Palmieri, the media studies major, this is where her biggest pressure comes from. \u201cI have to take three trains to get to school, and it gets exhausting,\u201d says Palmieri. \u201cIt gets hard to manage all of my school work when so much of the day is dedicated to in-person classes and commuting.\u201d<\/p>\n
Virtual learning took a toll on the academic experience, according to some professors.<\/p>\n
Journalism professor David Alm says that remote learning did students a disservice. \u201cOnline learning was a poor substitute for in-person and unfortunately some students did not get nearly as much out of their courses as they might have otherwise,\u201d Alm said. This now means having to re-teach and go over material and skills that should have been learned in the previous course.<\/p>\n
Sophomore and history major Roneque Simons can relate that distance education may have provoked some learning disadvantages. \u201cI feel overwhelmed because of how different in-person learning is from virtual learning. I had been getting used to virtual learning just to have it taken away,\u201d she says. \u201cThe load in assignments now feels a lot more and so overwhelming and maybe it isn\u2019t, but I don\u2019t feel prepared. I\u2019m just taking it one day at a time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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