The Rise of the Internet || SCHOOL

Several schools in the Philippines have started online classes. Although even with this help for continuing their education during this world crisis, students are having a rough time coping with the new way of learning, venting their frustrations on social media with the hashtag #AcademicFreeze.

Although this wasn't new to the Philippine news as parents and students already expressed their opinions beforehand because there are some Filipinos that aren't privileged to own a laptop, tablet and/or have an access to the internet.

But the main concern of this whole topic is that to some students online learning is far from the previous learning technique, face-to-face. Several students have complained how it isn't about learning anymore but having to pass the overflowing school works at a given time.

Here are a few tweets posted on Twitter, showing what students feel during their E-Learning:

@sarang_hoeee: i may submit 18 answered modules tomorrow but believe me when i say i don't understand a thing from those 18 modules! #AcademicFreeze

@jinnahxx08_: This day,I received 15 of my modules and some teachers might add more of it.Deped is this really necessary?Bruh give us some mf break.We're tired ya'know,Wala pa akong maayos na pahinga dahil sa modules.#AcademicFreeze

@shotomatte_: Education is a right not a privilege. Academic break is not wanted but needed and should be prioritized. A lot of students are also typhoon victims and not all have the access to the needed resources. There should be no students left behind. #AcademicFreeze #AcademicBreakNow

This issue has also followed the tragic lost of a few students who have taken their own lives due to the stress that online classes were giving them and the lack of attention they've given for their health because their thoughts and time were occupied with their studies.

Because of this huge trend (that is still on-going as of November of 2020) it has reached the attention of Philippines' Department of Education or more known as DepEd, responding last September with a reject towards the demands. Education Undersecretary Nepomuceno Malaluan said the call for "academic freeze" was unnecessary considering over 24 million students have already enrolled.