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I'm not sure your anecdote matches the reality that for traditional college-aged students, remote/online/distance learning yields a poorer result. There's a lo

I'm not sure your anecdote matches the reality that for traditional college-aged students, remote/online/distance learning yields a poorer result. There's a lot of maturity that has to exist prior to enrolling in online courses that the majority of traditional students don't yet possess. [1][2][3] Calling plans to reopen 'bait-and-switch' is a bit unfair. I sincerely hope you don't think campus administrators are sitting in backrooms with dollar signs in their eyes thinking about 'pulling one over' on all these students and their families. [1] https://www.brookings.edu/research/who-should-take-online-courses/ https://www.brookings.edu/research/who-should-take-online-co... [2]https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2020/03/23/how-effective-is-online-learning-what-the.html https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2020/03/23/how-effective-... [3] https://www.al.com/news/2020/07/tuscaloosa-students-held-parties-bet-on-who-got-coronavirus-first.html https://www.al.com/news/2020/07/tuscaloosa-students-held-par...

colechristensen 6y ago
There are also many many soft skills and experiences you get at a proper university which you aren't going to get through zoom. In fact, it's not too much of an exaggeration to say that the things you learn out of books and are tested on are secondary to everything else you learn and experience at university.
ghaff 6y ago
Basically, schools and school systems (and students/parents) at almost all levels of education are being forced to make decisions between alternatives that are mostly pretty crappy across multiple dimensions, won't be easy to pull back once they get moving, in conditions of extreme uncertainty. If financially viable to do so, I likely would not enter college as a freshman this year and I'd probably hesitate period unless I thought I could graduate after fall term. And wait until the debate about K-12 heats up.

colechristensen 6y ago

There are also many many soft skills and experiences you get at a proper university which you aren't going to get through zoom. In fact, it's not too much of an exaggeration to say that the things you learn out of books and are tested on are secondary to everything else you learn and experience at university.

ghaff 6y ago

Basically, schools and school systems (and students/parents) at almost all levels of education are being forced to make decisions between alternatives that are mostly pretty crappy across multiple dimensions, won't be easy to pull back once they get moving, in conditions of extreme uncertainty. If financially viable to do so, I likely would not enter college as a freshman this year and I'd probably hesitate period unless I thought I could graduate after fall term. And wait until the debate about K-12 heats up.