Don't Take Classes if E-Learning Continues in the Fall

Let’s be honest, online classes aren’t going well.

COVID-19 has completely changed the learning system across the world and school closures and social distancing requirements have restricted learning as we know it. THere is very little that schools and their marketing teams can do aside from offer virtual visits, for an experience they can’t promise is going to happen.

My brother, James, is a senior in high school that has had his senior year cut short and prom and graduation falling with it, and as he is looking at college options, I can’t help but hurt for the possibility that his freshman year of college isn’t going to be what it should be. Given, this is very much a first world problem, as the education able to be received through an e-learning environment is still as good as the professors want it to be, but the community aspect of college and collaborating with students is one of the main reasons perspective students choose to go too certain universities.

Given the measures in place, and if the situation continues into the fall, a great option for students would be to take a gap year. For my brother, this is a great option. Taking a gap year would allow students to expand on their life skills and knowledge in the real world before going to college, and those skills will be forever beneficial wherever you end up after the pandemic. A few options of ways to spend your gap year include learning a new trade, investing in stocks, financial planning, work around the house and small jobs, and traveling if permitted. The possibilities for students to take a year off from school and expand their minds are endless, and if the pandemic doesn’t loosen it’s grip before the fall, I think we will see a lot more high school graduates going this route.