Online Classes and Me (Week 3)

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This would be the first time in our lives that we are attending classes without actually going to the class. I just get into my study room, lock myself, turn on the laptop and attend lectures. This is what the new normal looks like. However I feel safer this way to attend classes without being in a constant fear of Corona Virus. On the other hand we do not have any other option of continuing our studies by other ways. Plus it is equally as effective as the normal classes, and on top of that one can revise lessons using lecture videos. As all the students around the globe are undergoing this situation, I thought to share my experiences of this online classes.                                      

Our online classes started just few weeks ago and we got to start our Second semester officially. Although learning new topics, and doing classwork as well as homework has really diverted my mind from this pandemic but I often face this power outage problem due to which the tension arises whether I get to attend the classes or not. Thankfully the University that I study in, has provided all of its students with Data pack that I believe completely solves the problem of unavailability of Internet. But still I fear that the charge of my laptop will drain out as it could really be difficult to understand from the middle of the lecture or miss an entire lecture if the outage is long enough. However we are provided with lecture videos of each lecture so that problem just takes care of itself. Moreover our doubts and queries are always cleared by the teachers so the online class is just as effective as the regular class. But as Nepal is a developing country and construction projects take place throughout the year, I recently faced a problem a month ago where there was no network all over the area in landline and cell phones. If this situation occurs anywhere, one can miss entire lectures for numerous times. So summing up, Online classes are effective to all Nepalese students unless one is not privileged enough to attend it without any interruption. This is what came on this year, so I guess everyone’s got to accept this new normal.


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