Dear online learning days,

Why do you suck so much? I understand the fact that if students didn't have these and we had to miss school that the days would be added to the end of the year eating into our summer, but you are just a pain in the butt. While each class is technically only supposed to take up to 20 minutes each, some classes like AP Chemistry, Calculus, and even Literature can take forever to complete.

Online learning days also suck because every single person is online learning at the exact same time, meaning that it's a lot slower than it normally would be on most days. This can sometimes crash the site and make it unusable, especially if you are needing to complete your assignments. Also, being in high school, you have to complete your online learning assignments on that day because most teachers will pick up where the online learning assignment ended, the day you get back even though there is a three-day grace period. Luckily, in Forsyth, students don't have to be online for a certain amount of time because in other districts students are required to be on the computer for a certain amount of hours, sometimes being the same hours as their normal school day. This can be a large problem for families that have more than one child and only one computer that they can use, which is a fairly common occurrence.

Online learning days should begin to be built into the calendar once again as the weather in Georgia is changing and we are getting these snow days much more frequently now. I'd rather not have a fall break, like we used to, than have to do assignments on a day off where I can't leave the house because of snow or ice. I understand that a lot of people enjoy fall break, but the alternative still gives days off if we don't use those snow days that are built into the calendar.

In conclusion, you are just the worst. You pile on a lot more work than you should be allowed to, sometimes the assignments don't even make sense and you can't ask your teacher because every single person is online at the same time. You also give teachers the ability to assign work that will take more than 20 minutes but they can claim that it won't take any longer than that amount of time when in reality, it does. You suck.

Sincerely,

Keelin