NO STUDENTS SHALL BE LEFT BEHIND
It is of greatest endeavour that we have started taking the “new normal” to continue the path of education. It is the only thing that remedies the things we left behind in the university after we have to stay at home due to a lockdown. Northwesternians had to admit that this idea never truly losing the quality of education since quality is the standard of the university. It is of quality education that the students are after of and the university has not fail to do so.
Nevertheless, for some individuals who experience a hard time accepting the said “new normal” seems to be burden as to how they can adjust themselves to the situation. Some are having hard time to connect to online classes due to unstable Internet connection. There are students who live in a far-flung areas wherein prepaid signal status is low. There are also students who do not have any devices to connect. Therefore, we were experiencing two major battles – the first is on how to survive the crisis brought by the pandemic and second is to how can we equip with the implemented “new normal.”
There are always remedies if there is a will. However, there are also reasons for not complying. There are students who really can comply and are determined to still have a passing grade. If he passes all the requirements online without delay, that passing grade is possible to be given to him because he deserves it. If a student, on the contrary, fails to submit any or has submitted partially the requirements or outputs needed in the subject, the instructor shall do any consideration as told. If that student who desires to comply but cannot really submit an output due to the reasons stated above, the instructor shall give the best consideration for him. It might help the spirit of such student if the instructor gives him more time – a deadline which the student can make up to depending upon his difficulties. By this way, the administration subdues the left behinds. If possible, no one should really be left behind.
This difficult times has given us somehow the resistance to cope up with stress and depression because being in a lockdown situation is really not an easy situation. As students, we really wanted the class resume so to continue what was left for the semester. However, the best thing to be done is to obey the implemented regulations by those in authorities. Also, we have to follow and accept the “new normal” which the administration has planned. If we wanted to finish this semester as we really have expected to happen, the choice is to do “new normal.” However, as expected also, the cries and voices of other students out there are deafening other’s ears. Student leaders are somehow affected and just don’t know what to answer them. As they took their oath to become student leaders, they cannot neglect their duties to defend the rights of students who put them in their position. Carved in their hearts to serve, student leaders must somehow follow the administration for the implemented “new normal” was planned carefully.
If there are still students who complain, we are hoping that the administration will help to address their needs and queries so that no student shall be left behind.
