Bring back asynchronous Wednesdays

As high school students, we are introduced to many things in school that we can easily get accustomed to. Asynchronous Wednesdays were established at the beginning of the school year where we can catch up on work, makeup assignments, and study independently. As COVID-19 erupted, every student had to completely switch their learning style into virtual because of it and with the bearing struggles of seeing the world around you shut down while neighbors, friends, and family getting sick it only makes a person’s mental state suffer. Sitting in front of a camera and trying to understand the specific subject without the teacher being able to come to you one-on-one is extremely difficult. Therefore we already had to change a vast part of our education. As many students have their personal lives a lot of students do not feel comfortable doing independent work on camera which simply emphasizes how much these Wednesdays mean to the student body.  These Wednesday’s felt like a day where we, students can look over our work and fully understand what our teachers taught us those previous days. Going into a fully remote school, asynchronous Wednesdays were already in place where students got used to having that one day in the week where we can slow down and comprehend each subject. Although, if these days are taken away it will put students in another difficult situation where they are going to have to adjust their learning style once again. Virtual learning is already difficult enough for teachers and students and taking these away will only make it worse. Ergo, our education is vital to us, and making changes right now will not steer us in the right direction and all we ask is if Manchester’s Board of Education will reconsider their decision on this.