In Defense of the Traditional Classroom An Argument Against The Move to Online Classes英语(毕业论文).docVIP

In Defense of the Traditional Classroom: An Argument Against The Move to Online Classes Eliminating the traditional K-12 classroom in exchange for impersonal online classes would be the biggest possible mistake for students and teachers alike. Sure, it would be nice, in theory at least, to attend class in your pajamas（睡袋）, but this benefit of taking online classes is far outweighed by other losses students would face with such a shift. Aside from academics, one of the most important aspects of college life is the social interaction that comes with daily meetings of other students. Considering that a large part of a student’s life revolves around this personal contact, removing this valuable part of students’ lives would be a loss that not only the students themselves would feel, but the faculty （全体教员）as well. Online classrooms lack the ability to be personalized （个性化）and will have a negative impact on both the social and educational lives of their students. While there are several more obvious drawbacks to the move towards online classrooms (lowered social interaction（社会互动） is the prime example), one often overlooked（忽视） problem that would be created with such a shift would occur with teachers. Many instructors（讲师） love their jobs not only because of the material they share with their students, but because many of them find it rewarding（有意义） to be around young people. With the removal of the traditional classroom these teachers will lose the single biggest motivation they have to continue teaching—their students. Isn’t it easy to imagine how the fun of teaching would easily seem sucked out of a teacher’s job if they weren’t around to answer spur-of-the-moment questions and engage in the lively debate that often goes on in the college classroom setting（环境）? It is quite easy to imagine how the teachers would be less inspired—less motivated to make a difference in the lives of their students if they were removed from them and placed, quite impersonally（客观的）, in fron