{"id":1676,"date":"2021-06-10T21:31:53","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T01:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/?p=1676"},"modified":"2021-06-10T21:31:53","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T01:31:53","slug":"the-effects-of-distance-learning-on-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/the-effects-of-distance-learning-on-mental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"The Effects Of Distance Learning On Mental Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Shaan Jairath,\u00a0<em>Current\u00a0<\/em>Staff Writer<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0With This school year ending, looking back at it this has probably been one of the most strange and unique years for students.\u00a0 Covid-19 hitting\u00a0 and schools closing and transitioning\u00a0 to\u00a0 distance learning in March affected students in many different ways.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While some thrived in distance learning, others had issues, especially with their mental health. With this year\u2019s online learning, there is no face to face interaction unless you were the very few that came in person, and this has a big effect on students.\u00a0 Also\u00a0 teachers were unable to have the same connection they do with students. Students were nowhere near as engaged as they used to be, sophomore Samar Guhman even said that \u201cbeing online for most of the day is tiring and annoying, and sometimes I would feel disinterested and not have a lot of focus.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another issue that arose is how students were not seeing friends like they used to, which made some students feel alone and stressed out. The approach of summer should provide everyone,\u00a0 including teachers, a chance to relax from this strange year, and try to get back to normal\u00a0 and do things that bring joy. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Shaan Jairath,\u00a0Current\u00a0Staff Writer \u00a0With This school year ending, looking back at it this has probably been one of the most strange and unique years for students.\u00a0 Covid-19 hitting\u00a0 and schools closing and transitioning\u00a0 to\u00a0 distance learning in March affected students in many different ways.\u00a0 While some thrived in distance learning, others had issues, especially&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1677,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[295],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-independent-research"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/jpegbase64ee4bfd46f7687994.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1676"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1678,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1676\/revisions\/1678"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}