“By the time I get back home, it’s hard to find the motivation to complete my work,” Stilman said. And walking to class isn’t all too glamorous when you factor in the Tennessee humidity. As students take time to walk to class, they now lose valuable minutes and energy that they used to spend on homework. Stilman also noted, though, that time seems to slip through her fingers with the onset of in-person learning. “I missed seeing other students and being able to engage with them on campus.” “Although at first I had some reservations about going back in person, it’s been really great to see campus alive again,” Stilman said. One of the best things for her is how in-person learning makes campus light up with faces from all grades. Now that we’re several weeks into the semester, we talked to students about the differences between in-person and virtual learning-and got some mixed reviews.įor senior Liraz Stilman, both taking classes from the comfort of her home and from under the fluorescent lighting of classrooms have their unique advantages. This year, students fell back into classic first-day jitters: wondering who to sit next to, how to socialize with peers and, most importantly, how to change out of pajamas to get to class. Although the thrill of returning to “precedented” times may excite some students, others may be overwhelmed by the uncertain “return to normal.” With in-person classes on the horizon, this year’s emotional turmoil was even greater. In early August, there always seems to be a mix of excitement and dread in the air as students get ready to head back to school.

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