Due to the outstanding amounts of Coronavirus outbreaks, universities like ECU are being forced to finish their courses online. Many of the classes students take are already challenging  as they were. And now it may be even more difficult for students to pass due to no access to internet or the environment at home. I along with other students believe that passing us this semester would benefit everyone. 

Virtual instruction for the duration of the semester would cause a great deal of difficulty for students to receive the attention they need from professors. There have been many instances where students have communicated to professors, but the students wouldn't receive any help. With virtual instruction in place, this prevents meetings with professors and teacher assistants in person. While we can still interact with our professors and teacher assistants via email, phone, and video-calling, there are limitations including one's time zone,and wireless internet availability that need to be in consideration. This puts a strain on students who are in self quarantine especially, due to the fact that although they may be able to access everything through the internet, they aren’t focused on recovery and safety precautions. This implements the problem that schools don’t want to keep the health and safety of their students their primary goal. There are students who prefer in-person instruction rather than online instruction due to their own self-discipline and educational habits. Forcibly having to adhere to these circumstances will greatly affect their performance within their studies. This also jeopardizes the mental health of students who have to continue doing school work, "attending" class, and figuring out when to eat and sleep while maintaining a regularity that is not possible with this system.

Furthermore, the university has done a great job providing limited dining, recreation, and student activities for the students who have resided on campus throughout spring break. However, the next step that is needed for East CarolinaUniversity to take every single undergraduate, graduate, professional, and certificate students into consideration when making a firm decision on courses for the remainder of the semester. Offering a pass option for classes for the Spring 2020 semester helps alleviate some of the stresses caused by measures taken to prevent the spread of COVID-19, and will allow students, as well as administrators, advisors, and instructors to further focus on taking the necessary precautions during this epidemic.