Korean Students Experience Vastly Different Classroom Environment Due to Coronavirus

Here is what is likely coming to U.S. schools this Fall:

But classrooms looked nothing like before.  
   
Students now start their days by filling out an online self-diagnosis form before they go to school, which asks them if they are displaying any symptoms of the disease and whether they have visited any Covid-19 hot spots. A single tick of any box means they can’t go to school and must stay quarantined at home.  
   
In many cities, students go to school on staggered schedules to minimize physical contact near the front gates, and have their temperatures checked by a thermal imaging camera to screen anyone who records 37.5 degrees Celsius (99.5 Fahrenheit) or higher.  
   
Masks should be worn at all times except during lunch, and desks that used to be placed in pairs are now spaced out. Study rooms have been shut and libraries now have the sole purpose of lending books.  
   
During lunchtime, students are prohibited from chatting and are either separated by plexiglass dividers or have to sit separated far from each other. 

When a student tests positive or a cluster of infections arise, the school in question as well as schools nearby close their doors again for a couple of days and resort back to e-learning.  
   
While high schools in the Seoul metropolitan area are required to run classrooms at two-thirds of their capacity, kindergartens through middle schools are required to run at one-third, which means more than half of the student body is at home on any given day, engaging in remote learning.  
   
The vast majority of students outside the Seoul metropolitan area go to school every day. 

Joong Ang Ilbo

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