Behind Jérémy’s somewhat jaded voice, we visualize the decor. In this house in the Konacker district, in Hayange, the living room serves as a workspace or revisions, it depends. Bad luck for this student in Master 1 Social Sciences, “the wifi does not go well in the room”. Too bad for privacy: you have to share the room with dad who works from home. And hang on in spite of everything, at a time when students are deprived of an amphitheater, Covid-19 obliges. “We feel less concerned by the lessons; personally, I have loss of attention and, since I am never alone, I have a lot of distractions. “
However, some partials fall. Adequate certainly, but generating a new stress: that of the technical problem. “Not everyone received the subjects by email, some did not have access to research because of bad wifi… In short, that created inequalities. “With a bad connection, you are stuck”, abounds Solenne, in Master 2 Expertise cultural mediation. “All that’s left is to ask someone else for the grades. “
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“Teaching without humanity”
Epic? However, it has become the norm for many students. “It’s heavy to be all day in front of the computer”, confesses a student in P2 Pharmacy, who begins to find “the long time”. “There is no dynamic amphitheater, it’s hard to stay focused. Even the teachers are less stimulated, they do not see our eyes and cannot identify the moment when it is necessary to explain again. “It damages the sight, creates back problems”, breathes Solenne, who however felt supported by the teaching staff.
Many admit to a real weariness and the bitter feeling of getting a diploma on the cheap. “We do not have access to certain resources at the university, such as paid software for our research,” says Jérémy. Chaining the lessons in video, at the same pace as if they took place live, got the better of the enthusiasm of the “studious” student Solenne. “My typical day? Get up, sit in front of my computer, have very little time to eat. It is very tiring. “
His salvation? The start of his six-month internship in a cultural structure in Thionville. “A chance”, estimates the Hayangeoise of 22 years, evoking the difficulty, this year, to find an interested structure. Also happy to no longer have to juggle between live lessons and delayed ones, which she admits not having taken: “You are in your apartment, alone, and you just hear the monotonous voice of the teacher… The teaching loses all humanity. I’m at the end of my studies, that’s what kept me going. Honestly, if I had been in the first year of the license, I would have dropped out ”.
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