Chandler Online Academy

To start there are teachers and staff who are genuinely trying to help and engage with their students while allowing them to learn. Other than that I can't really say I'm happy with the experience.It starts with the work amount which starts off reasonable at the beginning of each quarter, but gets progressively more difficult to stay up to date. This is because you will receive notes where you must read click a couple buttons and read and continue that is it. Once you do a quiz which is usually short you will have easy questions then there are ones that make you go "Did I even learn that?". Sometimes you need to do your own research after taking notes meaning they don't give you the information you actually need just filler. Then you need to do assignments where it usually takes 30 minutes to over an hour of research, writing, and proofreading. With the amount their is and the short time I have it is mentally and physically taxing as each day I feel more tempted to just ignore it. This also leads to me not really learning, but just memorizing then forgetting.The layout of this site is very troublesome due to its hard navigation and constant bugs. The setup makes you open a page to a class then open a tab to see work then all of the separate pages of work with their own clickable icon with the notes getting their own icon too. There are many tiny details that add up, but I don't have enough letters to point them out.Communications and the teachers made me so disheartened by the way things were. There is a 24 hour response rule from teachers and I had an assignment that was late due to the fact I was ignore for over a week. I got a zero for the assignment. When they finally responded they didn't answer the actual question. Students also don't get to see the teacher since the minimum interaction is almost nothing. There is no interaction with students hence why bullying is set so low since I don't get to talk to others. This makes me feel like they don't care and that they are only there for a paycheck, but there are some putting in effort to add to our experience. My mental health has been steadily declining due to this website and their education, but for now I'm trapped in what feels like a web since Covid-19 is still heavily effecting us. I don't know how long I can keep up with this since I feel I'm slipping more everyday. I hope they see this and know that we need more help and that we aren't learning, but rather panicking.

Well personally, i have really disliked it. It's not the worst but it still is pretty bad. Like i personally feel like i haven't learned much due to the insane amount of assignments and just trying to get them done in time. The lessons never tell you the important information that you should remember and write down so when you take the quizzes you get a bad grade. It is mentally and emotionally exhausting going to this school. Just because i do school at home does not mean i have all the time in the world to do like 5 assignments every day. After working for hours my brain needs a break but i'll still have stuff i need to do. I also have responsibilities at home that have been difficult to get to cause my time is occupied by schoolwork. I also need time for myself to do something besides work or school and it has been difficult to get that time. All in all compared to my online school i have taken in the past, this school has ruined my online experience and i really hope i can get back to public school asap.