There should be no stereotyping of college students when it comes to breaking COVID-19 guidelines, it’s not about age, it’s about personality and mindset. Not all college teenagers are rule-breakers.
Eliminate the stereotyping of college students
As the reopening of universities in the U.K. starts to commence, students from Bristol University are slowly making their way back to the campus. The university is set to resume its face-to-face learning next month, but already accepting students back into the campus to get acquainted with new campus guidelines towards COVID-19. Students are already sighted inside the campus premises and several establishments. Thousands of students are expected to commit to physical classes, citing that online learning is not as effective in absorbing knowledge, yet really convenient during this pandemic. This is after students realized that there was a huge dip in their grades during the last semester where classes were already conducted under the online learning program.
Lawmakers are concerned about letting college students return to physical classes while the threat of COVID-19 is still lurking around. The stereotyping of college students for breaking rules related to COVID-19 prevention is somehow justifiable when most cases of obstruction to social distancing protocols are committed by young people. Young people are very fond of drinking and partying, which for all we know can be a way of transmitting the virus.
However, there are those that feel offended with the stereotyping of college students, especially those who are cautious and whole-heartedly following COVID-19 guidelines. Luke Topley, a student at Bristol University believes that it is the personality and not the age group that determines who is most likely to break rules. We are hoping, that more individuals coming from our age group will be more responsible for their actions, as to not compromise the image of all college students.
Students are grateful for the possibility of resuming physical classes. For some, the lockdown caused by the pandemic has been very grueling on their mental state, seeing their friends physically can generally help ease out the mental anxiousness in them.
