A letter to my students… Let’s do this together!

• Main Author: Mohamed, Shafizan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: IIUM Today 2020
• Subjects: LC Special aspects of education
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/83806/1/83806_A%20Letter%20to%20My%20Students%E2%80%A6%20Let%E2%80%99s%20Do%20This%20Together%21.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/83806/; https://news.iium.edu.my/?p=143555&fbclid=IwAR3Xwf0oENTGh6GXjgBblPN84swNqLVr5ZvZJwfI-mQcqNqbjc75c2ldmo4
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Assalamaualaikum warahmatullah iwabarakatuh, To My Dearest Students, We were supposed to meet tomorrow (12 October 2020). Despite some minor changes, everything was supposed to be like it was before. The registration would be a nightmare. You will be complaining about the whole process and the lecturers would be complaining about you. It was supposed to bring us back the campus life that we dread yet love with all our hearts. But Allah SWT has better plans, as promised. So it turns out we will not be meeting each other face-to-face. There will be no crowding the department for registration, no salams, no annoying jokes, no smiling faces that would often brighten my morning every time I come to class. Online classes are the real challenge for me. I am not sure if I have given enough. How can I convince you when I cannot make eye contact? How can I make the class lively when I can’t even make jokes about you sleeping in class? Most of the time, I cannot even see your faces. It is not easy, but I know things could be much worse. So I am learning, as we all are; to be more technically-savvy so that I can give you as much knowledge, if not more.