Why do many colleges and universities shorten the Mid-Autumn National Day holiday?

In the first half of this year, the winter vacation in colleges and universities coincided with the outbreak of the epidemic. Most college students stayed at home for more than half a year or even longer. There should still be a lot of teaching tasks unfinished in the school, so they just take advantage of the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays to make up lessons. This practice is also excusable. After all, it involves grades and graduation. In the final analysis, it is for the sake of the majority of students.

There are freshmen who have delayed starting school, old classmates who can't report on time, and graduate students who have also delayed reporting and other notices. When the epidemic is serious, everyone can only stay at home and isolate, and office workers who work at home have little influence. A lot of work can basically be solved by computer, which can meet the basic work needs. However, some professional students need to use the laboratory to complete research tasks, and it is difficult to conduct experiments and record data at home. Home isolation can't meet the needs of these students, and some studies need to go to the library to look up information. Although academic websites such as HowNet provide free opportunities during the epidemic, it is difficult to meet the needs of all students, which can only be met in schools. As a result, many graduate students' academic tasks will be postponed. If they don't want to delay graduation, they can only sacrifice their holidays to make up for the delay caused by family isolation.

During the period of home isolation, junior high schools, senior high schools and universities basically offered online courses. According to the high school students I contacted, the effect of online courses is not ideal, and few students keep up with the progress. Because at home, the learning environment is not as good as at school, the investment will naturally not be too high. All courses in the university have credits, which can only be obtained by passing the exam. It should not be easy to organize exams in online classes, and it is even more difficult to create a strict environment for school exams. Therefore, it is reasonable that the teaching progress will be accelerated after students return to school. The epidemic prevention and control work is still going on, and all localities dare not relax. Many colleges and universities have also taken measures to close their schools to reduce the risks brought by the flow of personnel. The Mid-Autumn National Day holiday was originally a period of relatively high turnover. After the holiday is shortened, some students may change their itinerary and stay in school, which also reduces the risk of infection. Students may not understand the behavior of shortening holidays. It is hoped that relevant schools will try their best to appease students, such as giving holiday gifts to students staying in school and reporting some party activities to celebrate festivals, so as not to make sensible students sad.