Critique paper W5

                                                    Philippine kids back in school after 2 years

    The article was written by Jim Gomez on August 22,2022. This news was published to provide information about some issues on conducting face to face classes and the necessity of going back to traditional classes, furthermore there are particular opinions and statements addressed  from different views with statistical data. It includes the literacy rate of Filipino students, number of learners, the senator's claim of senator and the response of a spokesperson in the Department of education to the issue of lack of classroom facility. In addition the writer stated how the classroom operated before the students entered and leave the building to ensure the safety of every learner. 

  The content is relevant and trends during the outbreak of coronavirus disease, there is also a provided data on every claim that was mentioned. The writer did not forget to include the statement of Department of Education regarding to the situation of face to face classes. Besides, He also stated the views of Senator Joel Villanueva which are useful in understanding the different opinions of various parties that are involved in the issue. However, there is a lack of sufficient evidence and status on how the performance of students were affected during the distance learning and the effectiveness of distance learning, this implies that the author mainly focus on pros and cons of face to face classes.

 The writer did not fail in providing a thesis statement and supported the claim in the news article. However, there is a need for further elaboration about the impact of distance learning and the convenient way of learning for students, Since the title of an article is about Philippine kids back in school after 2 years lost to a virus. There must be a brief explanation about the condition of every learner in 2 years lost to the virus, in order to satisfy the readers. To sum up, the author really did a good job in addressing the current situation but there are few details that need to be improved.