September 29, 2020
2020 has been quite the year, hasn’t it? On March 13th, only 3 months after we’ve said our ‘Happy New Years’, we were called out of school for 2 weeks. Soon 2 weeks turned into 6 weeks. 6 weeks turned into months. And now? Now it’s been a little over a half a year since virtual learning has started.
In the beginning, it was nice. A couple weeks off of school. You were able to get more sleep plus we didn’t need to go to school. But as time went on school work got heavier. Set promises for when we could go back were broken. At one point it wasn’t the matter of waiting for when this would be all over but when they would set back the date again.
Everything was blurred. The only thing on the news was the rise of COVID-19 cases. And for school work? It was unbearable. I’ve never been so unmotivated to finish assignments. Everything we did felt detached. I missed the physicality of learning in school and being with my friends. On top of that my once well-scheduled sleeping patterns have completely gone down the drain. To me, it didn’t matter. All we could do was stay home and wait for the state of the world to get better.
But honestly, I was lucky. I have two siblings so isolation itself was bearable. I couldn’t imagine being the only child during this time.
So in the midst of the pandemic, I did what I could to keep occupied. I watched Netflix (probably too much Netflix), tried to exercise more, and ate food out of complete utter boredom.
Maybe we'll be back in school in a month. Maybe we'll be back in school in another six. But no matter what this year will be one that none of us will ever forget.
It's good that you had your siblings to be with during this time.
ReplyDeleteI agree that having 1 or more siblings helps you in tough times like these. Even if you hate them, you have someone there for you.
ReplyDeleteI like how you wrote the beginning. It flowed really well. And I totally agree - it's so hard to find motivation now.
ReplyDeleteI definitely won't forget this year either!!!
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