By CharKendra Harris
Imagine being a hands-on learner and being thrown into a virtual online learning environment. We don’t have to imagine too hard. There were many challenges with COVID 19 including going to school all online. COVID shut down schools and delayed a lot of learning as well as social development of students. It was a very stressful time. You never knew if you were going to get the disease and God forbid, possibly die from it. Learning online in the time of COVID was really hard. It was hard to keep focused when all of your classes were in the same room, on the same computer and that room might be your bedroom. Oversleeping was a problem because it was easy to fall asleep because you were on your bed. I would wake up, grab the computer and login just in time for class but sometimes the pull of the pillow was too much and I overslept. You get motivated being at school to do work and see your friends. It was really hard to motivate yourself at home in isolation. Some of the teachers were willing to work with students and give them a break but others still stuck to deadlines and commitments which were hard to meet. Socially, COVID was a nightmare. We went from going to school and seeing our friends every day to not seeing anyone outside of our families…EVER! I missed my friends. Also, I missed having the real experience of school. I missed being in the classroom and learning with other students. I missed walking down the hall with all of my friends and seeing teachers. It was very depressing to have the date to come back to school in person delayed several times. You would get your hopes up, only to be told that the date was delayed again. We were all anxious to get back to normal. When we finally came back to school, it was hybrid learning for two days in and two days out. It was such a blessing to see all my friends and to get back to some normalcy. I felt like my grades started to get better. I was able to get help with work and do my best. By working hard when we got back to school and making connections with teachers and other students, we were able to get back to normal. Just yesterday it was 9th grade and now I feel like I blinked and it is 12th grade and I am graduating. We are a unique cohort of students that missed the educational experience for a year and a half. There are kids that started school online and now are in school in person. It was not easy coming back and getting into the old routines, but it was very satisfying. And I believe we are stronger for it.
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