My Learning Experience this Year
Since the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the normal lifestyles of people across the world, everything has stopped working the way it used to be previously. Almost all the schools have been shut down. Government announced lockdowns all over the country. During the earlier weeks and months of lockdown, I stayed home with my family. From March, our school conducted online classes via zoom. In the beginning, I found zoom meetings a bit difficult and a kind of awkward too because I wasn’t friendly with the devices. Later I got used to it and became friendlier with the devices. I had to take online classes and spend most of the time in front of the screen. It started to hurt my eyes as more screening time is not good for our health. But at that time, we had no other choice. I felt something missing and found it different to see my teachers and friends on screen. At first, I had difficulties in joining the meetings as well as in audio and video. At that time, the unstable internet was the biggest issue for all of us. Only fact I didn’t like was that the online classes had a limited time. It was not enough. So, I couldn’t interact a lot with my teachers and friends . Sometimes the meetings ended in the middle and we had to rejoin again. I also had to do my assignments in our school L M S. In the beginning it was a bit difficult for me to open L M S and do assignments in the word file and I had to attach it and send it back to the teachers. It took a while for me to understand. But after a few weeks I got used to it.
After almost a year our school reopened. I was really happy and excited to have physical classes again. Finally, I got to meet my teachers and friends physically. Being in the physical classroom, I found it completely different from the online classes. It was easier for me to understand the lessons. I had more opportunities to ask questions when needed. I got ample opportunities to share more things in front of my classmates and teachers. In my opinion, physical classes are much more effective than online learning.
Unfortunately, our school closed again because of the new variant of coronavirus. I’m doing my online classes from home again. This pandemic has taught me so many things such as education is not limited to schools only, being healthy is important, we should take safety measures seriously, family is everything etc. Lockdown is the only solution and staying at home is the safest place these days. So, please stay at home. Stay safe and stay healthy.
‘’ WE SHALL OVERCOME SOME DAY.WE SHALL ALL BE FREE. WE SHALL ALL BE FREE. WE SHALL ALL BE FREE SOMEDAY. ‘’
Noel Thapa
Grade 3C