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• 2021-01-14

  Virtual Learning

  During these past 9 months, I've had more time than I would usually have. Virtual learning was boring and I couldn't focus as well as I would in a class. I would zoom from a desk in my dining room with the cold feeling of the hard tile under my feet. My dogs would sometimes jump up on my chair or sit at my feet, they are no lapdogs they are three large chocolate labs that would sit with me. Sometimes if I got tired of the usual setting I would head outside and sit under the bougainvillea tree with the smell the lavender under my nose. Besides school I would travel, we went to Arizona for a baseball tournament which was rather enjoyable, I love baseball with the sun beating down on your neck and the feel of dirt in your shoes after a play at second, it was like heaven. During the summer I went on a trip to Texas but that doesn't have anything to do with virtual learning. Virtual learning was a challenge but I am glad that we are back to school in person.
• 2021-01-14T12:04

  Virtual Learning

  My experience with virtual learning during this pandemic hasn't been the most positive. Gosh, it's been almost 10 months since we started. The beginning was exciting I guess because I thought it was just a break from the normal, boring school day. But, boy was I wrong. After a while, the routine of waking up, doing school, going to sleep was getting very repetitive. Don't get me wrong, I liked not having to wake up at 6:30 every single morning, but I started to get angsty. I felt like I wasn't focusing on schoolwork and tests as I should have been, and I definitely did not retain any of the information that I was taught. After a while, I not only was bored and anxious, but I was also very lonely too. I did not like the fact that I didn't get to socialize with my school friends and teachers every single day. On top of that, I wasn't allowed to see my friends yet because my parents were very strict. Summer was even worse. At least I had a day to day schedule with online school, but when it came to summer, I had nothing to do. By end of June, I was allowed to hang out with friends again, but it wasn't the same. This year, I actually transferred to a new school for 8th grade. That would normally be hard because I am socially awkward, but the fact that we didn't even go in person made it far worse. It took me a while to feel comfortable in all of my classes and meet people. Also, it was a really big change because I used to go to public school and we only had 2 hours a day of online school, but at my new private school, we had school from 8-2:45 every day. Although it is what I would normally do in person, it felt like a large shift from before, and I thought I was going to fall behind. Thankfully, I met a lot of people who helped me adjust just fine. Now, it is January and we are back in person. Although online school was a struggle, it made me realize how much I took school for granted. I think it also helped us grow and mature greatly.
• 2021-01-14

  Virtual learning

  Learning virtually was very strange and had many advantages and disadvantages. Every day I got on zoom from my bedroom from March 18 to about December with the exception of summer. Some advantages about it were that I didn't have to wake up as early to drive to school and that I can do school from the comfort of my room. Some disadvantages however were I couldn't hang out with my friends or talk very much, and I personally found it really hard to pay attention because each period was about an hour and 20 min on the computer and my grades weren't as good because I had a hard time not zoning out. And on top of that nearly everything was closed down from restaurants to malls and other places to hang out, exc. I prefer learning in class than virtually because I can hang out with my friends and I pay attention better in school.
• 2021-01-14

  Virtual Learning

  I personally enjoyed virtual learning because I got to be at home. Virtual learning has lots of pros and cons. The pros being that you get to be at home and be more comfortable. But the cons being its more difficult to focus and you don't get to see your friends