Suddenly being the best solution due to the conditions in which we find ourselves, we were required to migrate to the online and we had to adapt and learn through a digital platform.
Learning from home has both positive and negative aspects. Learning online, and in a very short time, as we had never experienced in other circumstances, is a very positive challenge. The ability to adapt to learning and using new ways of communicating was a very important step and I would say of self-improvement. On the other hand, a more negative aspect is worth mentioning: social real life interaction and teamwork are being lost, hopefully not for too long.
Then, we started to value everything we took for granted up to now, namely school life. Although this e-learning component opens new learning opportunities, we miss the usual school routine and we miss our friends.
Finally, we can only show enthusiasm, effort and dedication, which is needed now more than ever, in this new stage of our school life. On the 18th may the senior students, who are preparing for their 11th and 12th grade national exams are going back to school. It’s weird… everybody wearing masks, keeping social distance, students confined in their classroom …
People are scared as they are trying to go back to some of their normal activities. The idea of coexisting with this virus has changed the way we see each other and it is like a shadow hanging over our lives.
Still, we have to believe that better days are to come and we need to stay positive and take care of each other by being patient and warm-hearted.
Dear friends in Finland, Croatia and Italy, keep safe and we will all be together soon. 😊
Telma Rodrigues, Portugal