By: Anjeza Skudrinja
This year the unexpected happened, schools were shut down. Students and teachers were forced to adjust to virtual learning. This was hard on students, especially seniors because they had to say goodbye to high school earlier than expected. Here is how Watertown HIgh School senior Madison Migiano adjusted to virtual learning. When finding out that school would be off until April 20th, she was in “complete shock”. It made her upset to know that she wouldn’t be seeing her friends or teachers for a while. When it was changed to May 20th, she said she was annoyed because it assured her that school will most likely not start up again this year. She states “It’s just very sad that this pandemic had to happen”. Then it was finally announced that school won’t be starting up again at all and Madison stated “It’s a little sad, but we should always look on the positive side of things”. Throughout virtual learning Madison has missed her friend and her usual routine, she also said “I miss seeing all my teachers and friends, and I miss the routine of just going to school”. she remains hopeful throughout everything and states “It’s going pretty well; it’s definitely an adjustment, but I know that sooner or later things will get better”. Although it makes her happy to be able to spend more time with her parents. She says that one challenge of virtual learning is getting the help she needs, she stated “some teachers don’t see google classroom comments the same day that you comment, but you can always try asking some friends or parents for help”. The publishing class had an amazing adjustment to being online, she states “I think the newsletter did adjust very well to being online. The things that have been good about this is how we’ve made a plan on how to have our articles up a certain way and we get them up quick”. Her advice to underclassmen is “always get your work in on time even if you get to class early if you want to talk to your teacher about something class related. Also don’t skip class or make an excuse as to why you didn’t do your homework”. This summer she is looking forward to getting ready to go to college and getting to meet her roommate when she gets there.
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