My Online Learning Experience during Covid-19 Pandemic

My Online Learning Experience

during Covid-19 Pandemic

By: Britannia Autumn Matakupan

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ello, my name is Britannia Autumn Matakupan. But you can call me Tania. During this covid-19 pandemic, all our schools have switched to online learning. Now, when we switched to online class, everyone has different feelings right? Down below is my reflecting of my online learning experience. Enjoy!

Online learning takes time to get used to, but this is absolutely normal. As human beings, we need time to adjust to new surroundings and new situation. It’s like when going to a new school and not knowing where to go, who to talk to and so on. However, it is good to challenge yourself with new experiences because it will help you to adjust faster when you are in unusual surroundings. So online learning, although difficult, is very useful us all.

Online learning has been very hard and different for me. I didn’t know what to do in the beginning. I was confused for what should I click and what I shouldn’t. Over time, I got used to it and now I know what to do in most situations. I am sure I speak for everyone when I say that when we are in school, we miss home. But when we are at home, we miss school… Yeah, it’s weird isn’t it? I am sure we all feel the same. That’s why there are things we like about online learning and things we don’t. 

For me, what I like about online learning is that when we work, we can nibble on something and the teachers don’t know until now (what? I’m being honest.) We can spend more time with our families than usual. But there are also a few things that I (and may be all of us don’t like). For me, it feels a bit lonelier than before. Mom and dad (who are lecturers) are very busy, and me as the only child, only has books as friends. Yes, I know it’s a bit sad. But it’s normal to feel this way. There are things we like and there are always things that we don’t like in any situation. That is just the way of life, you can’t have too much of a good thing. I am glad that during my online learning experience, my parents are always nearby to help me.

I think online learning is really working out for me. And I feel very happy about it. But if I had the power to change anything from the subjects to the meetings, I would change the way we interact. Our interaction during online learning are with google meetings and we talk about the subjects. But I think we should discuss more social things like our hobbies, play games, etc. The thing is, if we meet each other and we only discuss subjects, It feels as if online learning is only for learning and academic stuff and nothing else. When we are at school, we have recess and we get to talk about whatever we like. So, if we want online learning to feel like school, we should arrange a certain time to take a break from learning and chat with our classmates. I am not trying to say that online learning isn’t fun, because it is. I am just saying what I think would make it much better. Because if you do something and everyone says it’s wonderful, there is always room for improvement. There is always room (in mommy’s words) “to go an extra mile” it means that no matter how good something is, it can always be better. 

And with that thought in your head, I would like to end this assembly task with a big thank you to my parents who helped me to get inspiration and to all those who just finished reading this.