DIRECTIONLESS- I WAS AFFECTED TOO
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“Dear students, due to rise of the cases of Corona virus in the nation, all academic activities will be suspended till further notice and you are to leave school within the next 3 days."
When I got this message from my school, I was so excited, wow at least I will have enough time to prepare for Land law cause if I had written land law the next day I probably would have failed. I immediately packed my clothes in my smallest box, I begged my friend to keep a greater number of my things in her house since she lived close and we will be back in 2 weeks, little did I know that Corona virus and lockdown were laughing hysterically at me.
I left school relieved so happy to be back home and rest for 2 weeks. Days went by and the numbers were skyrocketing. Panic began to set in as 2 weeks turned to a month. Maybe they were trying to be extra careful before letting us out.
How careful can they get, it's been 4 months, 4 months turned to 6 months. In the cause of these 6 months I met a new reality which were online exams and online classes. You think that is fun? What until you seat through a 2hr lecture without understanding what is going on. Wait until a 2 hour lecture becomes an hour lecture because half of the time the lecturer is frozen on your screen unable to get network. Little by little the semester is coming to an end but I sit on my table and ask myself "What have I achieved this semester?" Is the semester really over?
Everything becomes blur, I try to talk to friends and what kind of responses do I get?
"Keep quiet, don't complain when we are complaining"
"All these guys in private schools like to feel like they understand what we are going through"
"At least you guys have resumed so don't complain with people that have no plans on resumption"
All these are words I heard whenever I tried to vent my frustration to my friends who were not in private universities.
I stayed up all night not knowing who to talk to.
Everyday I ask myself what direction do I take? What direction will make this life a little bit understandable and easy?
Its been a struggle for me, school is on, moved a level up, but the changes have been hard. Adapting, learning to take things in strides. Its all we can do.
Contributor: Goodness (Babcock)
Edited and Published by Directionless
Lol it's hard to believe that private students were also directionless. It's sad that we don't see their hurt because we're too blinded by ours. Thanks for sharing.