Isabella Antunes Due to the corona virus, I have been spending a lot Gator of my time at home with no real social interaction. I have mostly filled my time on my phone using Snapchat and FaceTime to stay in contact with friends and family. I have also been helping my mom Gazette and dad with my little sister, due to them both being essential workers they are not home. This has came April 24. 2020 with extra cleaning and picking up around the house. ENMS ONliNE Online school has had me thinking about how much easier real life school is. It is so much easier to have Annika Anderson more time to focus on school in school. There are less distractions and you are not occupied by So far, my experience with online learning is that everything around you. You only have to focus on I don’t really like it. I would rather be learning in work and participation. I found real school so much person, in a classroom, with my classmates, but easier. You could get help easier too. I do like that we are able to do things on our own time. Although I enjoy doing all my work on my With all the free time, I have been putting it to good own time, I don’t really get things done. I use. I have been running and exercising. I have been procrastinate a lot and I’m not good with my time trying to eat better also. I have also been cooking management, but it is something that I am and doing crafts with my little sister. I have put some working on. The best part about this whole time into teaching my sister to swim. online school thing is that I get to sleep in and not have to worry about being late to class. During this quarantine there isn’t a lot to do except watch Netflix and eat. I have watched at least three shows already and some had five seasons. I have also been taking this time to get Maddie Bell in shape and also improve my basketball skills. My experience as an online learner has been hard and a little Every day I work out and I go to training with my difficult to adjust to. While school and homework are pretty dad. We play basketball two times a week. My simple, online school is something we all have to get acclimated family and I have also been hanging out a lot to. Not only is it hard to contact teachers and ask questions but more than we did before the quarantine; we’ve some things are confusing and some students learn differently been playing games and have been having a than others. Some students like learning by hearing, some prefer family dinner mostly every night. visuals, others prefer both, some even like hands-on where they can touch to learn, it just depends on the student and how they I am getting used to doing online school. This like to learn. quarantine might be caused by a horrible thing, but it is giving us time to ourselves and to get One issue is if students need extra help on their work in school away from society. there would be a teacher or administrator to assist the student, but with online school it’s hard because it is easier to understand when someone is explaining to you in person. Online school made me realize how much I miss school and how much easier school is, also in school you can do fun activities while online school it is a little challenging. Everyone is still adjusting to this change, but soon it will become a routine that we will be used to. Dayanna Avila Hira Azhar I honestly really miss going to school and seeing my My experience as an online learner has been adequate. There have been times where I feel the need to be friends. I never would have thought that all of that surrounded by people/friends. But then, there are other would just go away in the middle of this school year. times where it feels nice to enjoy some alone time. Online Before leaving school for spring break I thought it is school can sometimes be inconvenient and confusing but it only going to be for about two weeks but then it also can save a lot of my time rather than to be stuck in went to four, then six, then so on and I wish school for eight long, painful hours. As an online school learner, it can be stressful sometimes because I may not everything could go back to how it was before understand an assignment and it can be hard to complete Covid-19. Even though I get to stay up late and wake it. But I say, that the overall experience has been just fine! up at whatever time I want, it’s not like I can go Although online school may sound great, it is not. It can be anywhere or see my friends, but at least I can be very confusing and stressful. A scenario I am afraid to face, is if my computer shuts down. If this happens and I’m with my family and doggies. not able to complete an assignment, I’ll have to email a teacher for an extension. Which can lead to a very stressful week where I already have other assignments to complete as well. Also, when emailing a teacher, they may not be able to respond immediately. Which can lead to being stuck on an assignment for a while. My experience with being an online learner is okay Online school does have some advantages. Online school but being in a public school like East Naples was just can be more enjoyable than going to school because you can wake up at any time you want. Instead of waking up so much better for me. I get to do the work after my super early, I can wake up at my own time and have a brother is done with his classwork and learn new peaceful fresh start to my day. And, not only that, instead things. Being an online learner is kind of easy but of feeling obligated to go to school for eight hours, I’m sometimes I’m like I will just do it tomorrow and able to start school at any time I’d enjoy. Which means I’m able to everything at a time that’s best for me. then I have double the work for the next day. It was Since I’m able to wake up and do things in my own time, I not like that in public schools for because in school I have a lot more free-time on my hands. I’m able to now sit had a teacher in front of me and at my house, I have down and enjoy all the movies/shows I wanted to watch many other things that can entertain me other than instead of working on homework or studying for a test a online school. I basically learn better when there is night before a tiring and early school day. I’ve been able to also spend more time with my family and also finally an actual teacher teaching me in a classroom, then able to reorganize and declutter my room I’ve been telling in my bed and a computer teaching me. myself to do for weeks! When I not being an online learner I usually just go This experience has made me reflect upon going to East on tic-tok, Netflix, or watch a movie on Disney+ with Naples Middle School that I shouldn’t take teachers for granted. I’ve now realized that teachers are helpful and my dad and brother. The show I’m currently on we should learn to respect them more. Now that we aren’t Netflix is The Flash and I only need like four more able to see them anymore, it’s much harder to learn new episodes and it’s a five season show, but I think they things. are making another season. The Flash is really good, I have many things to do to keep me busy! Since most of and I would 100% recommend to anyone, I wasn’t us are at home with our families, we should do fun activities such as: board really a big fan about all those superhero movies, games, charades, but I really think The Flash is a good show. I also watch a family sometimes watch YouTube when I get bored of movie or solving Netflix and tic-tok. I wake up between 9-10 pm and a puzzle. Another thing to do when sleep at 12-3am. I have a really bad sleeping you’re bored is to schedule and when I go back to school, I’m going to find a new hobby have a hard time adjusting back into a normal like baking, sleeping schedule. skating, cooking, painting, or even reading! This can save you from major boredom and you’ll get to try something new. Ava Bridenthal Monzerrat Cortes Loyola At school there is always a teacher that you can ask Online learning has been a challenge and maybe a thrill. It has made most questions at any time. With online school you have people appreciate being able to go to a public school. Having the freedom to email your teacher and it takes them a while to to see their friends.