WRITE A PARAGRAPH ON LOCKDOWN IN 200 WORDS
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In March, mid-lockdown, I needed to write the introduction to my PhD thesis. I went at it with all guns blazing. I downloaded Mendeley, a reference-management program, to arrange my papers in a more aesthetically pleasing way, and the note-taking app Evernote to consolidate summaries of these papers, and I captured key formatting features of studies that I wanted to incorporate into my dissertation.
Next, I read a load of articles about productivity, and learnt about the importance of creating the right space for writing. I dusted my room, tidied my desk, lit a scented candle, placed succulents on the windowsill and started to read the relevant sections of my predecessor’s dissertation. My supervisor, Ursula Fearon, wrote in an e-mail that most of my introduction had already been written by the previous PhD student. All I had to do was include updated data and references, and there was “no need to reinvent the wheel”.
I sat down. It took me about eight hours to write two paragraphs. I was surprised: I had felt enthusiastic about the assignment. I wrote it off as ‘teething troubles’ and decided that tomorrow would be better.
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A lockdown is a restriction policy for people or community to stay where they are, usually due to specific risks to themselves or to others if they can move and interact freely. The term "stay-at-home" or "shelter-in-place" is often used for lockdowns that affect an area, rather than specific locations.
The term is used for a prison protocol that usually prevents people, information or objects from leaving an area. The protocol can usually only be initiated by someone in a position of authority.
A lockdown can also be used
to protect people inside a
facility or, for example, a
computing system, from a
threat or other external event.
In buildings doors leading
outside are usually locked so
that no person may enter or
exit. A full lockdown usually
means that people must stay
where they are and may not
enter or exit a building or
rooms within it, needing to go
to the nearest place
designated safe if not already
in such a place.