Write an essay of word limit (1000)
a) Life during lockdown
b) The school comes Home
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Answers
A) Some can’t wait to go out again, others don’t want to, happy to stay home connected to the outside world only through their computer. Some are worried about the virus and others, instead, are more concerned about the climate crisis.
I consider myself a very sedentary person. Usually, during the school holidays, I tend to stay at home most of the time. Quarantine is not affecting what I would normally do with all this extra free time.
The school has been closed for three weeks. Yesterday, we were told it will be closed for the rest of the school year. Many of my classmates have returned to their countries and so have the teachers. We now do school online from 8.30 am to 2.30 pm on Zoom.
From this experience, I have noticed how we kids often don’t enjoy the simple things we have, such as going out with friends. Now that we can’t, we are realizing the importance of these little things. Surely, when it’s all over, we’ll be more grateful for what we have.
Obviously, I miss my friends and going out, but I get along well with my family and maybe I’ve always been a bit lazy, so adapting wasn’t difficult. Instead of going out with friends, on Saturday nights, I watch movies or series with my family, something nobody had time to do before.
I spend most of my days studying, but I also have virtual meetings with my collective mates and chat with my friends, but physically it is different and I miss that aspect.
At first, it took me a while to realize what was really happening, but hearing the number of deaths on the news or listening to the stories of my uncle, who is a doctor in the Bergamo area – where the virus hit hardest – has frightened me. But I’m quite optimistic: if we all respect the rules, and stay at home we will be able to get out of this situation.
We feel the virus is hitting closer to home and therefore the instinctive reaction of fear is greater. It’s more difficult to realize the damage climate breakdown will bring. The complications caused by the virus are perhaps a consequence of the climate crisis, as studies show the areas most affected are also the most polluted. On the other hand, the lockdown is reducing emissions and thus improving the health of our planet.
This experience made us realize our lives had become too hectic and consumerist, which is why we waited too long before completely blocking the economy. The courage to stop it earlier would have prevented many deaths.
Sometimes I feel the lockdown is an opportunity to rest from the frenzy and to try things I didn’t have time to do before. Other times, I feel tired of living like this – and the fact that I can’t go out drives me crazy. I miss going to school, I miss athletics and seeing my friends, but I also feel lucky because I’m healthy and in a comfortable home. Having lunch with my whole family is new – that was not a daily habit before.
During the day I read and watch TV series. Sometimes I make video calls with my friends, sometimes I draw. We are lucky at least to be able to continue to study and see our classmates and teachers, but there are internet connection problems and distance learning is more difficult.
B) Education was carried at homes for centuries. There were no schools. Teachers were hired by wealthy people. The poor could not afford teachers so their children did not take any education. Most people were illiterate. Then appeared voices that more education could improve the lives of all class of society. So schools were established, but education at home was still popular at wealthier homes. Both school and education at home have some advantages and disadvantages.
Teaching children at home gives them more opportunity to understand any subject. All attention is paying to one pupil and every question is answered. There is no possibility to cheat or be unprepared to lesson. Students could develop their interest in any subject very easily. This is the better way to be very well prepared for every exam. But, in general, this is the most expensive way to have a well-educated child. Children, who are educated alone, have fewer friends and colleagues, are more selfish and could have difficulties in adult life.
School, again in general, is reasonably cheaper than home education. There is less attention for one pupil but among more children is some kind of rivalry. Students learn because want to be better than friend or colleague. They meet more people so their life is more civilized. Friendship for all life starts very often in school. Adult life has fewer mysteries for them than for children educated at homes. However there is more violence, more opportunity to meet bad company and finally end school without any education.
In conclusion, the school has more advantages because not only teach, but also socialize pupils. And for parenting two of the most important subjects are good education and good breeding. It is the best preparation for adult life.