I enjoyed my 7 month long summer break, but I was ready to come back to school. The school year started in September instead of August, which I did enjoy. In the first few weeks, everybody was online. I liked how my first class was at 11:00, so I could stay up until 2:00 AM and still get a good amount of sleep. Playing Minecraft with my friends all day was my favorite part of online school. I did end up with a lot of missing work, but I caught up not too long after going in person.
Out of my friends, I was one of the only ones who went in person the first day we could. The classes had very few people, but I liked the absence of some people. Missing work is probably what I will remember this year by. It was just easy to get distracted because there weren’t as many Chromebook restrictions in the beginning of the year than there are now. My favorite class was Social Studies or Intro to Podcasting because both of the teachers were very laid back and the work was easy.
As the year went by, more students started going to school in person. Most of my friends were in person by February, classes were getting harder though. I think the biggest obstacle of this year was Encounters. I didn’t have the motivation to do most of the work when it was due. The assignments weren’t too hard, I just didn’t want to do them. When I got to them, I could finish in about an hour. I’m glad Mr. Skipper doesn’t take off points for late work. If he did, then I wouldn’t have A’s in the classes I have with him.
The 2020-2021 school year had many firsts. This was the first year we didn’t have to wear yellow, gray, or black. We had many more phone privileges than we have ever had. Using Chromebooks for all the work and having lots of kids online was probably the biggest challenge everyone had, but a lot of students, including me, finished off the year well.