Letters To The Editor

Mateo Novak:

Here are some tips for isolations. Never think you have nothing to do. Always keep yourself entertained in the house; do work, read, draw, play on an electronic device, relax 😎, make some art work, invent things. There isn’t anything boring in this! I have been making my own daily schedule for each week. On weekends, I spend the most time possible with my family. Think positive. 👍 Do what you like the most during free time. Wash your hands a lot 🤚If I'm trying to think positively about the situation, I would say that the environment is in a much better place. Of course I'd prefer by far it did not exist. It kills lots of people, and I feel very sad about that. I think online school 🏫 is super 👍 fun and cool. I also like to work during the day because it keeps me busy."

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Andrei Marentette:

It’s boring, I want to be able to travel more often. I like it and I don’t. I like it because I don’t get to wear a suit, and I don't like it because I miss my friends. It’s fun, I can invent new songs, make terrible drawings, and just have fun. I’m kind of sad that I don't get to see my family (other than my parents, I see them everyday!). I am also in a world of creativity.

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Anonymous:

I sketch more than before because before I didn’t do more than 2 sketches per year . Now I do more than 4 sketches per month.

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Anonymous:

Staying home, all day, gaming. Actually cooking myself lunch and breakfast. Baking cookies and brownies for my family. Being lazy more often.

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Anonymous:

I get to play with my sister a lot more because before I used to have a lot of texts at school, but now there are not as many.

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Anonymous:

I could not play much during the day because I was in school. Now, I play on my home iPad and play with legos and I also watch a lot of TV.

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Other responses: Practicing guitar • Playing basketball • Relaxing • Making bread • Sleeping in • Biking more often • Learning about space •Cooking with my mom •Playing with drones • Playing board games •Watching movies • Building pillow forts • watching more french TV

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Anonymous:

There are far fewer cars outside and the animals are taking back their territory; that means that when humans started building houses and buildings and cities, they sort of chased the animals out of their own habitat. Now, they go back where they lost their habitat.

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Anonymous:

How poorly people are treating each other.

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Anonymous:

A skunk outside my backyardWell some guy across the street put a poster on his window that said “I’m bored”.

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Anonymous:

A bus driver asking for directions.

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Anonymous:

People freaking out or being slightly ruder. There's not much noise.

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Anonymous:

I would have prepared myself by buying lots of purel and bought paper toilet and I would have cut my hair.

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Anonymous:

I would have played outside as much as possible during and before march break and would’ve done lots of preventive measures to protect me from the virus. I would have bought lots of masks, perhaps go to tourist spots before those places close and try to play with my friends, as it turned out I wouldn’t be able to meet them in person.

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Other Responses: Buy a basketball net earlier • Played more sports • Made the best of the time I had out and about • Buy more books to read • Go outside more • Do less work • Nothing

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Anonymous:

They sometimes are disorganized because the schedule they give us does not always include everything.

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Anonymous:

Needs to improve, we need more support from teachers and more help meetings. I also find there are a lot of assignments and Powerpoints.

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Anonymous:

Grade 9 physical education is every Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning. Although PE class is necessary, I think I will feel a little tired after having PE class two days in a row. The interval between the two PE classes is less than 24 hours, and my muscles did not get enough rest. This means that every Wednesday in gym class my muscles are very sore, and the exercises effectiveness becomes greatly reduced. I think it would be nice if we could make the interval between the two PE classes longer. Like Tuesday afternoon and Thursday morning.

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Anonymous:

Reduce some online classes because we’re spending too much time online and it’s bad for our eyes

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Anonymous:

Maybe have one online class where you can just talk to all your friends.

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Other Responses: I think it’s too much • It's pretty good • Everything feels very repetitive • We shouldn't have work on Friday • There should be more classes and then it would be perfect

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Some Anonymous Responses:

• My brother.

• My life.

• Staying home.

• My parents.

• Family dinner.

• Reading with my dad everyday.

• Everyone who is helping us fight this pandemic.

• The smaller daily quantity of dishes that were put in the dishwasher.

• My quality time with my family.

• Doing housework.

• I appreciate that I can stay home and be safe.

• The school for doing a great job in handling such a hard time.

• Seeing my friends everyday.

• My electronics.

• I always did but mostly now I appreciate that our teachers help us out so much.