Education K-12

Our Future Holds Many Possibilities 

High School

-Samantha Iglesias

High School has never been easy. Seniors are waiting to graduate, while the rest wait in anticipation for their year to finally walk the stage. However, in 2020 everything changed. Students and teachers had to find a new way of learning and teaching. Due to this many issues occurred and students were sent             home to complete school online.

Unfortunately, in 2019 a new virus named Covid-19 was discovered. The virus was an adjustment that students would have to get used to. High schoolers struggled with this. Going to school became a routine for them. You would go to class at a specific time and when that class was over you would have another. It gave stability to us student. However, when everything was switched to online and no one was able to see their friends and teachers anymore it was difficult. Even for some student to fully comprehend the lessons and be able to understand the teacher completely. Some students were able to attend class in person if they wished to do so. Although, there had to be certain restrictions, such as, keeping six feet apart, wearing a mask, sanitizing. This is good for those students who have learning disabilities.

For most students, walking down the hallway and simply seeing a friend and talking to them would be the highlight of a student’s day. Seniors would normally be getting ready for their prom, graduation, etc. Due to Covid-19 those activities were cancelled and graduation was either done virtually or through a drive-through at the school. Seniors were unable to experience something that is once in a life time. I myself had to deal with this, being a graduate of class 2019. I was devastated. I and so many other students were excited to finally be able to walk the stage with our peers and show our parents the accomplishments we made. Therefore, not being able to get that satisfaction a lot of us were upset. Another extracurricular activity that was cancelled due to COVID-19 is sports. Students sometimes relied on these to be able to get into good colleges to help better their futures. More importantly so this effects a student’s mentality. Being apart of a team brings a sense a comfort and being able to talk to one of your teammates about any issues helps to relieve some stress.

One last issue students are facing is not being able to complete their work on time. Due to students working from home, they have the ability to decide when to start and stop school. Although, because of TV entertainment, such as, Netflix, Hulu, YouTube, students aren’t finishing their assignments and are falling behind. That is why being able to go to school and learn is so important. Students wont physically get up to go and complete those assignment. One way to improve this is having a scheduled time to log into class and complete some assignment, so that students could turn in their assignments and get them graded.

Overall, I believe that the education will improve in the near future. Hopefully student will be able to go back to school. Its very important for them to learn new thigs and experience different high school events. High Schoolers need this to move forward in their lives and be able to move into the next part of their lives.