My experience with Covid learning was largely bad. I struggled to pay attention in zoom
classes and I felt trapped in my house, which got quite difficult after a long period of time. I
learned the value of in-person learning, while also gaining experience in independence that
usually doesn’t come until later in life. It was hard to be stuck in long zoom calls, especially
when everyone’s cameras were off and I was just staring at a blank screen for an hour. I wasn’t
alone, though, the whole world was struggling with me. In a way, it united the world and also
revealed underlying problems I hadn’t realized were even there. Some people couldn’t even get
access to good wifi for their classes. Now, I hope that people will be able to support and
sympathize for each other and the resources that they have, and work together to solve their
problems.]]>
Deep Breath represents the struggles of a teen seeing my classmates behind a screen in 2020-2021. Along with the efforts of learning on zoom, I touched on the impact online learning had on sleep, my mental health, and the time lost during this period. I represented sleep in my art with the association of counting sheep. While they get shot the opportunity for rest shrinks because of constantly being on a screen. Without getting the sleep that was so desperately needed, my mental health began to decline which often left me breaking down during classes. The best way I can describe the way time went by, is that it felt almost stolen from me. Each day felt copied and pasted from the previous, which left me feeling robbed of new experiences I could have had during that time. My struggles during online learning are not the same as everyone else's, but I hope Deep Breath was able to communicate something that words couldn't. ]]>