Home is the new class

Covid19 gave new experiences to children. It was June 1st, a day which is remembered always in life. Going to new classes, new uniform, new books covered and labels were pasted, new bag, new water bottle, new umbrella, new set of pencils, pens and boxes, new tiffin carrier, rain coats, new socks, shoe, sandals, indoor assembly, new class teacher, new subjects and what not. It's a new beginning. The same day monsoon also begins. It rains heavily when children are ready to go to school.

Yesterday 1st June 2020 will be remembered for the new experiences teachers and children got by way of delivering and attending online classes.

It was anxiety, not excitement that they had. A deadly virus changed the way we lived, it changed the way we believed that a system could be delivered in just one way. This is a lesson that a belief system can be broken when something is forced up on people.

People used to say that visiting religious places gave them peace of mind, now it's been 2 months people are not visiting religious places like temples, mosques and churches and started believing that god is in their house, god is within them.

Many many businesses were washed out or sidelined due to new ways of living or adapting to the new normal. In the new normal there are new needs, those needs must be identified and catered to. But everything is uncertain.

Parents and kids are adapting to home schooling styles, new systems and schedules, time tables and pedagogy is changing within seconds. There will be a spree of new applications coming up over and above what was already there.

Entire world is going through new challenges at the same time and people have accepted that they have to live with covid19 in the years to come.

A whole new experience on the beginning of an academic year. I just thought, I cant go back to school anymore to get the feel of new ways of learning.

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