Starting High School: All Over Again.

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 Heyy everyone!

Welcome to a fresh new month <3

Today's post is somewhat special.
Not only is it a SUPER requested one, it's also a revamp of my very first blog:

Starting High School.

This post was authored by me almost a year and a half ago when I started high school during a pandemic.
Jumpstart to 2 years, offline school began for me - the compulsory one :( and it has not been going as well as expected.
Perhaps now is the time when my 'student feels' of stress and anxiety caused by school is kicking in, but nevertheless, I know this feeling is pretty common among my peers and other schoolmates so I chose to throw a bit of limelight on it in today's post!

The pandemic induced online studies certainly had a few pros to itself.
The biggest one being: Time.

I am a grade 10th student so for me, any spare second I find is precious.
Now don't get me wrong, going to school is beneficial, however, since you may have lost the rhythm of it, the first few days of it can be really draining and makes you so tired that it makes the rest of the extremely unproductive and unsuitable for self studies.

A lot of students tend to have their finals around the months of March and April - I do too. So getting back to the 'new normal' has been a challenge for me.
Juggling schoolwork, tuitions, self-study and other extracurricular activities has been a trial (Merchant Of Venice- Act IV :p)  

Another factor that I saw on the rise was the case of bullying. 
One can say that with everything being virtual, this did slow down a bit physically, however with the opening of schools again, it has edged towards its rise.

Sleep's been a disaster, levels of fatigue has been increasing and overall social battery = d.e.a.d.

Anyways, it's important to remember that the only thing in your hands is how you take the situation.
The situation cannot be changed - but your mentality can.

I'm not trying to convey a cliché line here but know that the only thing you can do now is to make the best use of the situation. 
TRY to categorize and prioritize.
And lastly remember, 'sab theek ho jayega'.  

That was it for today's post! Hope y'all enjoyed it and found it relatable <3

Check out my very first blog post to see my journey: Here!

Don't forget to share, subscribe and follow for more! Drop in your experiences of starting offline school all over again in the comments below :)

Signing off,
Kuhu :)


 

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  1. tanMarch 4, 2022 at 5:36 PM

    MoV is a torture atleast it will be over soon now lol

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