Everything will be fine…

SARA: For me, the pandemic meant many long days with nothing to do and all ‘normal’ activities suspended. Even school was disrupted. This made me feel bored, lonely and sometimes depressed. Living without my friends has been terrible for me. I forgot about my well-being during this time. It’s tempting when we have no fixed schedule to just go with the flow. Maybe wake up, go online for a while and then go back to sleep for hours – or watch Netflix and eat unhealthy snacks all day. Lazy days are fun, but too many can lead to a bad diet, no exercise and poor well-being. We should avoid this, but it is very hard, so the only thing I really hope now it’s that we’ll go back to our normal life very soon.

EMANUELE: During this period of pandemic I have felt different emotions, like for example anger, sadness and in some moments also happiness. Personally, in this period, I have understood the true importance and the true values of family and friendship. It has been a difficult year, we have experienced new things such as the remote learning,  but I am sure that soon  we will make it through the night and we’ll be stronger than ever.

FRANCESCO: I think the pandemic has somewhat ruined all the plans we had made for this year. I also think that the school program has been greatly reduced and that we have missed our freedom and safety, but the feelings of friendship have been greatly strengthened, as we have been in touch all the time through video calls and various meetings. In addition to friendship, the sense of family has been strengthened, as we have been in contact with our families a lot.

ALESSIA: During this pandemic I think everyone has changed a bit, I have had many different feelings like  sadness, loneliness, but also happiness sometimes. We found ourselves facing something bigger than us and that we had never experienced before, but little by little we got used to it .I have learned the true values of life: being with our family, friendship….I have even learned how to make some desserts, pizza, bread ...We have missed many things, friends, grandparents, going out, car rides, and …. even school! The worst thing was that I couldn't see my friends for a long time, but despite this we kept each other company through video calls. Although a year has passed, we are still here, closed in our houses,  but I’m sure that soon we’ll get our normal lives back.

Gilberto

classe 3H

The eighth grade at the time of the covid…

 

Starting from 31 December 2019 there was the first case of coronavirus in Wuhan, then also reported in Italy starting from March of the following year. Since then a real pandemic has been generated which has caused the death of many people and the closure of various activities and even the school: we have been in distance learning for more than a year and this has profoundly influenced our lives. This year, more than the previous months, we have in fact felt the effects of covid-19, starting from activities that we could no longer carry out as a year-end party or even the multi day school trip, an unforgettable experience that we could have shared with our classmates. 

In addition, all these actions have been influenced by the new rules (wash your hands continuously,use the mask, keep a distance of at least one meter...), which have caused us very negative emotions such as sadness and loneliness.

It was in fact the same DAD who caused all of this in us because the distance from our friends and the ability to distract ourselves more easily had repercussions on us and on our emotions. While at first we were happy with this news,with the passing of the days we realized the gravity of the situation, fueled by the regret of not being able to leave the house and the lack of small actions and small things in life.While first linked in fact to be considered frivolous,today we understand its true importance and this saddens us, since we have not dedicated their time and real importance. 

The doctors,by sacrificing their time and their lives, also helped us to understand this and to give birth to hope.Our deepest dream has therefore become to return to our lost normality in order to start all over again with a different approach. Solidarity and rebirth have in fact become the fundamental words of this new era.

Carolina Marra, Nunzia La Marca, Sara Liberti, Melissa Romeo, Alessandra Stefanile- classe 3H