Jack的小留学生日记 l 病毒阴霾下的生活

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本期要跟大家聊一下这次的全球病毒事件。

新冠病毒的风暴最终还是席卷了英国。学校关闭，企业关门，几乎所有的英国人目前都在家里自我隔离。在过去的两周中，英国人终于意识到了这个病毒的真实与残酷。我也一样，被困在了家里。

在家上课对学校和学生而言都不是一次容易的事情，这也是布里斯托文法学校自1532年成立以来，首次学生要在家里远程学习的事件，老师们也没什么经验，所以结果就是，学生被大量的作业搞得晕头转向。学校的Ipad几乎每五分钟就会收到一封新邮件，这些任务再加上我自己制定的学习计划，在家的时间反而感觉更疲惫。很多人也许理解不了这一点，但起码证明我在家的时间并不无聊。我可受不了无聊！有时候我甚至觉得，在过劳死亡跟无聊发疯之间，我宁可选择前者。这个问题当然不是目前要考虑的重点，但是想想之前没有病毒的生活，不存在隔离与恐惧，我怀念一切那些看似理所当然的事物。

关于学校，我最想念的就是辩论跟模拟联合国。辩论俱乐部是我摆脱繁复生活的兔子洞。在这里，我可以扮演不同的角色，这些角色大多意识形态鲜明，目的性明确，而且充满激情。为了打败对手，我要发挥全部力量为其辩护，无论结果输赢，这种酣畅淋漓的感觉都能让人倍加活跃。况且，学校有那么多优秀的辩手，每一次较量都是一次享受。

跟我一起参加辩论的很多优秀辩手都来自高年级，尤其在模拟联合国里的伙伴，大家相处的特别融洽，但这是他们在学校的最后一年，很多人会离开我们，稍微有点伤感。由于今年的新冠病毒，他们的英国高考严重受到影响，原本大家可以开心的享受中学生涯的最后几天，但因为隔离政策，也被迫放弃。

我还算幸运，这次病毒爆发并不是我的毕业年，但对于11年级跟13年级的同学来说有点惨，因为夏季考试的取消，他们的命运全掌握在了老师的手里，学校老师会根据平时作业跟模拟考试成绩来给他们评分，很多人日日夜夜为夏季考试做的准备，一下子，全都泡汤了。

我有很多想见的人，我有很多想做的事，我还有很多想去的地方。但是目前，面对现实，才是最重要的。借用一句英国谚语--“保持冷静，继续前行”（Keep Calm and Carry On）

Jack

英文版

The coronavirus had finally hit Britain; schools closed, business shut,  almost everyone quarantined. For the past two weeks, British people finally realised the situation; and me, trapped in all of this, trapped at home. 

Home learning with Bristol Grammar school is definitely a novel experience both for the student and the school. Because this is probably the first time of student learning remotely from home since the school's founding in fifteen thirty-two, the teacher didn't know what to expect, thus unfortunately for the students, especially my classes, work overwhelmed me from all directions with my school iPad almost receiving a new email from teachers or students every five minutes. With my own study plan already being a hefty six-hour-long checklist of extra work to do,  my days were pretty tiring, which nobody, certainly not teachers, can ever believe. But on the other hand, at least I am not bored; I can't stand of boredom, sometimes I even wish to perish out of fatigue than go crazy due to boredom, but looking at it now, to demise out of fatigue is definitely not something I will consider anymore. Looking back at the days when there was no virus, nor quarantine nor fear around the matter, I've definitely taken a lot of things for granted, things which I miss now very much.

One of them I miss most about school is actually debating and MUN. For me, debating club is an escape to my monotony day-to-day life, a place to become someone else, someone with a strong purpose to back an ideology and argue for it to the last second; it's exhilarating to do, the adrenaline rush when defeating an opponent, the rush of passing or failing a resolution, I feel more alive walking out of the debating room and with such great debaters in our school, we almost always mess around some way or another which is always entertaining.

On the subject of good debaters in the school, the sixth-formers in the school, especially the MUNers, whom I talk and debate with is another regret. This year, the sixth form had never been so agreeable with the lower year groups and many of then are leaving our institution, which is always a shame, especially for this year as firstly their A levels are all messed up and also, they can't enjoy the last few days of being a pupil and say their last goodbyes to the school. 

But, for me, I am actually quite grateful and relieved that this global pandemic didn't happen in any other years. For the people in year eleven and year thirteen, the general exam in the summer is all cancelled due to the outbreak and quarantine. They are now left under the mercy of their teachers, who is going to be giving grades to students based on school work and mock exams, and for many, this is extremely devastating as they work day and night for the summer exam and suddenly, it's all gone. 

No matter my opinions or views on the matter - the people and stuff I miss, the freedom of movement which I desperately want currently but know that it's never good to have, this is the reality of twenty-twenty, and we must deal with it - " Keep Calm and Carry On".

Jack

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