Jack的小留学生日记 l 终于开学了！

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终于开学了！

经历了长达六个月线上学习的无趣，无数天等待回到学校的绝望，以及活动范围被迫局限在家庭范围的压抑之后，英国政府终于开放了让学生回学校上学的绿灯，在某种程度上生活似乎恢复了正常。学生们对这一天期待已久，终于可以更加有效地学习，可以像以前一样与朋友一起玩耍了。不过我想，正是这种天真与盲目的热情让英国学生忽略了疫情还没有完全消失这一事实。不出意料，我们在上周五第一天上学的时候，几乎所有人都感受到了理想与现实的差距。老师明确地告诉我们今后上学与以前会有很大不同。

先从教室开始说起。与其他英国公立学校一样，我们学校的每个学科部门都有特定的建筑。我们有一个科学楼，英语楼，数学楼，两个人文楼和两个外语楼。这意味着下了一节课后要在不同的教学楼之间穿梭去上另一节课。如果一个学生不小心在上一课的教室落下了自己的物品，这可不容易找回来。但是，现在不再是这种情况了，每个年级的学生被固定在学校的不同位置，除了那些需要特殊仪器设备的课程（例如科学，艺术，音乐，体育和设计技术），所有学生的大部分课程都是在这两栋楼内部完成的。这其实并不是一件坏事儿，至少我们不用带着厚重的课本跑来跑去了，不过另一方面，大家多少会有点幽闭恐惧症，而且容易审美疲劳。

其次，课程时间表也发生了很大变化。以前，每个年级组都有类似的时间表结构：早上有四节课，每节课一小时，中间有一段休息时间，午餐后还有一个课程，然后下午四点钟放学。现在，为了将各个年级彼此分开，我们每周有三天的时间表被更改为在第一节课后休息，然后再上两节课，午餐后回来再上另外两节。最不能接受的是，学校的课外俱乐部全部被取消了，这也就意味着我今年没有办法参加模拟联合国辩论赛了，这件事情对我打击有点大，本来还期待着跟今年的第六届新人一起辩论。稍稍让人宽慰的是，我跟朋友一起吃饭的时间变多了。

最后一个大的改变是，iPad成了每个人学习的必须工具。与大多数其他学校不同，我们学校会为高中部的学生提供iPad。在Covid-19之前，我们的一部分功课和学校教学是在ipad上完成的。远程教学期间，几乎所有的工作（包括考试）都是在iPad上进行的。没想到学校开学后，onenote仍然是我们主要使用的工具。学校规定老师分发的传统纸质文件必须经过72小时的“隔离”。这个措施也不错吧，起码我们不用带那么多书本，所有的笔记也都可以在一个平台上完成。

Covid-19彻底改变了人们的生活方式，虽然有很多不习惯，但终归要去适应，我们不能总沉浸在过去，也要有一个积极的态度来面对未来生活的挑战。

PS：除了午餐时间之外，所有其他时间在校人员都要佩戴口罩，我觉得现在这个现象全球都是一样的吧。

Jack

英文版

School has started. After six months of remote learning, desperate waiting and being locked up in the borders of one's home, we are finally allowed to go back to school and return somewhat back to normal. We were all very excited; we are finally allowed to enjoy a more efficient learning schedule and also hang out with our friends as we used to in the old days. But I guess is this naivety and enthusiasm that made us not realise the grime reality and difficulty of starting school amid the pandemic and made us all somewhat disappointed on our first day back last Friday, when our teacher told us that things are in fact very different from before.

 

Let’s first start with the classrooms. Before, our school, like other public and state schools alike, have specific buildings for each department. We have a Science wing, English building, Maths building, two humanities houses and two language houses. This means we have to walk between lessons, usually across the school, to reach our next one which isn't very fun when you accidentally left something in your last lesson. This is however no longer the case as each year is located in a different part of the school ( for us, it's the two language houses), and most of our lessons are taught in the buildings except for the ones that needed special equipment such as the sciences, art, music, sports and design technology. This is not particularly a bad thing as we don't have to travel as much with our pretty heavy bags but on the other hand, we can feel a little bit more claustrophobic and it feels already a bit repetitive.

Secondly, there is also a big change in our timetables. Before, every year group have the same timetable structure; we have four one hour lessons in the morning with a break in the middle, and after lunch, we have one more lesson to finish the day at four. Now, to separate the year groups apart from each other, three of our days are changed to have a break just after the first lesson following by two more and then two more after lunch. This means that unfortunately, all clubs are cancelled and one of my favourite school club - Model United Nation - is unable to happen and so applies for the events as well. This was a particularly big blow for us as I was really looking forward to debating with new sixth formers this year and also going to events and winning awards. But on the bright side, we can have lunch early on some days of the week at twelve-thirty which in at least my friends and my opinions, is a better time to have lunch.

Finally, the last major thing with school is the heavy use of iPads. Unlike most other schools, our schools give students in the senior school (Year 7 to Year 11) iPads, and before the pandemic, a little part of our homework and schools is done on them. When the virus struck and lockdown began, all of our work including our tests is conducted over our iPad using the Microsoft software Onenote. As school opens again, I was quite surprised that the school are still pushing for the use of Onenote for all of our work and also the rule that the paperwork handed out by the teacher must go through a seventy-two hour "quarantine". This is actually quite useful for us as we can carry fewer books to school and also have every subject work one platform.

For better or for worst, this time is undoubtedly very different to before and we are forced to accept and adapt to those changes. But we must not be stuck in the past both physically and mentally and bicker about the past. We must get back to a relative normally, even though this might mean making some sacrifices, and work together to overcome this strange time.

ps - We have to wear masks for everything except for lunch. I didn't mention this because I think it’s now a global standard to wear masks in public.

Jack

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