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Covid19 taught students many things

 Due to Covid19 schools in Austria were closed in the year 2020/21 a lot. Students who are attending 9 th to 11 th grade were homeschooled for around three months in total. Younger pupils and high-school graduators were able to get educated at school a bit more. Even though some teenagers were allowed to go to school since January, their classes were divided into two groups, so that there weren’t too many people at once. And because there were two groups, one group could just go to school for two days, so that the other one was able to get educated on the other two days as well. Fridays were still homeschooled. 

However, studying at home taught students a lot of new things which they would probably have not learned in school. If you don’t think so just keep on reading, I will persuade you. Firstly, teenagers have learned to organize themselves and their time schedule better, because in our school we got more assignments than having online sessions. Furthermore, students gained a lot of new competencies when it comes to digital devices which is very important in our lifetime. 

I am sure that this year has not been lost for most students, because they have picked up a lot of other skills and discovered new interests. They tried out different things or got creative which they weren’t able to do during school time because of time shortage. This part of their life was an
important and teaching experience for all students which will help them in their future and their
future jobs. I am interested to hear what you think about this topic, so please share your opinion
below! I will be delighted to read your point of view.

~mickeymouse
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