Jack McCartney In 2020 we went into a global pandemic and a national lockdown. Although there have been many negatives from this, it has also opened our eyes to things that we may have taken for granted. We have realised how important social interaction is to us as many people didn’t realise how much we need people in our lives until we couldn’t have them and so this pandemic has taught us how to stay connected with others through technology and social media platforms. We have also learnt how much we as human beings need to be outdoors. All of us have realised that we need to get out into the air and this lockdown has forced us to because if we didn’t then we would most likely go insane from being stuck indoors on our phones scrolling through Tik Tok or Instagram just looking for something to entertain us and we found out that being more connected with nature was the best way. We have also become more independent as people and grown up both mentally and physically. Students and teachers alike took on the challenge of online learning and teaching, many of us became more independent which has helped mature and develop. I strongly believe that if it wasn’t for the pandemic many people wouldn’t have turned out the way that they are today because they had to change their lifestyles to cope with the obstacles that this virus has thrown at us.
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