A Teams Exposé

With lessons online, we’ve all experienced some amusing insights into some of our friends’ lives at home; from arguments, to people forgetting to mute themselves when they definitely should. An amusing discovery for many was the mute button, coming in handy for the loud typers, when your friend starts embarrassing themselves, or for the show off in your class… In a recent lesson, this went a little wrong, someone was muted, who had apparently spoken a little too much that lesson, but the culprit made a crucial error, forgetting to mute himself-swiftly revealed by the chuckling in the background.

One of the highlights of teams this term has to be yet again misuse of the mute button. Forgetting to mute yourself when on the loo is bad enough, but even worse when your teacher calls you out on it. Two warnings are clear from this: don’t take your laptop to the loo, and if you must, double check the mute button and quadruple check the camera.

There are too many moments to mention them all and I’m sure you all have your own to add, but a special thanks to all the memes that have brightened up dull lessons, and the oh so sweet nicknames exposed by parents. Although we will remember these hard times, we will also remember the shaved heads, excessive swearing and films in the background of lessons that make each day just a little easier.

India Parsons, Hn, L6 th