Name: Pilien, Ivan Gabriel T.
Date: December 30, 2020
Grade & Section: XI- St. Andrew Score:
Theme: A day in the life of a Student
A New Normal Race.
Quarantined. Eat. Study. Chill. And Sleep. My daily routine that I got used to doing
in the past months in this time of the pandemic. Cries, breakdowns, and anxiety, still, I
surpassed it, and look I’m nearly done in this first semester. However, within this time, I’m
still struggling. Within this time, I’m still adjusting. And within this period, I’m still improving.
I, as learner, is still struggling amid the pandemic. I’m still having a hard time
studying and analyzing contexts independently because the environment from our houses
is totally different from the environment or setting of a classroom. Because of this new
normal mode of learning, my style of learning has changed where I do the given tasks
independently and looking for ways on my own on how I manage, answer, study, and
even apply these lessons despite of this pandemic. Anxiety in dealing my learning
materials is inevitable for me especially when I do the things with less contact or guidance
with my teachers. And I as a sibling and an eldest son in the family, also have
responsibilities to fulfill in the house. I still have to do house chores even if I have
educational responsibilities. I still have to take care of my siblings because my parents
are full time workers. The struggle is real in balancing my personal life, social life, and
academic life.
As time goes by, I have found ways for me to overcome these “challenges” or
struggles as a student. I managed my time wisely where I put a time in everything
especially in plotting out what is my top priorities and least priorities. I have improved my
self-control where I am resisting the urge of doing irrelevant things and doing the things
that I am obliged to do. And most importantly, I started to motivate myself in a way of
taking care of myself and always looking at life positively which is same through to my
lessons.
However, I still have flaws despite of having improvement in managing my time,
self-control, and my point of view in life. Because of having less guidance or contact with
my teachers, I still feel anxious about my answers eithers it is objective or subjective to
the point where I overthink them. There are still times that I view my phone in the middle
of me studying my learning kits or modules. So, because of this dilemma, I need to boost
up my self-confidence and getting rid of the habit of overthinking about my answers and
responses. I need to highlight more in improving my self-control in using my gadgets when
using it on my studies.
Nevertheless, Education is one of the most important factors in becoming a
successful person. Even though that I still have gaps to improve to as a student, education
is still important to every one of us. Education despite the pandemic is important because
we students need to be educated and be knowledgeable about ideas and concepts being
generated by our schools. Because in the future, the education that we attained would
help us in pursuing our passions and dreams. The new normal education is truly
challenging and it’s still there in this New normal lifestyle where it’s now virtual and
modular. Because of this, even though It’s complicated, I still need to uphold my
educational obligations, because everything that I sacrifice along the way would be worth
it in the end.
I learned a lot of lessons in this new normal life. I learned that when everything
doesn’t feel “right”, right now, we should always look at the brighter side of life because
this is where you can have the willpower to start formulate or make useful ways to cope
up in this time of pandemic. I also realized that we need to focus on ourselves more
because in this time of pandemic is all about surviving, and this puts you to the test if you
really want to become educated and successful or not in the aspect of education. And
most importantly, I learned that to surpass obstacles in life whether it’s personal or
educational, we need to be independent because in the end, who will finish the finish line?
You right?
Quarantined. Eat. Study. Chill. And Sleep. A day in my life as a student that never
gets old. Despite of having gaps and struggles, I’m still up to the challenge, and ready to
start another race.
