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My Lifeforce during Lockdown: My Online Classes
Rudransh Saxena, Class 5
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On March 21 2020, during the Studies and schooling were never so
Covid-19 pandemic, I came to this much fun! Subjects were never so
beautiful city of Kolkata. Having interesting. My teachers, never so
infinite dreams and hopes about my supportive. They’re the best ones I’ve
new school in my mind. ever got! My heart pumps with joy
when I hear my adorable nickname
Every day I would get up and open my ‘Ruddy’ given by my class teacher!
new school books and turn their pages.
‘BINGO!’ in the math class pushes me
This would make me feel happier and
forward in my weakest subject! Hindi
brighter. I was excited and eagerly was never so interesting before! The
waiting to enter the campus of my new true meaning of discipline I learn in
school and was looking forward to
every English class. Science is all done
making new friends. But all my hopes
in the class itself! No one can make me
were shattered as the lockdown was do the sketches as my best drawing
announced. My life changed teacher can! And yes! now I can sing
thereafter. Every day, I would feel a
and dance too! All this magic has
rush of anger since this incident took
happened in my new school DPS
place. I became restless thinking about Newtown!
my new school. I felt isolated, sad and
all alone. The lockdown extended Thank you to all my dear teachers, and
further making me more miserable. my principal ma’am, for including me
in the DPS family and giving me this
After many gloomy days, the best thing
virtual platform to learn and to make
that happened in the lockdown was my new friends! Gone are the days of
entry in my virtual classroom, which loneliness and sadness! My life is now
turned out to be my life force and
joyful in the city of joy!
happiness.
Background illustration by Karnav Agarwal, Class 5
