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Living & Learning
“The QMS community is
Through A healthy
Pandemic & strong!”

HYEONGMIN (DAVID) KIM (’22)

School days are happy times in
young people’s lives and feed
good memories to be enjoyed
throughout our future. Recently,
COVID-19 has changed our
school lives considerably, but it
remains a positive experience.
This spring we have faced
some new challenges. We
stopped going to school and
replaced it with online classes
and it has also been a long time
since we’ve seen our friends
and teachers. However, not
everything has been bad. I
learned some valuable things Let me tell you a little bit about become interested in learning
during this hardship. what I did during the quarantine. more languages. So, I’ve started
I didn’t realize before that I love playing the piano! I have to learn French on my own.
school and friends are so been playing for a few months Learning new languages is
indispensable. It has been and I am at an intermediate exciting and very interesting to
quite difficult for me as I miss level. I practised the piano every me.
everyone! Now that everyone is day for 1 hour. It tends to restore
gone, I realize how much I truly my mind. I usually practice
cherish their presence. I’ve Classical songs or New Age
seen too many empty seats of songs. During this pandemic
friends and teachers in the last period, the piano gave me a lot
while! I realize their importance of comfort. I also participated
to me. Before this experience, as Iran in QueenMUN held
I took for granted the time virtually at QMS. I couldn’t
studying at school with friends, meet with others and discuss, of
but this pandemic has made course, but I felt connected with
me realize how happy and everyone as I discussed and
blessed it is to be able to study exchanged opinions online.
with classmates and instructors. Furthermore, I’ve recently

Why is attending school so important to us? I think it is because of the sense of community, a
vital component and major motivations of life. I think school is not just a place to study, but a
place where we all create relationships with friends and teachers. When I go back to school
after this COVID-19 situation, I will reflect on the importance of school and friends once again
“ and enjoy a happy life with increased gratitude. The QMS community is healthy and strong!
Let’s all remember each other’s contributions and endure this time of social distancing well.
We often discover what we value the most during difficult times.

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