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Quarantine for me was very similar to summer vacation.I played lots of video games and watched  a tone of series on Netflix but I also improved  my drawing and cooking skills.The lockdown at the beginning was fun because I didn't need to be anxious about school or other activities and it was a chance to have my mind relaxed.But after a couple of weeks , I started feeling bored and all I wanted was to see my friends and share  all the fun we used to have .My personal opinion is that the lockdown was a way to escape  from the daily routine but being stuck at home for so long turned out to be boring.
Alexander Bounea,4th Junior High school Petroupolis

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For some time now, all countries have been experiencing an unprecedented situation that is difficult to deal with. We all experienced quarantine and we all had a lot of emotions. My feeling was joy at first because we could rest. I was very happy that we would get away from the stressful daily routine. Eventually this joy passed very quickly because I was just bored in the days to follow. During the quarantine period we started distant online classes .I was not so excited about this new kind of learning. The only two good things about it were that we had classes from the comfort of our home and we could study whenever we wanted. It was difficult for me to do exercises and learn new things because not few times the platform failed to support teachers and students and as you can imagine communication was lost.
Vassiliki Kapolou 4th Junior High school Petroupolis

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During quarantine I had so much free time. I found online learning very easy and it wasn’t tiring. On the other hand, going to school is more effective than staying at home in front of a pc.Despite the fact that most of the times the platform was in good order; sometimes there were some problems with connection. Finally, I really enjoyed and liked the online education because it was something special and new. I’m really glad to have had this experience. Antonis Koumoustakos 4TH Junior High school of Petroupolis

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My online courses were something much unknown

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My online courses were something much unknown

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My online courses were something much unknown as well as something very new.

In the beginning, it was difficult and impersonal for me. I did not have direct contact with my classmates; we did not have contact with my teachers except for small communication through messages.

Then it became a simple habit and a good company since I was locked in the house for a long time and the best thing I could do apart from watching movies was to do my homework and communicate with my teachers and classmates online. This made me happy.

But I don't change my school with online courses at all.

Sioulis Τhanassis 4 th Junior High School Petroupolis

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Before coronavirus comes to Greece I couldn't wait for schools to close because I was very tired struggling everyday with my homework.I had only few minutes of free time to play with my friends and relax.Suddenly schools closed and we all got stucked in our houses.Now I have all day to rest,play and relax .I am now very strong and relaxed but something is still missing.I can't see my friends,I don"t get out for a walk and play and start feeling bored and tired again!I somehow want schools to open so my life will be as it was before all this silly corona virus came to our country.Yes I want my life as it was before!
Thanos Babalikis 4th Junior High School Petroupolis Greece

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I don’t know exactly how many days have passed since there has been a locked down. Because of the isolation I have lost track of time. But to tell you the truth, I believe that the Covid-19 gave to us many comforts which were desirable. These days I spend my time doing things which the school routine didn’t allow me to do, before the spread of the Corona Virus. For example, I can fall asleep whenever I want and also awake whenever I want. I can play some video-games or read a book. I don’t need a ‘‘daily program ’’. I have the luxury to spend my time as I want. So I don’t see any trouble. Of course we must be careful with our health, but if we do whatever we should then we will be safe. We can’t see our friends or go for a walk. This is the only drawback in this situation. All the other parts are perfect. In the beginning I was bored. But then I realized that I was wrong. All the things happen for a reason. I don’t think that I will ever live an epidemic again. So as the song says; ‘‘Always look on the bright side of life ’’.
Helen Kalentini 4th Junior High School Petroupolis Greece

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At first I thought that it would be great being at home cause I wouldn't go to school anymore but at some point I realised that I was getting tired being in front of a computer 24/7 so I decided to start studying some lessons.I won't lie I found it quite difficult because I hadn't studied for months and the platform had many connection problems so it was kind of boring because at some exercises I couldn't understand what to do so I immediately gave up.I'm really glad to hear  that school is open and I can finally see my friends and have  classroom lessons.It was the worst experience I have ever dealt with because I couldn't even communicate with my own teachers because the site was always "crowded".I hope next year I won't have to get through tis situation and finally I want Corona virus to disappear so I can finally  return to my old lifestyle!!
Tzenaro Retzepai 4th Junior High School Petroupolis Greece.

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I can't go to school.I can't meet my friends, I can't meet my teacher, but I have an online class.Many teachers use YouTube lectures or lectures by Korean educational broadcasting companies.Homework varies by subject.Usually, they solve printouts or quizzes, because quizzes are online quizzes, they usually pay until 4 p.m. on that day, and they put off paying printouts at the start of offline school.There are quite a few teachers who ask me to write that what I learned in the online class on my notes, and among them, I have to take pictures of my English notes and upload them to the Google Class room by 4:00 on the same day.There is a separate attendance check button, so I have to press the attendance check button for each subject I take, and if I don't press it, I will be absent.

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I never wanted to imagine what it could be like without my friends, without my daily activities, without my own freedom. I miss the uncontrollably laughing with my classmates, the hours spent repeating hundreds of songs, the performances on stage, the emotions or simply the quiet walks with my pair of headphones. That's exactly why I never wanted to ask myself "What if...?". Because I knew it would upset me a lot.
However, I didn’t want to give up any of these things. So I did and still do my best to keep in touch with my friends, keep repeating at home and learn new techniques every day. I finally have time to write my own songs. Which I like the most.
I continued to practice drawing. The thing I only had time to do during class breaks, to be honest. I can say that I do much better now than I did last time.

I have time to take care of myself, to do sports, to eat when I need to and what I need and I think this is one of the most important things.

No matter how frustrating this quarantine may be, I take full advantage of it.

Every event is a beneficial one. I prefer to see things in this way. And to pay attention to what even the experience that I am going through right now is trying to teach me.

I take the opportunity to develop personally from all points of view and I can't wait to see all my loved ones again!!!!!!!💕

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I have always been afraid of losing my friends, freedom or even mine and my classmates' ability of laughing and tell as many stories as we could. Unfortunately all of these have been taken from me, thanks to Mr. virus himself.
Even though in the beginning everything seemed a non-ending fairy tale, I discovered myself in drawing which is an activity I have been doing even before this quarantine but it keeps me in touch with the good old times.:) I also learned  the importance of the global pollution due to a picture I saw on social media which I found it very funny.
As never before I have spent time with my family and discovered many things about us, me, life itself or even what can happen next. My online school it is kind of exciting for me since I adore working on my laptop so I can feel more mature, but I can admit that I miss writing on my notebooks and being organized with my desk mate and of course I miss the real life classes where nobody knew if we had a marker or not, funny days that I think we all hope we will go back to. This time has thought me so many things that it would take me a couple of days to write about and I am on a side thankful due to the good effects that this virus has on the nature and also not gonna lie the fact that the planet has been overpopulated a while ago so it needed a break, but I must admit that I am looking forward to coming back to my normal life, me and all the people that I know, and don't also.
At the same time I hope everything will be okay and I can go back on dreaming while sitting on my chair in classes and also going back to buying tickets for my beloved city breaks!

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At first, I couldn't imagine that a global pandemic would start from a single person.
Honestly, I was scared for my family because I researched as soon as possible about this topic and saw that old people are more vulnerable.
I really miss school, but, as much as I miss it I really enjoy staying home. I discovered lots of new things that I like (cooking, video editing). I could finally sleep without being interrupted by an alarm or something like that.
Why should I lie? I played lots and lots of video games with my friends, watched movies, shows, series of many kinds and it was awesome. But it became somehow boring doing the same thing everyday.
Days became hours and the time overtaken me and the only thing that can fix that is getting out of the house.
I think that online school won't be very effective in this case. I for one, can say that if I stay in my chair and watch a lesson on my computer, I can't focus and I won't be able to learn something.
I really hope that the situation in which we all are, will get better and regain our usual lives again.

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My online school experience- Tudorache Cosmina

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My online school experience- Tudorache Cosmina

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First of all, I didn't imagine this situation will be more worse.
Honestly, I miss my teachers and collegues very much and i hope i will see them soon.
Studying at home is not really great, but we can't do anything to change this.
For exemple, when I receive a lesson to write it in my notebook, I can't understand some things and compared to high school where my teachers explain the lesson like the book, I understood it quickly.
It's weird to do a video where are my collegues on camera because sometimes I don't want like a collegue to stare at something around. After you wouldn't pay attention to the teacher when he or she tries to tell you something.
Ohh, and we have to do a test online and i can't say it's hard but someone can be loud and i can't concentrate.

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When the corona virus appeared I wasn t really scared , but I decided to stay home because I want to protect my family. After a few days I realised how dangerous is this virus, and I was happy because I made the right decision from the start.

Even if I am staying home from 12 march, I don t get bored.Every day I am playing video games with my friends and I am watching movies.I think this period is really good for me because I discover new a lot of new things , and when I am bored I am doing some sport exercices.Also, I am doing every homework I get because it will help me at school.

I thinks online school is a really good idea, because we don t need to go to school in the summer, and also this is a useful method to see who is making their homework.

I can t wait to return to school , to see my friends, but until the virus disappear, we need to stay home to protect our family.

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Since the coronavirus appeared in our country too, we were obliged to stay home. At the beginning, we all thought that if we stay home and practice school online it will be more fun, but meanwhile, I began to understand that the online classes cannot be compared to real ones. More than that, it’s more boring to stay home in front of a computer, writing a lesson, than stay at school and let the teacher explain to you the subject. I’m not saying that I don’t like online school at all: I have more time to spend with my family and I can do whatever that doesn’t involve going out, but it’s really annoying because there are lessons that maybe we don’t understand. It was much easier when we were at school because if we didn’t understand something, we could simply ask the professor. Now, it’s a little more complicated.

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Thoughts on a new kind of life-Curelaru Andreea

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Thoughts on a new kind of life-Curelaru Andreea

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Life has changed so quickly. And it feels weird to say it because none of us expected something similar to the Spanish Flu to happen again.
Because we need to protect us and our families, the majority of us decided that self-isolation is the best solution. I have been indoors for a long time and I do not even count the days because I realized that is not that bad to stay home. I am a lucky person because I can spend the time with my family and the boredom can't easily occur.
During social-distancing, I hear amazing stories about people buying food for their elderly neighbours, customers trying to support small businesses or people trying to spread positivity on internet.
In case this period is stressful for you, think about the isolation as a break, a time to take care of your body and mind because you are going to have a fresh start after all of these. Recently I have watched a lot of movies, my favorite one was "Shawshank Redemption", an amazing story of two friends. If we talk about books my current genre is mystery as "And then there were none" by Agatha Christie, a masterpiece in my opinion. Moreover, if you prefer movies instead of books, this one is made into a movie as well. During all these, my preferences in music varies, from The Rolling Stones and AC/DC' s hits to my favorite contemporary band, The Lumineers. Furthermore, try a Tucker Zone experience.
On another hand, we are still students and our main priority is school. Now, this is working a little bit different, our class is on a internet platform. I personally  like how this is functioning because I can organize my time as I wish and you learn and work in the comfort of your house.
Obviously, I really miss my friends and the FaceTime call doesn't do the job of a hug but I know that in the end everything it is going to be all right. Meanwhile I am going to enjoy a cup of tea with little sips.

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       MY SELF-ISOLATION DIARY by Maria Mihaela Suvaila

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       MY SELF-ISOLATION DIARY by Maria Mihaela Suvaila

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Being Self Isolated is the worst thing I have confronted ever. I am social isolated since 12 March, and today it s the second day of April.. These 22 days was so looong and boring even if I tried to fill my time benefical.
So, I will try to explain my everyday schedule. To start with, you should know I don't like to waste my time. My first concern is to having homework done. This can be borne out by the fact I had all my homework finished since the second day of quarantine.
After finishing those, I started thinking what shoud I do next.
Sitting all day on a chair and playing videogames brought  me on a strange feeling of an endless sadness, because I felt I was usefull. The truth is I didn' t have any responsabilities, so I decided to start reading or watching a film. I couldn't be focused on those, or on any other activity because I was distracted by the thought ,,when will I go again to school ? When will I be able to see my friends and my mates again ?'' Finally I came up with the decision to stop thinking at so many things and I started posting funny videos or photos with me doing indoor activities like joggling with toilet papper, reciting poems or even learning session for history, biology or chemistry.
Finally, I gave over, and I started doing workouts, because I find it more useful. If I hadn' t have dumbells, I would have been busted by the boredom and the lack of activity. I think this isolation does not have any positive effect, because I stay home all day, and after I wake up at 1 p.m. I only eat, do some homeworks and have a workout. I am still wondering when will this pandemy come to an over.
I wish I could go out to run and look at the blue piercing sky.
In the rest time of self-isolation I will try to spend time effective and even learn some new things. I really look forward to going to school, and that moment will be some of the best of my lives, because all what I do home is thinking and just thinking. : )

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Dear Diary,
Because I am in self-isolation,I decided not to waste my time and to do various fun activities.
April.2.2020
On the first day of self-isolation I visited virtually the National Museum of Natural History Grigorie Antipa.Because I have never visited this museum in reality,I was impressed not only  by the large number of rooms but also by the beauty of the exhibits.I was pleased with the quality of the images but also their content.My favourite scene was "the deer attacked by wolves" because I consider it very well done and the sounds are suggestive.
In the second part of the day I continued my virtual journey with the help of VR glasses because it relaxes you and creates a good condition.
April.3.2020
The second day of self-isolation was just as interesting because I started reading the novel "The girl they left behind" by Roxanne Velletzos.The writer has imagined an alternative history to fill the gaps in her mother's already dramatic story of surviving the Holocaust and  the Comunism in Romania.I learnt a lot of things about the history of Romania and I found interesting that this novel is inspired by a real story.
In the evening I started watching the series Sherlock Holmes.I licked it very much because it is a series full of suspense,mistery and that makes you not stop to watch until the last episode.
In these days of self-isolation,I try to make the most of my time at home and learn a lot of new things from every activities.

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Social isolation get you close of your sole and can make you understand your origins properly. All sentiments like happiness, sadness or even boredom are all felt between four walls. This can be a hard time for those who are not able to control their feelings.
Now, you have a lot of time reconsider most of your thoughts, to think if you managed well all your relationship whit friends and family. You have time to open your forgotten book and discover new type of thinking, maybe it will change you in a better person.
After this period we will have learnt not to complain about our daily schedule and to enjoy every moment.
I can't wait to retun to our regular life when this period turns into a beautiful story.