COVID-19 and Education

[keltingmeith]

Don't want to derail from education further, but adding to the above, surgical masks are also better at droplet control so better for you if you are in a compromised health state

Back on education - honestly my year hasn't been affected *too* much but was announced today our end of year conference where we present our research project will be over zoom and our final exam will also be online. I guess I'm not that surprised but I just hadn't really thought about how things will happen in the months to come!

Same - I was meant to have a camp-like intensive at the end of the year that's been cut in half, with the first half being entirely virtual, which kinda sucks for several reasons (one of them being my inability to pay rent since I apparently won't be able to work during it...). But oh well, we've all got to make sacrifices

[Sine]

I don't think it is particularly useful anecdotally comparing medical conditions or a small sample of people with the same medical condition since they won't all have the same experiences with masks.

Whilst I think within reason everyone should at least try to see whether they are able to wear a mask/face covering (as others have suggested try surgical masks or even just a face-covering if other masks are troublesome). If you do have asthma you don't need to wear a face-covering as per the Department of Health and Human Services Victoria. https://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/face-coverings-covid-19#do-i-have-to-wear-a-face-covering-if-i-have-asthma. However, this would likely mean you need to be carrying around proof of your condition. It would be worthwhile having a talk with your GP in regards to what would be the best option for you.

Obviously, just because the rule is there doesn't mean you need to exploit it.

Closing discussion on this here
For further discussion use the general COVID-19 thread.

[lm21074]

FYI, the general COVID-19 thread can be found here

[eloisegrace]

Don't want to derail from education further, but adding to the above, surgical masks are also better at droplet control so better for you if you are in a compromised health state

Back on education - honestly my year hasn't been affected *too* much but was announced today our end of year conference where we present our research project will be over zoom and our final exam will also be online. I guess I'm not that surprised but I just hadn't really thought about how things will happen in the months to come!

I am in a pretty good state with my education, my school has been very good with remote learning and I don't think that my marks have changed in any way. I really think I am on track to meet my study score goals and at the end of the day I don't think that COVID has significantly affected my education. I have felt a bit more demotivated and tired during quarantine but I know that is normal. There have been not as many co-curricular activities which is sad for me but some have been moved remotely. My mental health has not been as good as normal but I am taking time for myself and being kinder on myself. I try to keep up with my friends as much as possible and walking in nature. I am perfectly okay but as always my mood can go up and down.

Basically, I feel fortunate enough to feel as though my education hasn't been affected and I feel safe and content

[K888]

Same - I was meant to have a camp-like intensive at the end of the year that's been cut in half, with the first half being entirely virtual, which kinda sucks for several reasons (one of them being my inability to pay rent since I apparently won't be able to work during it...). But oh well, we've all got to make sacrifices

I honestly don't hate this online format, they're gonna split us up into relevant subgroups to then present whereas I think if it was in person, we would have had to do it in front of the whole cohort/most of the cohort. Feels a lot less daunting because I won't have to get up in front of heaps of people haha. In the same respect though, doing a big presentation would have been cool given its been a big project that took us a good 6 months.

I am in a pretty good state with my education, my school has been very good with remote learning and I don't think that my marks have changed in any way. I really think I am on track to meet my study score goals and at the end of the day I don't think that COVID has significantly affected my education. I have felt a bit more demotivated and tired during quarantine but I know that is normal. There have been not as many co-curricular activities which is sad for me but some have been moved remotely. My mental health has not been as good as normal but I am taking time for myself and being kinder on myself. I try to keep up with my friends as much as possible and walking in nature. I am perfectly okay but as always my mood can go up and down.

Basically, I feel fortunate enough to feel as though my education hasn't been affected and I feel safe and content

This is so good to hear! Great that you're being kind to yourself too. What co-curricular activities were you involved in prior to COVID? When I was at school I was pretty much solely in sport co-curriculars so that wouldn't have worked well with moving online haha.

[eloisegrace]

This is so good to hear! Great that you're being kind to yourself too. What co-curricular activities were you involved in prior to COVID? When I was at school I was pretty much solely in sport co-curriculars so that wouldn't have worked well with moving online haha.

I’m involved in a lot of things! Mainly involved in sport, I participated in diving and netball twice a week outside of school and in school I did 2 sports most terms which would take up 2 morning and 1 night a week I am also really involved in house events. Remotely we have had cross country and diving, and right now we are doing music, dance and drama online. I somehow signed up for all three!! For music we have done audio and video, drama is an audio play and dance has been postponed until next term. I also did lots of service activities at school haha. I was very involved but I loved it and adored school for both this and the social aspect. 

This is slightly off this topic, but is any school making them do a practice GAT. Because it may be worth more this year, we are doing a practice in the first week of the holidays and actually getting a VCAA GAT marker to mark them and give us feedback before our test

[Chocolatemilkshake]

I am in a pretty good state with my education, my school has been very good with remote learning and I don't think that my marks have changed in any way.

This is great Eloise! I feel pretty similar and as much as confinement sucks, I haven’t been significantly disadvantaged by COVID from an education perspective. I mean, I really miss my extracurricular activities and my friends but so does everyone else. Honestly I think it’s really important to be grateful for what I do have and that I’m still receiving a high quality education during a global pandemic.

This is slightly off this topic, but is any school making them do a practice GAT. Because it may be worth more this year, we are doing a practice in the first week of the holidays and actually getting a VCAA GAT marker to mark them and give us feedback before our test

Yeah we are doing one next week online and then our writing pieces will be externally marked as well.

[ArtyDreams]

Yep - we also got the news that a practise GAT will be done at the end of the this term!

[turinturambar]

Seen today.