09/12/2021
[Feature]
EHRA-mazing pupil!
By Ehra Xyrelle Irada
Since COVID-19 strikes, pupils could no longer be outside their home. Pupils get easily bored because they play, they cannot mingle with other children and most of all they cannot go to school. So some focus on gadgets and keep playing with it.
Sometimes, studying is not their priority because of their gadgets.
But for “small but terrible” 11 years old grade 5 pupil, boredom is not on her vocabulary because she has a lot of things to do at home. This new normal, she have her own way to break the ice over the effects of the new face of education.
“This pandemic, children are easily bored with the setup at home. We are under modular learning delivery so I have to do my module simultaneously with my household chores. I have to look up my 6th month old sister, be a seller of our mini-store and a student. All of those things ease my boredom while at home.” stated Ehra, a grade 5-pupil.
“At the start of the day, I have to wake up early to help my mother prepare our breakfast. After helping my mother, I need to be a baby sitter for my little sister until 6:30 in the morning. Then I will prepare my things to do my modules in each subjects. I divided my number of hours for each subjects as listed with our Weekly Home Learning Plan. I have to do my modules with myself because my mother have to take care of our baby.” exclaimed Ehra.
In the afternoon, she have to focus look also at their store while doing her module. She have to be a seller and at the same time a student while doing it simultaneously.
“Exhausted but happy.” as she smiled at me. Those two words described her as a young one but taking all the responsibilities that she have as of today was so meaningful. Being small in height as a grade 5 pupil doesn’t really matter at all.
“I am young, yes, yet I really feel so big with all my accomplishments everyday. Today, some children have a lot of freedom to do what they want. For me, it is more than freedom because I use my time wisely. Boredom no more, with happy thoughts on everything I do, I am amazing” said Ehra happily.
Ehra is a good example of pupil, a daughter and a citizen this time of new normal. Her talents, her positive vibes really inspired other pupils like her. Let us be EHRA-mazing!