By JORDAN HOREJSI
Panther Press
NRHEG has entered a new phase of education, a phase in which students meet with their teachers electronically on Mondays and do school work at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic spreading worldwide. Many Americans have been ordered to stay home until May 4, limiting social interaction to prevent the further spreading of the coronavirus. Students and teachers at NRHEG have had to adapt to online learning and have had to find new ways to keep themselves from getting bored at home.
A survey was sent out to students in grades 6-12 about what they have been doing since having to stay home, and a whopping 90% of the students answered that they have been watching movies and TV shows in their spare time.
Kendall Johnson, an eleventh-grader, stated, “With my free time in quarantine I've tried way too many new hobbies.”
The top five activities students have taken part, in according to the survey are watching TV shows and movies, eating/snacking, communicating on social media, surfing the Internet, and reading.
Many people have assumed that long periods of confinement together with your family are either bringing them closer together or causing them to grow farther apart, but the survey results show that, for most students, their family dynamic is staying the same.
Eighth-grade student Brenna Sommer, expressed, “I’ve already started working with my 4-H lambs for the fair. Hopefully there is one! I’ve been going on bike rides and reading as well as watching Netflix and Disney Plus.”
It is important that we still do what we enjoy. Sommer is not the only one finding ways to keep herself busy at home.
Dakota Ketterling-Kormann, a tenth-grade student, said that he has been, “Reading, watching TV, doing yard work, cooking, playing video games, and gardening,” in his free time at home. Some students, like Nathan Vanek, another tenth-grader at NRHEG, have taken an interest in “board games and card games.”
Every student has found new ways to entertain themselves while being at home with nothing to do to keep the boredom away. What have you been doing while being stuck at home?