Looking back on grade ten, it has really been an experience. Both filled with good and bad. The year had started off exactly the way I had imagined, quite similar to grade nine and if I’m being honest, I do confuse the two because it’s just that similar to me. The end of grade ten means I have been in UWC for three years now. It crazy how time has really flown by and all the different opportunities and activities I have been presented and participated in but I have cherished every moment and I am extremely excited to start transitioning into IB and grade eleven.
As we all know, this current Covid-19 situation has had a huge impact not only on our own personal day to day lives but has strongly impacted out education as well. Starting off with the exams being cancelled, I won’t lie and say I’m not happy about the fact that I don’t have to study, but I know that at the same time I’m quite upset about the exams being cancelled as I had set myself various different goals on the different subjects and how I wanted to succeed but now I have been pulled back and I will admit I am quite stressed at the idea that my overall holistic grade will not reach or present my full potential and show what I could’ve gotten if we had moved forward with the exams. However, it is the past and there is nothing I can do about it do I have decided to put my focus on more pressing matter such as IB. Along with the cancellation of exams, eventually it meant online school as well. While remote learning did start off with a positive impression from me, overtime it has gotten quite draining and I miss physically going to school and interacting face to face with people.
This is not to say that grade ten hasn’t been a good year. while there have been some negative impacts from the outside, positive impacts have also come from within my school community. Through the duration of grade nine and grade ten, I have made so many new friends and forged so many friendships with people and formed a bond with them. We are all part of a tight knit community, our grade, and I couldn’t ask for a better bunch of people to move forward with into this next stage of my life!