Students in Pandemic-The History Makers
They did not go to schools, but they were getting educated
They did not wear their uniform, but they were disciplined
enough to think alike
They did not see their friends, but they were in touch
They were not taught, how to learn online, but today they are
teaching how to teach online
They did not expect their granny parents to leave early, but
they did the last rituals with the mask
They did not expect their parents to lose their jobs, but they
slowly reduced their wants
They did not have a spacious house to be online, but they found
a place to sit and learn
They did not have a calm atmosphere, but they managed to take
their notes
They did not know how to scan their papers, but they later
taught their siblings to do the same
They did not know when they will go back to school but learnt
the value of education
Some of them are promoted to 11th and, some are ready to hit the
virtual college campus
Let us not call them lucky students; they are the most troubled
set of students who are either mourning their dear one’s death, are pushed to
poverty, or traumatised with the fear of death.
They would have not written their academics exams, but many of
them have completed their life exams by shouldering the family responsibilities
or sacrificing their studies for their parents’ medical expenses.
The generation that should be saluted for facing the worst pandemic in the modern
days
The generation that should be appreciated, for adapting to
a
new age learning without training
The generation that should be celebrated for becoming an adult
while remaining a child
We can
give grades in academics, but the lessons they have learnt and taught to the world cannot be graded and there no souls to grade them too, they are unique,
and they are the makers of modern history.
Instead of calling them an
easy pass or free pass generation, call them warriors of the modern world.
M.L. Narendra Kumar
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