My name is Yameena Mubarak and I'm from Sydney, NSW. I am 12 and I'm in year 7 at St George Girls High School. When COVID-19 hit we were all recommended to stay home and home school, and as so, I did it as well. At first I was excited to homeschool as tha

My name is Yameena Mubarak and I'm from Sydney, NSW. I am 12 and I'm in year 7 at St George Girls High School. When COVID-19 hit we were all recommended to stay home and home school, and as so, I did it as well. At first I was excited to homeschool as that meant I could sleep in and still be at my desk on time, but really it didn't seem as fun as I envisioned. I couldn't physically see my friends or ask my teachers for help and get an answer/explanation I would get if I were at school. What kept me motivated to put up with this was that, I'm doing it for the better by staying at home.

I miss my friends a lot more than I expected which meant facetiming each other everyday. It's not as good as physically seeing them, but that's the best for now. Since Australia is managing to decrease the number of COVID-19 cases, children would start going back to school once a week. I was super excited about this as I would get to see my friends and my teachers, as my parents weren't really meant to be teachers.

Quarantine taught my a few things as well, I learned that I had a huge passion for cooking, I baked so many things during quarantine I can't even count. It also taught me how annoying my siblings are, and I'm not even kidding they are so annoying. This has been an overall interesting and overwhelming experience, but I can't wait for it to be over