In my country, Australia, there were six long lockdowns. Not being able to socialise regularly over that chunk of a few years could have affected people.

I am Gen Y and in my early-mid 30s now. I was actually homeschooled my entire life. I felt that being homeschooled really affected my ability to socialise. I was learning basic social skills into my mid 20s, which was fairly embarrassing for me.

  • onlyhumans@lemmynsfw.com
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    3 months ago

    Some of the exams were easier because of it, and online school gave me access to a laptop which got me into programming and an unfiltered internet.

  • bigchungus@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Much better than before, remote school was an absolute shitshow for my mental health. I hope that whatever made it so bad won’t happen for remote work, because it’s common in my profession and I would like to try it out.

  • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
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    3 months ago

    i saw reivews of my universities people were not happy, and this seems to happen to all the state unis in our region. all said they dint learn shit, and career is practically frozen or dead in its track. so much so, that the universities has ENROLLMENT shortfalls. the lucky ones transferred away to a proper UC system with more career track development(aka volunteering experience), or had enough luck to have a job after graduation.

    also this was a problem prior to pandemic, but covid exacerbated the problems.

  • Cocodapuf@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    This is actually a really good question for teachers.

    And the short answer is “badly”. Especially bad for kids that were in elementary school during the pandemic.

  • arudesalad@piefed.caEnglish
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    3 months ago

    (I am on the younger, but not youngest, side of Gen Z)

    The uk made exams “easier” (they made exams less about memorising facts and more about applying them) for students in secondary school during the lockdowns, that was quite nice. (And I dont know anyone who did any worse in exams because of lockdown)

    I definitely feel like I’m not as good as socialising as I should be, but I don’t know if that’s just me because I don’t have a non-lockdown version of myself to compare to.

    I think I would rather be the person I am because of the lockdown than the person I would have been without it. (although I didn’t lose anyone close to me, I definitly think the world would have been better without it)

    • Lady Butterfly she/her@reddthat.com
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      3 months ago

      Thanks for sharing! I’m old enough to be your mom, so excuse my ignorance.

      How much of your social skill issues are cos of communicating with friends via text form rather than verbally? And how much interacting does your generation do online rather than irl?