“It was difficult to know what I was allowed to do.”
Gylta attended year seven of secondary school in the Faroe Islands when the Covid-19 pandemic hit. She lost contact with most of her friends, as well as the players in her handball team who she had played with for nine years. Not being able to meet them really affected her, both mentally and physically, and it also affected her school performance.
Gylta believes that the schools should organise and divided pupils into small social groups with peers, if strict lockdowns should ever be necessary in the future. The peer groups then should be allowed to cooperate on homework and to socialise. Gylta says that sitting in front of a screen without meeting people for long periods of time made her feel lonely.