“The schools should have encouraged students to exercise more.”
Thomas is 18 years old and lives in Reykjavik. At the time of the interview, had just finished his second year of upper secondary school. He was in year ten when the pandemic hit the Nordic region.
During most of his first school year and the second semester of his second year, he was mainly taught online. He found it difficult to concentrate during periods of home schooling and believes that it made the teacher-pupil relationship more challenging. Nevertheless, he sees online lessons as a potential option in the future, especially as an alternative to having substitute teachers when his teachers are on sick leave. He missed seeing his friends and would have preferred it if the schools had encouraged more physical exercise.