AICE Media Studies Production Blog: Wrapping Up

      Difficult is the word I would to describe filming anything over 10 minutes. Punishing is the word I would use to describe this project. The fact that we are in the middle of a global pandemic and are still held to the same standards as if we were not is truly sickening. This project along with many of my other Cambridge ones have been mentally and physically draining. The amount of energy needed to continuously push through this school year is completely absurd. We are students, more over children. We have lives, many of which have been on hold due to the pandemic. I cannot stress to you how many times I have contemplated the unthinkable this school year. I’ve lost almost everything, from my girlfriend in a tragic accident to my grades; I’ve even lost my hope and trust in people. I started this academic year off believing that everything in my teacher’s, school’s, district’s and even state’s power would go into making sure we received a proper education suitable for these times. Unfortunately I have just come to realize that this is all about the politics. From officials wanting students to return to in person school permanently to them forcing students to return for state testing, I truly see what the goal was this school year. It wasn’t to educate it was to assimilate; officials are trying to keep everything as it is was before the pandemic but they have failed to realize that things need to change to ensure that children are actually learning instead of just passing. The sad fact about this is that students are the only ones affected because teachers are still getting paid, state test are still taking place, and plans to have students back in school are still in affect. This project has been entirely to much to deal with and I am glad to say that this will be one of my final blogs.