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Q for Quarantine

 Due to unexpected turn of events, the hostelers at MTTC had to go into a week long home quarantine. Initially, we were confused about what had to be done, most of us were worried about the classes we were going to miss in these times. While others just went with the flow. The video calls among the hostelers definitely helped us through the quarantine. I spent my time reading, completing all of my pending works in college etc.

At the college during this week we started with Microteaching. Deepthi ma'am conducted an online class during the weekend for the absentees and on Monday each of the other ten did their presentation emphsasing on different skills. This gave us an idea on what has to be done for microteaching.



On Tuesday (2 March), we had online classes. The first hour was by Joju sir, where he gave us the instructions on how to do a practicum. During the next hour Giby ma'am asked us to compare ourselves to an object that best suits our personalities. In the last hour, we had our optional classes where Neema, Josena and Archana did their presentations.

Today is the last day of quarantine and I'm looking forward to going back to MTTC.

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