Confinement to our homes is not an option for a lot of people. The lack of exploration that some find after being in their homes for more than 10 months is inevitable. Since the beginning of online school, some students at Eleanor Roosevelt High School have found that they do not have a lot of time during the weekdays to partake in different hobbies and activities. However, some of Roosevelt’s teachers feel like they do. With these opposite outlooks, here are some of the ways Roosevelt’s teachers and students are using their free time during online school. 

Teacher Edition

Ms. Abigail Holtz is an English teacher at Roosevelt. As she spends more than nine hours doing school related activities during each day of the week, Ms. Holtz takes care of all her new house plants, cooks good meals, and tries to use the home gym she built over the summer. During the weekend, she has a few extra hours and “tries to tackle her bigger woodworking projects.”

Ms. Karen Bogoski is a new Engineering and CADD teacher at Roosevelt. As she “would rather be teaching in person,” she spends her weekday watching T.V, cooking, and gardening. During the weekend, she enjoys reading, shopping, and driving around.

Mr. David Ellison is a Mathematics teacher at Roosevelt. Preferring in-person teaching to online teaching, he uses his time after school to go biking, hiking, and to cook. During the weekends, he does the same with the addition of watching movies.

Ms. Shaniqua McShan is an English teacher at Roosevelt. So far, she enjoys online teaching and she spends the extra time she has during the weekend watching Youtube and Twitch, playing video games, and using her newly acquired VR treadmill.

Student Edition

Kelsey Afoakwa is a Junior at Roosevelt. She prefers in-person classes and in her free time she enjoys learning dances, learning new languages, drawing, knitting, and singing karaoke.

As a Junior at Roosevelt, Divine Enyi prefers both online and in person school. She finds that she does not have as much time as she wants during the week to do some fun activities. However, she spends the little time she has reading books and scrolling through social media. She also likes to write and watch television shows and movies.

Michael Vit is a Junior at Roosevelt. Preferring in-person school, he uses his free time to cook, work out, and read. 

Olanna Nwozo is a Junior at Roosevelt. In her free time, she enjoys studying and reading, as well as watching anime, Netflix, or sleeping. Otherwise, she will bake and try out new recipes.