2020: The Year We Will Never Forget
The year 2020
marked the beginning of a new decade according to the Gregorian calendar and
billions of people around the world had great hopes for this new start.
Unfortunately, the year 2020 turned out to be a challenging year for all of
us. Actually, it happened to be a turnaround point in recent human history mainly
because of the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic has brought
hundreds of thousands of deaths, lockdowns, economic destruction, the failures
of our social and health care systems, governmental mismanagement of the
situation, etc.
For many of us,
2020 has been a lost year, in so many ways. On top of an enormous loss of human
lives, the pandemic slowed down or even paused many people's progress on their short-term
and long-term family and career goals. Thousands of people lost their jobs.
Many sporting, cultural and entertainment events were canceled. We had a period
of complete lockdown in spring of 2020. Our ordinary lives have changed in so
many ways. We have started to live something that is called 'a new normal', or
'a new reality', whatever it means. Wearing a mask and keeping physical
(social) distance of 2 metres is something that has become our everyday routine
nowadays. We will never forget how comforting hugs from friends and family
members were banned at the time when we needed them most. The mask has become a
symbol of a frightening new age to come, not only because of the pandemic (or
another one to come yet), but also because of the enormity of the climate
change caused by global warming, pollution and over-industrialization.
Thus, the
combination of bad news and events that have taken place in 2020 perhaps
surpasses all the other years. To sum up, 2020 was all about matters of life
and breath. We will remember 2020 forever, that's for sure, mindful of those
who lost their lives, thankful for being able to survive and go on with our
lives, and grateful for being given a chance to learn something new and
reinvent or adapt ourselves to a new life.
Questions for
discussion:
What do you think
of the year 2020?
What were the
highs and lows of the year 2020 for you personally?
How much has the
pandemic affected you and your family?
Was 2020 the
worst year ever?
What about your learning English in 2020? Good / Bad things about it?
What things can
we learn from 2020 to make the world a better place?
Can you see light
at the end of the tunnel?
What are your
predictions and hopes for the year 2021? Or, for the whole decade (till Dec 31,
2029)?
Personally, 2020 was an okay year for me. Nothing drastically changed in my life other than the fact that we have now online teaching which is really tiring and stressful, but it's manageable.
OdgovoriIzbrišiBeing separated from by father because the borders and the whole „new law“ is, by far, the low of 2020 for me. On the other hand, I have been more home since I am not from Sarajevo, but from Krajina – I could be more at home with my mother and brother. Dare I say, 2020 wasn't a bad year, it was kind of an „opening“ year because I was taught to be more grateful for all the things I have in life especially mine and my families well-being. I am so grateful that my family is healthy and alive.
Learning English wasn't hard in 2020. Good thing is that we have an understanding professor so it's easier.
Yes, I definitely can see light of the end of the tunnel! All of this will pass one day; we just have to be more patient and more considerate to one another.
My predictions and hopes for 2021...mostly just hoping this will end soon and that we will get our freedom back. Hoping that online teaching won't be a thing anytime soon and that we will be able to go out with friends and enjoy a good laugh.
Aida Šahinović; ER2.
2020 was a different year for all of us. Even though we all remember her as full of lows, there were some highs. Our environments was getting better. The planet was getting more clean. We did save some money and we realized what are true blessings in life. Some of us lost their friends, some gained. Hopefully, we all realized what is important and how to keep it and co-exist with other people. I hope we all finally understood diversity and realized we are all made of a same thing, but we are still different and we need love and respect.
OdgovoriIzbrišiPO II
I really like your comment and definitely agree with you, Sukejna.
IzbrišiDear Sukejna,
Izbrišihow has this year affect od you?
Dear Sukejna, I just love that you see something positive in everything.
IzbrišiEverything has two perspectives and you have decided to see the positive one. So proud of your way of thinking, I like it very much.
IzbrišiAjla Hadžić PO4
This year has been weird for me. It passed very quickly, honestly. The virus has hit all people all over the world and he took many lives unfortunately. Also many public figures have died. My family fought a battle with the virus but we won. What annoys me the most this year is that everything has been stopped. Education is onnline, you can't go anywhere... but, I definitely see the light at the end of the tunnel. This has helped us all change and understand the true values. I believe in better tomorrow for all people.
OdgovoriIzbrišiOsmanović Ajla,ER2V
The year 2020 was very stressful, difficult and full of challenges for all of us. We were struck by a situation we thought had no way out. We have spent many bad days at home, in isolation. However, for me, this year has had many positive and successful days. In 2020, I spent much more time with my parents and family because before we did not have time to spend time together because of my parents' work but also my going to Sarajevo to college. In 2020, I learned that we need to appreciate more precisely such moments but also our health. The year 2020 was very successful for me because I got a job that I couldn’t have done had it not been for the pandemic. I believe that there is happiness in every accident. I am happy with 2020, regardless of the fact that many bad things happened, but I still remember the most beautiful ones.
OdgovoriIzbrišiBerina Kurt, Odsjek za predškolski odgoj, 2658.
Hi everyone 🎁🎉🎊
OdgovoriIzbrišiWhat to say about this year?
It will certainly be a year that I will not forget, for which it will not take me much time to remember what was going on in it. I can't say that the whole year was bad, but half of the year it certainly was. She brought with her a lot of pain, sorrow, temptation, renunciation. Every day has its own story. It was very difficult for me, but I will definitely come out stronger. COVID-19 brought a lot of bad things, loss of loved ones, jobs, bad economic status. But at least we learned what the most valuable things in our lives are: family and health. It can't be bought with any money.
Also, the virus had a great impact on education, upbringing.
I hope that 2021 will be an unforgettable year. But not like this one. I hope we will be healthier, smarter. That all our wishes and paths will come true. But to achieve that we have to fight and work on it.
From there, believe in yourself and your desires. Work on them, be a better person and hope for success.
And another wish for Santa (hahah); If you are reading this, make an effort to cancel our online classes, we want the smell of school and our school desks.
Meliha Terzić RN4. 🧑🏽🎄
I like your end of the story. Hahaha
IzbrišiDid Santa bring you anything?
Izbriši2020 was full of ups and downs, maybe a little more downs but ok, we made it. I had a lot of fun with my family and friends. The relationship with some people has become much better and with some it has completely faded, but I am grateful for it. If we don`t face some problems and barriers we can`t know who is the right person for us.
OdgovoriIzbriši"The darker the night, the brighter the stars."
I am also very sad about the bad things that happened to us and I hope that we will come stronger and we will unite. In very difficult situations this year, people have shown that it doesn’t matter at all who has how mach money, or our religion, nation, absolutely nothing. We are all humans and we need to help each other and stay together when the time gets tough. I really hope that this pandemic and eartquakes brough us together.
To summerize everything I can say this year wasn`t that bad after all. We learned to share, help others around us, discover our hidden talents, made new hobbies, spent a lot of time with our family, some of us learned to cook and maybe the most important thing that we learned is to appreciate our freedom. Every year can bring us something new, something we need, maybe this pandemic was something we needed and will be thankful later, we never know. 2021 bring it on, we are ready for you :D
Lejla Bisić, PO2
I agree with you. We are all happy because
Izbrišiit is the end of this year.
I love your thinking and your joy about 2021 hahaha😘
IzbrišiPO 2
"The darker the night, the brighter the stars." Dear Lejla, this quote made me so happy and I couldn't agree with it more. Let's make the best out of 2021 together! PO II
Izbriši2020 is the second year I remember as different. The first one was in 2012 when a lot of snow fell and disabled maintaining a normal lifestyle. It disabled the traffic and going to work or school, there was no electricity for almost a month. It was my first encounter with something “different” that disturb the normal tempo of life. I was much younger then, so that whole situation was very “great” for me – I did not go to school, I was constantly playing outside and sledding. Considering that I am living on the main road which connects two towns – Visoko and Kiseljak, that road is always pervious and loud because of cars and trucks. All of that stopped in 2012. Serenity and peace are was in my soul and consciousness that are enabled by that big snow. That’s when I realized how fast the tempo of our life is and involve in its track. Fortunately, everything returned to normal very soon. Situations like that I always see as a reminder for humanity, to behave better to nature, family, and ourselves. 2020 is the second year that I remember. That is the year of returning to the family and ourselves, and, also, financial and health deterioration. Many families have realized that they have distanced themselves from each other, and they have used all the restrictions due to the COVID-19 to improve their mutual relations. On the other hand, some families tried to spend more time together, but in the meantime, they realized that something does not function between them. Many families lost their members because of COVID-19. But, I am sure that there are those families who understood the true significance of this life by overcoming the virus, which we usually forget. So, they are grateful to God and life for the new opportunity to start life “from scratch”. All of these falls are stopped in just one year, 2020. However, when I would speak about my fells during this year – fortunately, I would have nothing to say. For me, 2020 is the most successful year so far. That was the year when I received the first invitation for business engagement in my profession when I received the invitation to work as a sales promoter for “Meggle”. I am happy because I was able to accept both offers and make the most of this pandemic situation. During the pandemic, I never spend my time lying down, thinking, and I did not allow my psyche to fell under the bad influence of the media. I worked and studied at the same time, and, also, performed all my student obligations on time. So, I consider this year as a year of my nafaka and overall progress. When we talk about the impact of the pandemic on my family – almost nothing has changed. Of course, my parents went to work with the risk of getting sick, but the politics of the companies was stronger than anything. So we all worked in a pandemic, but the impact of the pandemic was more on a psychological basis. We were more dedicated to each other and spending time in conversations. 2020 is a year of returning to real and true values of life, excluding all material things – and I think that is the crucial thing that pandemic has taught us, how to make the world a better place. The light at the end of the tunnel is near to the whole world, for humanity – but for me, darkness never existed. I hope that 2021 will go the way of 2020 in my advancement that my successes in both business and private field will only progress and accumulate, without setbacks or great difficulties. This was a year that has allowed me to feel important, organized, successful, and among all of this, empathetic to family and friends. For all those people for whom this year has been the worst, I recommend psychotherapeutic treatment, commitment to themselves and their feelings, because it will make it easier for them to overcome all the bad things which this year has brought. Breathe life into your full lungs and give yourself a new chance.
OdgovoriIzbrišiMelina Dragunić, PO3
Wow! What an exraordinary comment this is.
Izbriši
OdgovoriIzbrišiHello! 2020 was a big experience for all of us. We could learn a lot, that what we once did not appreciate is now precious to us. It is important to be alive and healthy and to find something good for us in everything.
Ena Alomerović, PO4
I'm sure a lot of people won't remember this year for anything beautiful. The Covid-19 pandemic has changed our lives. Bosnia and Herzegowina has been affected by the virus around March of 2020.
OdgovoriIzbrišiThe Covid-19 pandemic has forced schools and universities to close their doors. Many people lost their lives. The year 2020 was extremely difficult.
Students started online learning during the Covid-19 pandemic. Most of students think that online lessons aren‘t better than face-to-face lessons in the classroom. They think that some lessons simply can‘t be well explained online. The disadvantage of online learning is that we are sitting in front of the computer all day. It‘s not good for our health. Teachers miss direct contact with students.
When they are teaching online, it‘s difficult to recognize what students understand and what they don‘t understand. Some items can‘t be explained online. I need to write that these are bad times but they will pass. We have to take care of ourselves and our family. Also, we need to be aware that we will go to universitiy soon. Let‘s be patient. Several members of my family became infected but thank God they had no serious consequences. I am thankful to God for that. I hope next year will be much better.
AMRA AVDIĆ(RN, 3. godina)
Amra what evaluation would you give to 2020?
IzbrišiValentina Crepulja, RN3
2020 is a year that reminded us once again to appreciate small things that are of great importance. She showed that health is most important to us and the health of our family and friends. She showed that we save the world in the house too. She taught us new crafts, now we know how to cut our hair, make cakes and do exercises at home. It was not the best but we try to single out at least the beautiful moments we experienced. This year has shown us that we are stronger with our unity. My sincere wish that all this will calm down next year and that we will be happy and satisfied again without fear. I think we have understood the lesson and that in the coming years we will appreciate more those things that are in our last place.
OdgovoriIzbrišiAjla Hodžić, PO4
This 2020 is different in many ways from previous years and I am sure we will not forget it In just a few days everything has changed. The world stopped. The corona virus pandemic has changed our lives, routines, habits ... The pandemic has brought both good and bad sides. Our planet has become cleaner. We began to appreciate things we ignored, forgot, or considered superfluous. Life becomes digital and everything takes place online. What badly happened to us was that many people were left without their loved ones. Thank God my family and friends were not infected with this virus. I sincerely hope that happiness will anoint us all in 2021. That joy, relaxation and laughter will reign again. That we will see the sun after so much gray. I hope and want love and blessing, peace and security to reign.
OdgovoriIzbrišiKlaudija Žuljević, RN3.
I agree with you Klaudija.
IzbrišiValentina Crepulja, RN3
Dear Klaudia,
Izbrišidid some good things happen to you in 2020.?
Hello everyone and Happy New Year☃️🌟. Huh, what to say about 2020? It was a bad year for many, for most of us. Many people lost their lives, died... At the beginning of the year, the Coronavirus pandemic has been going on for too long, before the end of the year earthquakes. What to say? Definitely not a good year. Everyone is talking about how bad the year is, but as long as our loved ones are well and alive the year is good, believe me.
OdgovoriIzbrišiFor me personally, the year was very good. Not great but not bad. The only thing it wasn't so good was college. Colleges and exams are all fine but the way of studying has changed and that is an aggravating fact. Everything is online. As for learning English in 2020, I don’t think we failed too much. Although we had an online school, our teacher get us the necessary knowledge that we would get in the classroom. As for my private things, 2020 has brought me many happy moments. The most important thing, which I also mentioned in the our online class, is that at the beginning of the year I became an aunt for the first time in my life. An aunt of a sweet boy.
Next, all my family and all my loved ones are fine. Everything is fine with the college, so everything was great in that respect in 2020. Of course, some things were missing, like traveling, hanging out with friends and things like that, but the most important thing is that we are all fine. Traveling will come, we need to preserve health.
Look, 2021 has begun. We hope things get a lot better.
2021. be good, please😊
Valentina Crepulja, RN3
Hmm, what to say about 2020? I'm sure a lot of people won't remember this year for anything beautiful. But, for me this year was good. We need to be thankful in every situation, because always can be worse. It’s important to be alive and healthy and to find something good for all of us in this bad situation.
OdgovoriIzbrišiNejla Osmanović, RN III
I agree with your review of 2020. Finding goods in everything around us, makes us happier and healthier.
IzbrišiThe year 2020 is quite behind us. Each year is different from the previous one ,but we will all remember 2020 by the pandemic of Corona virus. Everything suddenly changed in a moment . People all around the world need to transferred our jobs and responsibilities to their homes. We all hoped that this situation with corona virus it would all continue a very short time and that we would soon return to the normal course of our lives. But that has not happened until today . The reason is the preservation and protection of human lives and health in the first place. It was all of us big unknown at first point ,but today everything is different. It can be said that people have become accustomed to a certain mode of living. Everyone all over the planet had yours ups and downs. The bad side of the year 2020 is many lost humans lives. On the other hand good side of this year is lot of quality time spent with our family. For me this year is specific ,weird and also beautiful at the same time. But in generally very bad year not only for me but for other people as well. I hope that this situation will not happen again and also I hope that people all around the world will take more care of themselves and their health. The 2020 should be a great lesson for all of us. At least reciprocally understanding between people. Things such as traveling ,hanging out with friends will come soon. Our health is most important thing in this moment right now. Happy New Year with all my hearth ,I wish you more love, good thoughts and great health . Because these are most valuable properties .
OdgovoriIzbrišiIlda Halilović,RN3.
2020 is a year that has left a great impact on me, there have been many ups and many downs. First of all, the very beginning of the year was phenomenal, success itself followed, happy moments after that we were surprised by this extraordinary situation because of which we are all still in spasm and fear that something will happen to us and our loved ones. At the very beginning of this pandemic, we got a new family member who gave everyone the wind in their backs and gave us the opportunity to observe these moments with brighter colors. The time during the pandemic was primarily dedicated to my family and I tried to spend as much time with them as possible, because this was an ideal opportunity for that. However, since we are most of the time locked in the 4 walls of my room, I often happen to think about things I haven't thought about before, so at the moment I think about some things much more maturely and draw conclusions about them. I also dedicated a lot of time to myself, dedicated to perfecting my knowledge, discovering some new talents and the like. This year I also visited various destinations of our beautiful homeland because we were prevented from going abroad, so for some things I can really be grateful for this pandemic, because if it weren't for it I wouldn't know and see what natural beauties we possess. However, at the very end of the year, there were a series of falls that left a bad impact on me and my family, we lost one member of our immediate family who was unfortunately infected with the virus. I was very attached to that person, and at the moment I still haven’t recovered from the loss. So I can say that 2020 has left a big mark on me that I will remember for the rest of my life. If I look at learning English during 2020, I can say that it is drastically different from previous years. In creative ways we learned and adopted but also perfected our knowledge of topics that are close and interesting to us, great emphasis was placed on just conversation and discussion on topics so that my speaking skills improved. I try to perfect my English skills as much as possible because it is really present in everyday life and I desperately need it. Although this year had its happy and sad moments, I still hope that 2021 will be much more successful than the previous one, because as they say, the last hope dies. Although the beginning of the New Year was marked by a shocking and sad event in Posušje, I still hope that the rest of it will be a little happier and more successful. I firmly hope that the virus will disappear more and that we will return to our daily and typical life. Because we miss those socializing, going out, college. I hope that our youth will not pass us by the computer and in the four walls of our room. I think that after all the downs and negatives, it is time for ups and downs. I wish you all a happy new year that will be adorned with notes of health, love, happiness, peace and success.
OdgovoriIzbrišiElma Numanagić, PO3
For everybody 2020 was a year full of loss, sadness, suffering and all those bad things, nothing like we wanted and thought in January. In my oppinion, the media made it even worse than it was so I tried to avoid all those broadcastings. There were the huge fires all around the world, those earthquakes, deaths of people and animals. So many people lost their homes and loved ones that it made everybody so pessimistic and not in the mood for anything else. Personally, it wasn't so bad for me, even through I missed traveling and going out, I got the chance to bond with my family more and that was something what we needed. I think this was also a good reminder how we are lucky every day, we are healthy, we have a roof over our heads, clean water and food. I also think that this was a good lesson for people who saw only the material and not the important things in life. On the good side, I think that I really improved my English and German skills, with my younger sister I speak like 50% of the day English and German, that is really funny and good for us. I hope that generally people will learn from this year and that everything can change every minute so we live our lives the best we can and we try to be the best possible version of us, positive vibes and a healthy mind are the key to surviving situations like this. I really hope and pray that the year 2021 will be better than 2020, that we all spread more love and support to eachother, that we take better care about our planet and the imortant things and people in our lives.
OdgovoriIzbrišiMubina Mešanović, POII
I agree with you my friend🤘🏼
IzbrišiPO 2
OdgovoriIzbriši2020: lockdown, suffering, death, illness, hopes, desires. The pandemic had a positive effect, because we could spend time with the family in nice company, watching movies, lunch together, etc. The pandemic, as bad as it brought, also brought a lot of good things. It allowed us to primarily improve everything we didn't like about ourselves. 2020 was a year with more bad news than good. We could learn that we need to do the best for ourselves and the people we love the most. That we have become very alienated, and 2020 has helped us get closer again. Which is the best thing that could have happened to us.
Merjema Hamidović, RN3
I agree with your opinion Merjema.
IzbrišiIlda Halilović,RN3.
2020 is the year that no one will forget. Next to the Corona virus, about which everyone is talking about and it was one of the scariest things we experienced, there are still so many terrifying earthquakes which destroyed the countries as Albania and Turkey. Also the huge fires that were in Australia and other countries, they were also a part of this year. As the human population, we have seen and witnessed so much, we won't ever be able to forget any of these happenings. As for me, I only saw an improvement in technology, before the whole pandemic I rarely worked on my laptop so I didn't know much, but now I handle it much better. Covid and online schooling got me to study more and I really hope it will go back to live schooling but I also hope that I keep improving my techonology skills. Maybe we think that 2021 will be better than 2020 but we also thought that at the end of 2019 and see what happened. But we will keep it positive.
OdgovoriIzbrišiRumejsa Selimanovic PO2
I agree with you, those earthquakes and fires were so scary and yes we will keep it positive :)
IzbrišiPO II
2020!!! The year of all time. Everything was different but for me mostly happy year. I spent a lot of time with my family, maybe this year was a little bit stressful but I can say that I'm I wasn't very pessimistic.I cooked a lot, I took a break from everything.Thank God we're all fine.
OdgovoriIzbrišiLejla Pleho, 2696 RN3
Derar Lejla, your comment is very positive and i like it. I hope that we will all continue to stay healthy and that we will have the opportunity to see each other soon.
IzbrišiDalila Kadunić, III, PO
NEJLA NUKIĆ, RNIII
OdgovoriIzbriši2020 was not the easy year. We faced situations we couldn’t even dream of. None of us could know that the world would close, that traffic would stop, we would all be locked in houses, many people lost their jobs, schools stopped working, people feared they would have enough food and other resources for life. We had to be away from the people we love, hugs were forbidden to us, we are in constant fear, many people have lost loved ones. 2020 was very challenging for everyone. But despite all the bad things, I think that this year has taught us a lot, strengthened us and showed that we can cope and that life still continues in all situations. She taught us to value health, to value time spent with loved ones, she taught us how resourceful we need to be and she taught us how much we need to nurture mental health. Many people started hobbies because they had more free time. We faced challenge after challenge and we overcome. 2020 forced us to grow, and we shouldn't take that for granted.
Hello Nejla,
IzbrišiExcellent statement we colud not even dream of. I hope that a similar situation will not happen again.
This year full of challenges and difficult moments is finally over! It was difficult to write optimistic greeting cards as they are usually written for the New Year. But we need to believe that there is still hope that we will be better, and believe that we are stronger than we think! I wish everyone in the New year to start recovering from everything that happened to us, and that 2021 will be more beautiful and easier for us!
OdgovoriIzbrišiAna Gluvić, RN III.
2020 was one of the most unexpected years in my life. First of all, COVID-19 pandemic hit us in the way that we couldn't imagine. It changed everything. Our freedom, security and health were endangered. People were not able to see their friends, family and co-workers for months. Personally, at the beginning I was anxious and scared by this pandemic, but as time went by, I became much calmer and had time for my personal growth. I started spending more time hanging out with myself and exercise more than before. This pandemic had some good sides, like relaxing your mind and body by distancing from negative things and people. My family suffered a lot by this pandemic. Many of my family members were tested positive and had severe forms of disease. Luckily, my test was negative. Although I was in the direct contact with my grandma ,who unfortunaltely lost the battle with COVID-19, I wasn't positive. After all, I am thankful for being able to grow and become more resilient after this year. Also, I ended all relationships that didn't serve me, that were toxic for me and I wasn't even aware of that. So, many ups and downs, I know. I hope that after rain comes rainbow. I am eager for more wonderful days in 2021. We all are going to enjoy after we suffered for a while. I am sure about that.
OdgovoriIzbrišiBest wishes to you all in 2021!
Nives Pirija, II godina Odsjeka za edukaciju i rehabilitaciju
I like your thinking, best wishes to you too, Nives
IzbrišiPO II
Thank you very much, dear Sukejna.
IzbrišiHello! In 2020, I first of all learned to appreciate everything I have. It was hard for me to accept going back home again, to my parents but I actually realized that even though all of this was a challenge it was above all a great blessing. Appreciate the time you spend with your family, someone would give it their all in just one moment. And I wish you all peace of mind. Maybe this is just enough desire for a fresh start.
OdgovoriIzbrišiAntonia Bonić, PO4
For me, 2020 was the worst year ever. I've lost so many in it. But we shouldn't look back in bad, but good stuff. There were, of course, some good stuffs. I have to say, my English was getting better since I started watching movies and soap operas without translation. I watched so many soap operas since lock down, so my englich is getting better and better. I learned so many life thing in 2020. I learned how to be grateful on little ting, how some ‘stupid’ things can make us happy. There is always light at the end of the tunnel and rainbow after rain. All my hopes and prayers goes to 2021 to be better in every possible way. I hope we will all experience something that we didn't experience before.
OdgovoriIzbrišiAida Delizaimović, RN3
I think this year was completely different from the previous one, and probably the next one as well. Many unpredictable things and situations have happened. For me personally, this year had both good sides and those who were not so good. If we start with the good side, then I can say that I am very satisfied with my achievement in college this year, despite the fact that a large part of the teaching and learning was online. In addition, my family and I managed to overcome the period of the pandemic together. I do not consider this as the worst year, because I personally start from the fact that everything is the way we look at it and how we put ourselves in a certain situation. The biggest problem for me was reduced movement because I am, by nature, an active and very social person, and online messages are not my cup of tea. Compared to the previous year, this year I spent much less time learning English because I focused on other activities. I will do my best to fix that in next year. 2020 was supposed to teach us how much we should appreciate the little things, how important our loved ones are to us and how everything can change overnight, and we have to stay cool in spite of everything. To see the light at the end of the tunnel, we need to be in the tunnel, and I do not think we are in any tunnel. My wishes remain the same this year for everyone, I wish we all to be alive and to feel well. In addition, I would like this academic year to be even better than the previous ones.
OdgovoriIzbrišiAmra Bajrić, RN IV
2020 will be remembered as the worst year ever, but for me it is probably one of the best years and I will always remeber it as my lucky year.
OdgovoriIzbrišiOne the other bad thing that happend to me is online teaching, I didn't get used to it, and I can't wait to everything goes back to normal.
Learning English was interesting, I upgraded my knowledge.
Hello 2021!
Berina Vatrenjak, RN3
2020 was a bad year from various aspects, but I don't think it was the worst year ever, at least from my point of view. The truth is that many lives have been lost, others destroyed in different ways, but I think we all need to learn a lesson from this year, and that is we should value our time with family, with friends, with ourselves because we never know what will happen next. Let's hope that 2021. will be better than the previous one. :)
OdgovoriIzbrišiThis year has been an unusually difficult year for all of us. in many ways it differs from the previous ones, but it was certainly one big lesson. this year started well, at least for me, and with the appearance of this terrible virus COVID-19, everything went downhill. At some early stage it was bearable, but when quarantine began, even the most difficult days began. I saw less and less with my family and the closest people, and after a while, at one point I realized that I completely lost my friends. Only a few of them remained and proved our friendship value. In addition, there were many losses in my environment, people were dying because of the virus, so it was necessary to stay focused and strong. It was hard, but later I realized that it is destiny and that something better is coming soon. On the other hand, the University was the priority. Of all that happened, I think that this affected me the most because even though I was studying, I could not learn enough and educate myself adequately through online teaching as I would in the classroom. Apart from the bad things, during quarantine I turned to some healthier habits. I cooked and ate healthy food, walked in the fresh air for hours and did sports activities, which I think all of us should be doing anyway.
OdgovoriIzbrišiWas 2020. the worst year? I can't say it was the worst, but it was bad. We must be aware that from every evil comes some good and we are learning a new lesson. We are learning to live and deal with things we haven’t encountered before. I also think that not everything will return to normal for a long time, but that we need to learn to live with the things we encounter. I think that I will never forget this year and I hope that the 2021. will be much better, that we will feel positive vibes and do things that we love. I wish you all the best in this year. Lots of health, happiness, love and success.
Sarah Skalonjić
Po2
I agree with you, Sarah, that there is a lesson to be learned from every bad thing and experience that comes our way. I love your way of thinking. PO II
IzbrišiThis year has been an unusually difficult year for all of us. in many ways it differs from the previous ones, but it was certainly one big lesson. this year started well, at least for me, and with the appearance of this terrible virus COVID-19, everything went downhill. At some early stage it was bearable, but when quarantine began, even the most difficult days began. I saw less and less with my family and the closest people, and after a while, at one point I realized that I completely lost my friends. Only a few of them remained and proved our friendship value. In addition, there were many losses in my environment, people were dying because of the virus, so it was necessary to stay focused and strong. It was hard, but later I realized that it is destiny and that something better is coming soon. On the other hand, the University was the priority. Of all that happened, I think that this affected me the most because even though I was studying, I could not learn enough and educate myself adequately through online teaching as I would in the classroom. Apart from the bad things, during quarantine I turned to some healthier habits. I cooked and ate healthy food, walked in the fresh air for hours and did sports activities, which I think all of us should be doing anyway.
OdgovoriIzbrišiWas 2020. the worst year? I can't say it was the worst, but it was bad. We must be aware that from every evil comes some good and we are learning a new lesson. We are learning to live and deal with things we haven’t encountered before. I also think that not everything will return to normal for a long time, but that we need to learn to live with the things we encounter. I think that I will never forget this year and I hope that the 2021. will be much better, that we will feel positive vibes and do things that we love. I wish you all the best in this year. Lots of health, happiness, love and success.
Sarah Skalonjić
Po2
This 2020 is definitely different for all of us. She took a lot from us. He took away our freedom, took our dear people, separated us from friends, family, left us without warm hugs, without kisses, without friendship, without work, without school, without college, without our dear teachers. It was not easy to endure it all. I would say, one hilarious and very strange year. Everything was new to us. We had to gather a lot of hope and courage overnight to get through it all. What has this year brought us? At first glance, nothing. But it brought us a lot. It brought us the knowledge not to postpone hugs, not to postpone trips, opportunities to see our loved ones, family, friends. Knowing that time passes so quickly, we are here today and not tomorrow. She taught us to be better people. That we are each other's shoulder and support. We can do a lot together. We are tested with endurance and patience. Dear people, everyone around the world, I hope we have succeeded. I send love to all who have gone through terrible things. You are not alone. I hope this 2021 will only bring us nice things. That's what we really need. Now we know how to appreciate a carefree trip to college, to school, walking down the street by the river, hanging out with friends. We learned. We are ready for a better, freer and warmer 2021.
OdgovoriIzbrišiKubur Lejla, RN
This year change a lot in my life, even unrelated with this pandemic. I have met some new people, got some important decisions, but I become so stressful person. This year, like any other, has advantages and disadvantages. I had the days when I had just needed walk away, a little healthy air and normal life. Sometimes it was just okay, how it is. Me and my family had related during pandemic, but we had conflicts because of spending so much time together. I really like English and I am trying to improve it more and more every day. In pandemic I used to learn so much new words, to watch films, read books in English, etc. We always can get something good out whatever it is. This pandemic learned us to appreciate freedom and independence. Live every day as it is your last! I am hoping the soonest end of this pandemic and getting back to a 'normal' live.
OdgovoriIzbrišiEna Brkić, RN4
Dear Ena, I like your optimism. Keep it up. :)
IzbrišiThe year 2020 was certainly a different year for all of us. I'm sure that none of us experienced any of the events that 2020 has brought us, prior to this year, so everything was quite new to us. The year was filled with negative news, but it has also brought us a lot of consciousness about the way we have been living in the past. It started with huge earthquakes and other natural disasters. Many lives were lost in the year 2020, and we have all lived in fear of the Corona virus, and are still living with that same fear, but it seems like we have gotten used to it by now. Trying to protect our own health, as well as the health of our loved ones and not being able to leave the house without wearing a mask and being reminded of how bad the state of the world actually is, has been really stressful. But on the other hand, I honestly think that the year 2020 has brought us a large amount of positive things as well. Nature has finally been able to breathe and show us what kind of power it holds. Other than that I realized that we don't have to live our lives chasing our responsibilities around and being preoccupied with work, school, and so on. 2020 has made us all stop what we were doing and turn back to our families which were, we must admit, neglected by us. Everything else was more important than them. But the virus has made us realize that the only ones who actually matter are our loved ones. I was personally able to return to my hobby which I haven't made enough time for before. So I painted a lot of painting while we were in quarantine. I also love that I have spent much more time with my family than I would have if everything was ok with the world. It has made us even closer than before. So in conclusion, my opinion is that we have all experienced a warning from the universe, and have been called to stop wasting our lives and destroying the planet. I just hope that this will be enough for us to start appreciating everything a lot more. So with that being said, yes I do see the light at the end of the tunnel and I think that we will be able to recover from all of this. My hope is that 2021 will bring us a lot more good than bad. (Monja Ražnatović PO II)
OdgovoriIzbrišiDear Monja, I really like the way you think and I am glad that you find time for yourself and enjoy it. You did make the most of this time in quarantine.
IzbrišiFor me 2020 was a tough year, especially when it comes to education and having fun with friends.
OdgovoriIzbrišiFirst of all I think that online education is very hard. It's not easier for me and for the whole past year i was hoping that we will finally be able to go back to university classrooms.
Going everywhere with masks on is killing me. People became so scared and distanced from others. Virus is a reason for that ofcourse. COVID is the most dangerous for our brains. We've all felt fear for the whole year straight, and we feel it nowdays too. That's really bad. Fear and negativity takes more lives than COVID does.
And the Media's only makes it worse.
We've lost some good people this year.
When it comes to friendships and relationships, we know who the real ones are now. Because the real ones stayed. That masks are off now.
But there is always good things in bad. Some amazing things also happened.
We made virtual friendships with people all around the world trough the social media.
Online classes gave us more time for ourselves. We had time to find ourselves. To realise that life can be hard sometimes but we have to make the best of our days.
We spend more time with our family.
Someone learned how to cook in quarantine, others learned how to dance, some of us have found out that we have some talent that we never knew we had.
We had time for us. To finish our favorite shows, read books that we always wanted to but didn't have te time.
Planet Earth took a break from people for some time also.
2020 have thaught us to appreciate things we have because they can dissappear in one night.
English classes were good this year. Our teacher really gave the best of her for us to learn something. Classes with her aren't boring and we actually learned a lot of things we didn't know about real life.I have to say that she is sweet and amazing person who tolerate a lot of things from us, and really good professor.
Commenting on this blog is really good thing too because we can see what all of our colagues think about every topic we learn on English classes.
Good thing that happened to me in 2020. is that I've found the love of my life ( I hope so), and I am really happy actually. Ofcourse things that made me sad is that i couldn't travel anywhere because of situation, i stayed in quarantine for 3 months also and had a less clients for my job (photographing) this year. And I'm sad for people that lost someone during pandemic.
Goals in 2021 for me is to be better person, as always. And I hope that pandemic will end as fast as it can.
I hope everything gets back to normal soon.
When pandemic ends i will go out with all of the people that i miss too much, and hug everyone!! I miss interaction with others in real life.
I hope we all learned to appreciate little things in our lives ,live in the moment, share love,not hate. Because life is unpredictable and time flies.
Happy New Year, stay healthy, stay happy and positive 💛
Mustajbegović Mirnesa, ER(II)
Each year brings something good and something bad for each of us. However, 2020 brought at least something bad to everyone. Someone lost a loved one, someone lost a job, someone stopped going to college, and someone stopped going to school, someone stopped playing sports. I am a person who belongs to the group of people who stopped going to college, who stopped work and who stopped going to folklore. In one day everything changed. Overnight I became a no-obligation person. Everything stopped overnight. However, not everything is so black. Now I had more time than ever to dedicate myself to faith, to dedicate myself. Many people have found some hobby and turned that hobby into a business. I am grateful to be the living people I love. Honestly, I'm not afraid of illness. I have a greater fear of losing a loved one. I have a different view of this situation, but the only thing I know is that many people have shown their selfishness and arrogance. This year happened to us to see what kind of people we really are. It happened to us as a warning for our behavior. Everything that is destined will happen. Like it or not. But it will also come to the end. Instead of panicking and looking at negative things, we should have looked for a positive examples in everything. We would be happier.
OdgovoriIzbrišiSadiković Alema, ER (II)
2020 was a different year for all of us. Even though we all remember her as full of lows. Nothing drastically changed in my life other than the fact that we have now online teaching which is really tiring and stressful.
OdgovoriIzbrišiHowever, for me, this year has had many positive and successful days. In 2020, I spent much more time with my parents and family. In very difficult situations this year, people have shown that it doesn’t matter at all who has how mach money, or our religion, nation, absolutely nothing.
We are all humans and we need to help each other and stay together when the time gets tough. This was a year that has allowed me to feel important, organized, successful, and among all of this, empathetic to family and friends. I really hope and pray that the year 2021 will be better than 2020, that we all spread more love and support to each other.
Martina Galić, RN3
The year 2020 turned out to be a challenging year for all of us. Actually, it happened to be a turnaround point in recent human history mainly because of the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Dare I say, 2020 wasn't a bad year, it was kind of an „opening“ year because I was taught to be more grateful for all the things I have in life especially mine and my families well-being. I am so grateful that my family is healthy and alive. However, for me, this year has had many positive and successful days. In 2020, I spent much more time with my parents and family because before we did not have time to spend time together. I hope we will be healthier, smarter. That all our wishes and paths will come true. Yes I see the light at the end of the tunnel and I think that we will be able to recover from all of this. My hope is that 2021 will bring us a lot more good than bad.
OdgovoriIzbrišiLast year was for all of us diffrent. My thoughts are that everything has it's positive and negative sides, like this situation has.
OdgovoriIzbrišiNegative thing, of course, is that a lot of people lost their close ones because of the virus, because there are still a lot of sick ones and because COVID made everyone of us so sad. Positive sides are that all of us spent more time with our family, that we learned to appreciate little things and life in general. Learning english online was very interesting and we had enough time for watching movies on english because we spent more time at our home.
Year that thought us to stay positive, greateful and happy in spite of everything will stay forever in our memory. I hope that 2021. year will be much better for all of us.
Ilma Latić, PO4🌹
ell, first of all, I have to say that year 2020 taught me to take care of myself and to take care of people in my environment.
OdgovoriIzbrišiFor sure, 2020. was huge test for everybody. It was all about being patient, calm and self-protective. I believe that past year had some positive sides. I think that I had more time for myself, to strengthen my character, build my personality, and to read many books. Weak people spent a year complaining about whole situation with Covid-19, but strong people had positive vibes which made them look good. Thanks to God, none of my family members were infected, neither do I. But we were still kind of scared because we were reading the news every day, we watched TV programs about thousand people being infected every day. No matter how hard you try to stay positive about situation, you simply can't because people were dying every minute, just because one man wanted to eat a bat. I still hope that world can be a safe and wonderful place to live in again and I believe that year 2021 will be much better than last one.
Vernesa Fatić, PO3
The Corona virus has infected more than 67 million people, affected more than 80 percent of the world's business, and quarantined a million people.
OdgovoriIzbrišiBut even global honor - the corona virus pandemic - has not united humanity.
Armed conflicts, murders, violence, riots, protests, but also natural disasters, were marked in 2020 as well as the fight against Kovid-19.
Although it is difficult to believe in anything and beautiful things, the positive years on the run were like no other in the recent past. The corona virus has infected more than 67 million people, affected more than 80 percent of the world's business, and quarantined millions of people.
But even the global plague - the coronary virus pandemic - has not united humanity.
Armed conflicts, murders, violence, riots, protests, but also natural disasters, marked 2020 as much as the fight against Kovid-19.
Although it is hard to believe, there were also beautiful things, positive stories.
The planet finally breathed, because the factories stopped, the road, the desire
railway and air traffic.
Amra Ivazović, RN 3
Year 2020 for me personally has been really strange and unpredictable. For some people it has been the worst year, for other even the best, but I can't say any of this. I had the hardest and in the same time the happiest moments in my life. I feel like so many things happened, like more things happened in this year than in my entire life earlier. This year has really affected on me and my family not just because corona virus, actually it was less important thing, but because other things that were happening. But positive thing is that we got closer in some way and we were doing things that we actually never did before. So I'm really greatfull for everything that happened because I believe everything happens with reason. Highs for me in this year were developing myself, more thinking, understanding myself. But I also had some lows. My lowest was moment when I discovered my desease and I was forced to choose the way of caring but each of them had some risk. I faced with something like this first time in my life but it brought me some best things I've ever experienced in my life. So it learnt me that I need to trust and understand that everything has its start and end. If you believe you will see light in the end of tunnel, then you will. I do. But everything depends of the way of looking. One more positive thing in this year for me was that I improved my english what I' ve always wanted to but honestly I didn't really work for it. But this blog and interesting topics forced me to improve my vocabulary which makes me really happy. I can't say any bad thing about english because this was year when I engaged with it than ever before, so only objection I could say is that maybe it would be more interesting and more effective if we had it face to face. But it wasn't in our hands so I'm satisfied anyway.
OdgovoriIzbrišiHowever we all could learn a lots of in this year which I can say in only one word "gratitude". In human nature is that we usually don't appreciate what we have and when we lose it we feel sorry about it. This year reminded us on all beautiful things we have. I don't know what will happening in next year and I don't have any expectations but I know that life is made of good and bad moments and it's unchanging truth no matter what are those moments about. But surely that I hope this virus will become past. (Semina Nešust, II godina, Odsijek za edukaciju i rehabilitaciju).
Year 2020 was difficult for everyone, but the way we saw it made everything easier or harder. In my eyes, it was totally fine year. Everyone learned something new, and got better perspective of everything that is happening around us. Personally I have dedicated myself into mental growth, where I spent more time reading books and doing some trainings. I have spent less time travelling, but I organized that time in some other ways. 2020 was not the worst year ever because it showed to us that it can always get worse (joking). But, it indeed was not the worst year because we are still alive, healthy, and happy. We have everything we need. But we also saw that life is short and it can be cut at any moment so we should do and be more good. Pandemic will end, but our lives will continue, hopefully. There is a chance to start new life globally, we just need to start ourselves.
OdgovoriIzbrišiAjla Hadžić, PO 4, vanredna
I should talk about the year 2020? First of all, I should point out that personally, this year flew by like it lasted just for a month or two. My feelings about 2020. are mixed with excitment and fear. The fear is coming from the "unknown". And the excitment from all the beautiful things that I experienced regardless to the chaotic world situation. One of my best friends got married, my other girlfriend, who is more like a sister to me, got a cute little baby, so I can say thay I got a new tittle in the year of 2020 - auntie! I wouldn't agree that this was the worst year ever because 90% of the living beings are alive and healthy, having more time to enjoy with their family, people started to appricate the nature, fresh air etc. This year helped me collect new experiences in a different fields, including English, so I would say thay I am very satisfaid with the "flow" of the year 2020.
OdgovoriIzbrišiMy hopes for 2021 are indeed enormnous! I do hope to grow more in a personal and bussiness plan! I hope that everyone will pay more attention to their mental health, and to clearly see all the things that are truly important and that the light at the end of the tunnel is inside of them. All the time, in year 2020 as well as the all years which passed and all upcoming ones!
Esma Strinić, PO4, vanredna
I should talk about the year 2020? First of all, I should point out that personally, this year flew by like it lasted just for a month or two. My feelings about 2020. are mixed with excitment and fear. The fear is coming from the "unknown". And the excitment from all the beautiful things that I experienced regardless to the chaotic world situation. One of my best friends got married, my other girlfriend, who is more like a sister to me, got a cute little baby, so I can say thay I got a new tittle in the year of 2020 - auntie! I wouldn't agree that this was the worst year ever because 90% of the living beings are alive and healthy, having more time to enjoy with their family, people started to appricate the nature, fresh air etc. This year helped me collect new experiences in a different fields, including English, so I would say thay I am very satisfaid with the "flow" of the year 2020.
OdgovoriIzbrišiMy hopes for 2021 are indeed enormnous! I do hope to grow more in a personal and bussiness plan! I hope that everyone will pay more attention to their mental health, and to clearly see all the things that are truly important and that the light at the end of the tunnel is inside of them. All the time, in year 2020 as well as the all years which passed and all upcoming ones!
Esma Strinić, PO4, vanredna
Hi,
OdgovoriIzbrišiI think for many people 2020 is the worst year ever. Many people lost their jobs. Many people are sick. For me 2020 was a very stressful year. I am sad because we don't go to college. But I know that the most important thing is to stay healthy. Now I am used to studying from home. I hope that 2021 will be much better for all of us and that we will return to college soon.
Lejla Kadić,PO4.
Dear Lejla, I'm glad you're thinking positively. I'm sorry because the year was stressful for you, but I hope you understand that it is very important because we are healthy and because we have the opportunity to go to school anyway because many do not have that multiplicity.
IzbrišiDalila Kadunić, PO3
Hello,
OdgovoriIzbrišiThis year was for somebody good, for somebody bad. For me, it was good because I spent more time with my family, and with people that I really love. 2020 has positive and negative sides. The positive thing about last year was that we were able to spend more time with our families, and we rest from all our jobs but the negative side of this year are that we had to spend one part of each working day at the computers. But now, we don't spend that much time with our friends. Also, the bad thing that happened at this year is that many people lost their jobs, many people got sick, many people also died.
What I have learned from this year is to pay attention to the more important people and things in our lives, not to pay attention to things that we do not have and will not benefit from in the future.
Mustafić Alma, RN2.
The year 2020, believe it or not, was very successful for me. I managed to pass two very important subjects and move on to the 3rd year of study. I was healthy, happy, smiling, I was surrounded by people I love and from whom I can learn a lot. Also, I am very glad because the professor showed us this blog and allowed us to post comments here and socialize regardless of the years and departments we study at our faculty. I think we should all look positively, this year has brought many beautiful things, someone may have had a child, someone may have had a sister or brother, someone may have graduated from college, someone may have passed a driving test. Yes, this has been a difficult and challenging year, it has taken many lives, but I believe there is at least one positive thing we can remember that we are suffering for the good this year. Corona virus, we're still here fighting you.
OdgovoriIzbrišiDalila Kadunić, III, PO
For me this year was soooo strange. Everything changed in my life and me also changed like person.
OdgovoriIzbrišiI think this year was year of cleaning our minds and bodys. We can figure out what is important in our lifes, like family, friends and us. We must become our best friends. When you have time to be alone and thinking you going to understand your thoughts. Every day is gift from God, so it’s not important what year is. Just live and love whatever is given to you. It can be 2020 or 2030 year but You are with reason experienced this year.
I am grateful.
I agree with you that this year was year of cleaning our minds.
Izbriši2020 is very odd year. Everyone's life was changed from upside down, many of regular things could not be done normally. It was hard to make through, but we did it.
OdgovoriIzbrišiLows are definetelly pandemic and all-around panicing, dissorganization of everything and all the restrictions, but at least there was time for enjoying the nature and there were moments with my friends and family that are so precious.
My close ones and me have not felt bad things on our skin, so I am very grateful for that.
It was rather complicated to adjust to online classes but in the end I am contented with our English study.
Definetely, to nurture the nature more, to be more compassionate with other humans, and to appreciate more what we have.
There is always light we just need to look for it. Situation is getting better, and in near future I hope everything will go back to how it was.
Covid-19 will leave a great mark but I wish that it will not spoil the whole decade and it will be better as soon as it is possible.
Magdalena Milišić, ER2
Year 2020.
OdgovoriIzbrišiWow, when I say previous year, I still can not believe it is over. Who could imagine?
As the 2020 year goes, I can say that it was a good, and a bad year. Overall, we can say it depends on how we choose to look on it.
I choose to look on it as a positive thing. There were highs and there were lows, but can we actually say that it is something new? We always have ups and downs in our lives, but in this certain moment the situation was not as we were used to, and I choose to say that is okay.
My life changed. I have suffered a lost and I watched my loved ones lose people they care about, and it is terrifying. Even so, I think that is life. Without fear we would not appreciate what we have. As I said, everything depends on how you choose to look on it.
When it comes to my family, it affected it in a way that my brother went back to America sooner that we expected, but overall, we coped with this year as a family. I learned how to love my family in a proper way and in a way they deserve it. I learned to appreciate them more and to enjoy our time together.
When it comes to English, I love learning English and this did not affect me or my will to learn. What I want is to thank my English professor Izela for having understanding when it comes to our situations. The bad thing about this way of learning is that we are overwhelmed with tasks and most of professors do not have that kind of understanding, but they also don't understand that with that, they are pushing us further from learning and actually, themselves. That is the reason I happily participated in discussions and our classes. In these past few weeks I did not wanted to be too active because I wanted to give my other colleagues space to participate.
As a person who suffered a lot of losts in her life, I can not say that this was not the worst year ever, at least for me. I got a job in a time where many people lost their jobs. I have my mom and my brother, they are healthy, they are okay. We are safe and sound, and that is the most important thing in our lives.
But as it goes for the World, I think we suffered a severe trauma. As people, as nations. But this also made us stronger and smarter. That is the reason I can see the light of the tunnel. There are many stories of how this year will go, but it is up to us to see and try to make it as good as possible. One is certain, no one will ever forget 2020.
Resulović Ajla PO4
Izbriši2020 year was like every other year for me. There were nothing special except mine journeys. And it wasn’t the worst year in my life.
OdgovoriIzbrišiWe met with lockdown, with masks and social distancing. Almost every day of the year was about it. What 2020 became was series of disasters, the burning of California, the worst pandemic the world has seen in more than a century. But there was hope. Hope which says the better day are comming. 2020 has been a challengin year for much of the economy. Here is a list of the major events that happend last year: Australian bushfires, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle quit royal family, COVID-19 pandemic and Kobe Bryant’s death. Yes, these all happened in 2020. Someone could say the year from hell. Some historians say that the truly worst year was 536. That’s the year a vulcano erupted in Iceland and the sun dimmed for a year and a half, leading to a catastrophic global cold spell.
This is a very strange year. Even so, most of us can look around on most days and fin pleasure and beauty not conjured by the word “worst”. A sunrise, a sunset. The most important thing- days spent with family!
Nejra Emšo, ER2
The year 2020 was full of challenges for all of us.The Covid-19 pandemic has changed our lives. We couldn't go where we want, many people were sick. Unfortunately, many people lost their lives. Education and doing business were online. For me, the year 2020 was okay. My family and I were healthy all year. I learned a lot things about online education. 2020 taught all of us to value health, to value time spent with people we love. We will never be able to bring back the moments that pass. That is why we need to enjoy every day. I hope the year 2021 will be better for everyone.
OdgovoriIzbrišiBerina Lemezan, RN III.
Kadira Karavdić, PO IV
OdgovoriIzbrišiFor me, 2020, despite the pandemic, was one of the most beautiful because I became a parent. The situation with the pandemic enabled me to spend the most time at home and to dedicate myself to my baby to the maximum. Learning English, as well as other subjects, was a little harder for me due to online teaching and inaccessibility, as well as for private reasons. I hope that in the New Year we will all see the light at the end of the tunnel and that the pandemic will stop.
How old is your baby? 🥰
IzbrišiHe is 1 year and 2 months old 😊
IzbrišiI think that 2020 is a great experience for us as well as for the whole world and all segments. Encountering many things we don’t encounter now as well as giving up many habits. I think that the biggest setbacks for me were that last year had a very psychological effect on me and on many people in my environment. Disabled many desires and plans. To consider 2020 to be the worst year ever, at least for me given that I was later a child of war. Many lives have been lost due to pandemics, a large number of earthquakes and other accidents. The pandemic affected the family, the loss of acquaintances, great fear and stress due to the robbery, affected the business and financial situation. As for learning English with your ability, we could be very active, read letters on the blog, exchange opinions with colleagues. I think this is one big phenomenon in the world that all of us, regardless of the situation in the country, whether the country is an economy, tourism is strong, in the end we are all people and we will all end up the same. I don't see the light at the end of the tunnel, in addition to all the situations, I think that the state has very bad decisions. Great negligence in power. I don't know, I sincerely hope that this year will be better, that it will be better and easier for my loved ones to get through everything, that this country will do something and reduce the number of sick and dead.
OdgovoriIzbrišiAmina Škaljić, Vanredan student, PO4
The year of 2020 surelly was different if we compare it with other years. It was challenge for all of us - students, teachers and others. It was not easy to get used to the new way of our life. The saddest thing about this year is that we all will remember it like a year we lost some of family members and people we care about. This pandemic affected on us and our mental health. We also didn't have a lot of time to spend with our family and friends because of this kind of teaching. But I think that we all started to eat healthier food to increase level of our immune system. We also learn how important is to have friends in this bad times and how important is to have the right people around you.
OdgovoriIzbrišiI really hope this year will be better for all of us and I wish you all the best.
The previous year was extremely stressful for all of us. I’m not going to say it was the worst year ever, because beautiful things happened in it after all, but it was the year we'll never forget. Things I learned in 2020: to appreciate my health and the health of my family, enjoy the little things, to love myself and the way I am, and always expect unexpected. In my opinion, this lessons can help us to make the world a better place.
OdgovoriIzbrišiIlma Mirvić, RN IV
2020. amazing topic. We thought it would never end, but finally it did, and here we are, saying goodbye to 2020. My opinion about 2020 is that it was full of highs and lows. I find highs of last year were, above all, global cleaning of the Earth. When I say “global cleaning”, I mean cleaning of the air that we are brathing, even though that is not the case in our country. Personally, I find highs of lockdown and working from home, among other things, was time we got to spend with our families, parents, children, and many people we care about. Also this was our chance to meet natural beaty of our environment, and that means long walks on mountains, parks, bike riding, breathing fresh air, and many others…
OdgovoriIzbrišiPersonally, I think that 2020 has many more disadvantages than advantages. Many people have lost their jobs. Financial situation for the most of the world population have gone worse, while certain group of people have made their fortune even bigger (people who make masks, meds, vaccines, general pharmaceutical industry). In large, 2020 was a big change in the way of life. We are forced to wear masks on a daily basis, constantly keep our social distance, keep maximum alert on every step that we take to keep safe ourselves and close people around us.
From all this, we should take everything positive and look at this like this is a restart for humanity. It remains for us to hope and do everything in our power to recover from COVID-19 pandemic.
Amna Hebib, PO3
Can you remember a year more life - changing than 2020?Every year typically has a few defining moments ,but the past year have contained so many world - changing.I could not imagine that milions of people would be locked in houses,or that we not be able to hug or kiss our loved ones.i hope everything will pass soon.
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