Abdulkadir Özkan: "The pandemic affected life in all areas"

Abdulkadir Özkan: "The pandemic affected life in all areas"
Date: 7.5.2020 17:30

Milli Gazete columnist Abdulkadir Özkan writes on Covid-19 and Turkey. Here is the full article.

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Although it is not possible to express precisely to what extent the phrases “Everything will change after the epidemic” or “Nothing will be the same as before”, it would not be wrong to say that the epidemic has greatly affected our lives in all areas and even some of our habits have changed. It is certain that the epidemic affecting the whole world will have some negative consequences. If it did not, it would mean that if everything would continue as before, there would be no serious change in effect. At this point, it is important in what direction the changes that will emerge will affect the past. It is possible to say with an optimistic view that the epidemic has some positive effects on our lives. For example, it was possible to call some of our friends and relatives, whom we had not been able to meet for years, even if they were on the phone, and made interviews, but we had to do a friend and relative search, even if it was not an epidemic. It was even a task for all of us. However, there are situations in which we lose ourselves in the world rush, and therefore there are many that we neglect to call our friends and relatives. In this regard, I think it would be incomplete to make an evaluation by looking at only one point and looking for a change in our lives.
 
It will be incomplete to evaluate exactly what changes the outbreak will cause in our life and in the world. However, it would not be wrong to say that the effects of the outbreak will lead to some changes in every aspect of our lives. For example, it will not be possible to replace the lives lost, and their suffering will always remain in us. The problems experienced by people who lost their jobs and their relatives will not be forgotten at such a moment. In the meantime, the traces of the pain caused by the absence of being on the painful days of the people we know as friends for years will not disappear. To what extent it will be possible to compensate for the difficulties and losses that the students who have been away from their school for months will be able to compensate. Let me quickly state that, according to the circumstances, the authorities are in an effort to find solutions to the problems of the students who lose their jobs and remain unemployed. For example, in the primary and secondary education, the first scorecard grades were also accepted as the second scorecard, and it was decided that no students, even those who were weak, would stay in the class and pass as a debtor. This decision will, to some extent, eliminate the suffering caused by their stay away from their school for a reason not caused by students. However, it will not be possible to replace the subjects that they could not handle in the past period in the future. Of course, everyone from the student to the teacher will do their best in this regard. For instance, in order to overcome this shortcoming, distance education has been put into effect and the shortcomings of the students have been tried to be overcome. However, most of the students who faced this type of education for the first time are not able to achieve the desired result. I am not saying this to emphasize that distance learning is useless. Only, none of the changes made can take place in people's lives at any time.
 
Of course, it will not be possible to replace the outgoing souls. On the other hand, even if the problems are suffered, financial losses can be compensated to some extent. In addition, this year will be a great loss for all our students. In short, we need to act and strive together as a society to eliminate the negative effects of the epidemic in our lives.

YEREL HABERLER

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