By Anj Snape and Divya Jindal-Snape; artwork Ashling Larkin
COVID-19 has triggered multiple and multi-dimensional transitions for everyone. This blog post is in the form of a comic. ‘Lost, and found, in transitions’ tells the story of the transitions of a girl that were triggered by the abrupt school closure, lockdown and cancellation of Advanced Higher exams (final year of secondary school exams in Scotland). It outlines how normative and expected transitions that she was looking forward to were disrupted by COVID-19, triggering (different) academic, social and psychological transitions. The story highlights the positive and negative transition experiences, and strategies used by her (and her family) as she adapts to the changes over time. This story pulls together a number of young people’s experiences of the lockdown and ‘the last day of high school, EVER!’.
This comic is available for free download and you can print it for educational purposes.
Anj Snape is a secondary school student from Scotland. Divya Jindal-Snape is Professor of Education, Inclusion and Life Transitions at the University of Dundee. Ashling Larkin is a Dundee-based comic artist and illustrator.
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