June 01, 2021
Natasha Osman s home-based learning setup
Natasha Osman
These days, Natasha Osman would sit in front of her laptop, her fingers fiddling with the wire of her earphones as she waited for her turn to speak.
For the National University of Singapore (NUS) student, she could feel the nerves running through her with each Zoom class – her palms sweaty as she prepared to answer a question.
The moment the 22-year-old unmuted her microphone and opened her mouth, she felt herself freeze as the thoughts and vision of her classmates, from the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, blurred.
She felt as though she was drowning in water as she tried to gasp for air, her lecturer s concerned voice fading in and out of her ears.
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