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In their own words, Marlburians look back on 2020, the year the world changed.
Marlborough student Isabella Lee Finally, 2020 is over. This year has gone both incredibly fast but also felt incredibly long. I would be lying if I said that 2020 was a breeze, that it was easy or even that it went as I thought it would go. I completed my final year of high school in the midst of a global pandemic, something that I never thought I would face. 2020 brought a unique set of challenges with it. From the distance placed between my family members and me, to online learning, 2020 was filled with constant change. Though, in all the challenging and stressful times that 2020 presented me with, I discovered new things about myself, found new ways to connect with others and found many opportunities from the comfort of my home. I never realised how much you can bond with new and old friends, through Zoom movie nights and Monopoly online, I learnt that we can always find a way to connect with oth