“Which probably wasn't the best for them,” Holly said.
She estimates during lockdown she would study around four hours a day — one class in the morning and one in the afternoon, with a little exercise and food breaks in between.
“I was trying to keep a bit of a rhythm throughout my days.
“It was quite independent. You know, if you wanted to do it you did it.”
Holly said some people who came back to school after lockdown had done no school work. She said the break sounded nice but it would be hell once they were back at school.
Holly said a helpful change made due to the pandemic was the extended exam period, which gave students 10 more days to prepare for the tests.
Having studied physics, chemistry, biology, statistics and English, she is off to Palmerston North to study radiography in February, following her mother, who is a nurse, into healthcare.
After speaking with her mother, friends and family she became fascinated by the scans, X-rays and the physics behind the technology.
As part of her studies she will be on placement at a hospital.
Her first choice was at the busy Waikato Hospital where a lot happens but she says she is happy with her second choice — Gisborne.
