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The start of this school year has been a lot different from what most of us are used to.

Many kids are learning online, while others are getting used to masking up for class.

There are different rules in different cities,

different states, and different countries. We checked in on ninth grader Leo, sixth grader August,

and third graders Zora and Miles, to find out what school during the pandemic looks like for

them in Tokyo, Japan. Here's what they had to say.

We are doing a hybrid of Tuesdays and Thursdays on campus

and then Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays online.

When I'm not, they're physically, it's usually quite easy.

We just have classes most of the day,

and then have like a couple breaks in between where I can just hang out at home. I think it's

cool to like when you're at home, you get to like choose how you want to split up your work

and things like that. In person. It's normal at first, but always my mom has to take my

temperature before school and she

returns it in a form on the computer. Parents are not allowed in campus, so we have to walk

up the hill parker bikes and then say goodbye. Also, when you get to school, you have to like

do your temperature again and to put your hands.

There's hand sanitizers in each desk, and you also have to bring a backup mask, and you have to

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