#9 Blog Post - Zaucha
I must say that things have escalated (a lot) since the coronavirus has come out. I mean look at us now. Almost every college or university across the country has sent kids home and is doing e-learning, elementary and high schools as well.
I think it is honestly cool yet very scary to be going through this pandemic in real-time. For one aspect of it, we are witnessing history and we are watching what people are going to be talking about in many years play out now. Obviously, it has major drawbacks especially when death is considered, but the impact that a virus is having on our society is insane. I mean it is a virus that cannot survive without a host and the way that we know it is spreading is when more people come into contact. Social distancing has to be legit in order for all of this work that is being done to be worth it. I think the virus has some other negative drawbacks especially considering a school. I feel like I am in school-mode when I am at school and I am a lot more relaxed when I am at home - and not in a good way. I feel as if being home causes people to feel that things aren't necessary to complete (I mean at least for me as I have had zero motivation to do any of my work).
I have seen the impact of the virus in my home town community as well. One of the first landing spots of the coronavirus in the USA is in Chicago and since no one was minimizing public transport or human contact, it spread into my home town. This caused all high schools and elementary schools to go online, spring sports are canceled, and everyone is home. I never thought my whole family would be living in the same house again for more than a summer and yet here we are. But hey it's all about adjustments.
I was not expecting to be coming home so soon especially after only spending about 2 full months on campus. I am honestly very sad about it as I love college. It is a taste of independence that I never really got (and I am sure many others didn't get) while living under parents. Don't get me wrong I am absolutely thankful for my parents and everything they do to support me but it is nice to see a change of pace especially knowing that they won't be holding my hand every step of the way in the future. I also feel and know that they support me and I am so grateful for them especially how fast they responded to the coronavirus situation.
On another hand, I am actually quite sad that I had to leave service learning. I mean during the beginning of the year I was really worried about time management especially as including the service-learning in my schedule but luckily it still allowed me to have a small break in my day while also knowing that I helped people out.
I think it is honestly cool yet very scary to be going through this pandemic in real-time. For one aspect of it, we are witnessing history and we are watching what people are going to be talking about in many years play out now. Obviously, it has major drawbacks especially when death is considered, but the impact that a virus is having on our society is insane. I mean it is a virus that cannot survive without a host and the way that we know it is spreading is when more people come into contact. Social distancing has to be legit in order for all of this work that is being done to be worth it. I think the virus has some other negative drawbacks especially considering a school. I feel like I am in school-mode when I am at school and I am a lot more relaxed when I am at home - and not in a good way. I feel as if being home causes people to feel that things aren't necessary to complete (I mean at least for me as I have had zero motivation to do any of my work).
I have seen the impact of the virus in my home town community as well. One of the first landing spots of the coronavirus in the USA is in Chicago and since no one was minimizing public transport or human contact, it spread into my home town. This caused all high schools and elementary schools to go online, spring sports are canceled, and everyone is home. I never thought my whole family would be living in the same house again for more than a summer and yet here we are. But hey it's all about adjustments.
I was not expecting to be coming home so soon especially after only spending about 2 full months on campus. I am honestly very sad about it as I love college. It is a taste of independence that I never really got (and I am sure many others didn't get) while living under parents. Don't get me wrong I am absolutely thankful for my parents and everything they do to support me but it is nice to see a change of pace especially knowing that they won't be holding my hand every step of the way in the future. I also feel and know that they support me and I am so grateful for them especially how fast they responded to the coronavirus situation.
On another hand, I am actually quite sad that I had to leave service learning. I mean during the beginning of the year I was really worried about time management especially as including the service-learning in my schedule but luckily it still allowed me to have a small break in my day while also knowing that I helped people out.
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