Blog Post #9

I think we are now on day #3 of official quarantine, well at least that is how long I have been home for. I am not going to lie, I hate online school. I am definitely the type of person who learns in a classroom and I like having things explained to me in person. Even if I am not diligently taking notes an entire class, I like to listen and absorb the information in class and then refresh my memory after class by either reading what I need to know or then taking notes on it. I feel like I am going to get very distracted from being home and not having to physically go into class. I think that it is going to be a major adjustment and it will take some time to get the hang of it. I guess there are some positives in being home, such as being able to see my parents and my sister, but being together all the time is going to get a little tiring. I think coming home for a weekend every now and then would be great, but I am literally going to be home for the next six months. Six months. I probably should get a job, but I feel like that would be slightly difficult with online classes. Imagine applying for a job and explaining you can't work Mondays 11:45-2:40, Tuesdays 9:50-10:40 and every other week 2:50-5:40, Wednesdays 11:45-5:40, Thursdays 9:15-2:40, and Fridays 11:45-1:25. I don't know. I am usually one to love being home, but I think that I may drive myself and my family crazy while being here for this long with seemingly not a lot to do (I actually do have a lot to do, but it almost feels like I don't because of being home and not at school). I also usually like being home, because I would get to see my friends from high school. But no, my mom has made the decision to not let me see any of my friends and not to let me leave the house to go anywhere. I think that has been one of the hardest parts of being home. All of my friends from high school have been home from college, but I have not been allowed to see any of them. I haven't seen some of these friends in more than three months and now some of them are less than 10 minutes away and I still haven't seen them. But, I know that people are in worse situations and this whole thing will just take time to get used to. When I was feeling really upset the other day after packing all of my things in my dorm to bring home, my mom told me that things could be a lot worse, and I agreed that's true. Even though I agreed that was true, she continued to explain how her parents weren't asked to leave college to go and sit in their living room for a couple of weeks, but rather they were asked to leave college to go to war. So, I guess that is one way to consider ourselves lucky. I know that there are a lot worse situations and we should be focusing on the good things in life, but that has been kinda hard to do when all anyone talks about is the Coronavirus. Anyways, I hope online school is going better for you guys than it is for me.