Final Post - Nick Moscardelli
There are a number of reasons this year was unconventional for Northeastern students, specifically NUin. Our entire first year of college was a bit abnormal considering that we went abroad in our first semester then only spent 2 months in Boston before getting sent home thanks to COVID-19. I’m still unsure if we’ll be on campus in the fall considering that other schools are waiting until next spring to open, but I think that’s a bit too premature to say. I think the one key thing that I could take from 2020 is that I can never have too many backup plans. 2020 was already a weird year for me because I’m in the process of moving from the town that I pretty much grew up in for most of my life. I think if I wasn’t moving the quarantine would be much more tolerable, yet I could be dealing with significantly worse problems. It all comes down to preparation and making sure I always have a plan B.
I am the type of person who likes being in a routine and organized, so when I had about 3 days to leave Northeastern because the university just rushed kicking all the students out, I was a little thrown off. It took me a while to adjust to online classes and change reminders and alarms so they would make sense for working at home. Nevertheless, I, much like many other students, figured out a basic schedule and continued on with my life. I even started realizing the positive aspects of working at home like sleeping in and eating home-cooked food. Another way I found to cope with the situation was to start planning ahead for the summer and next year. It puts my mind at ease when I have goals or really just something to do in the future, especially if I’m doing it ahead of time. There’s a lot of different variables factoring into what I might be doing over the summer, so I’ve been working out different plans trying to figure out practical things to keep me occupied. I don’t get stressed out very easily, but when I feel like I’m running out of or wasting time when I could be doing something useful, I get pretty worried. No one can predict the future, so it’s best just to get ahead while I still can.
I’m definitely happy I did spend the two months in Boston though. It was nice to meet more people in the same major as me and I’m definitely missing them along with my NUin friends I met in Ireland. It’s nice to have people that are going to have similar classes to me in the future, and I plan on keeping in contact with them over the summer until we meet again (hopefully) in the fall. I really haven’t seen any of my friends in person since around spring break, and I’m sure everyone knows how it’s been a little lonely being stuck at home working or studying. In the end, we can just hope for the best and that 2020 will be a learning experience. The worst thing we could do is just forget everything that happened once this blows over and just make the same mistakes we did before.
As short as it’s been, it has been a really nice experience being part of Northeastern, specifically this First-Year writing class. Whether it was online or in the classroom, there were plenty of memorable moments from 2019-2020 and I hope that when all the coronavirus problems die down, there will be many more memories to make in the future.
I am the type of person who likes being in a routine and organized, so when I had about 3 days to leave Northeastern because the university just rushed kicking all the students out, I was a little thrown off. It took me a while to adjust to online classes and change reminders and alarms so they would make sense for working at home. Nevertheless, I, much like many other students, figured out a basic schedule and continued on with my life. I even started realizing the positive aspects of working at home like sleeping in and eating home-cooked food. Another way I found to cope with the situation was to start planning ahead for the summer and next year. It puts my mind at ease when I have goals or really just something to do in the future, especially if I’m doing it ahead of time. There’s a lot of different variables factoring into what I might be doing over the summer, so I’ve been working out different plans trying to figure out practical things to keep me occupied. I don’t get stressed out very easily, but when I feel like I’m running out of or wasting time when I could be doing something useful, I get pretty worried. No one can predict the future, so it’s best just to get ahead while I still can.
I’m definitely happy I did spend the two months in Boston though. It was nice to meet more people in the same major as me and I’m definitely missing them along with my NUin friends I met in Ireland. It’s nice to have people that are going to have similar classes to me in the future, and I plan on keeping in contact with them over the summer until we meet again (hopefully) in the fall. I really haven’t seen any of my friends in person since around spring break, and I’m sure everyone knows how it’s been a little lonely being stuck at home working or studying. In the end, we can just hope for the best and that 2020 will be a learning experience. The worst thing we could do is just forget everything that happened once this blows over and just make the same mistakes we did before.
As short as it’s been, it has been a really nice experience being part of Northeastern, specifically this First-Year writing class. Whether it was online or in the classroom, there were plenty of memorable moments from 2019-2020 and I hope that when all the coronavirus problems die down, there will be many more memories to make in the future.
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