Category: Virtual Coffeehouse (Page 8 of 8)

         Considering the pandemic that has spread all over the world has affected every single person in some way, it has completely impacted everything that was going on in my life. Living two hours away, on transit, from college, I had been up by 5 AM to be ready for my 8:30 AM classes, online classes excited me since there was no need for that anymore. But, this change negatively impacted my daily lifestyle. I feel less motivated to wake up and do my work, and I have noticed my friends feel the same. Most other students do not take the online school seriously and might forget the tasks professors assigned to them. It is also hard to experience this because the change was sudden, many are not used to this style of learning and may feel uncomfortable. For me, it is really hard to learn online because I learn the best when I physically have books, handouts in my hands, or when I write from hand rather than reading from my phone or my computer. It is also really hard for both professors and students to combine their work and studying with family situations, which may cause people to be less concentrated and it would take longer for them to successfully finish the tasks. Some students may also feel anxious about this situation and the idea of staying home and combing everything they had to their homes and their escape area. Being quarantined is a good thing to do at this moment and I genuinely hope everyone is safe and healthy, this will prevent the spread of the virus. But I also hope this will be over soon so that I can feel less caged in the house and constantly obligated to do school work and maintain the comfortable lifestyle I had before the changes.

The challenge that I’m facing doing school right now is not having the energy to get up and start on my work earlier in the day, instead I tend to wait until later on that day to do it which causes frustration. Due to the virus COVID-19 causing places in the U.S. to lockdown and everyone to stay home. As I stay home I tend to stay up longer than I usually do on school nights. So since I’m “out” of school I will still tell myself that I’ll do my work later because my mind would make me feel like I have all day to do it. Me not physically going to school and being in my house all day makes me lazy towards my work. So for now on, I will be going to sleep earlier then usual and I’ll be planning out my agenda a head of time to make my day more smoother.

                         With the current virus COVID-19 out affecting the whole world, everyone is at a disarray. All around social media, I read and see so much people miserable, lost, and afraid to step outside their home. There are many who can’t even work at the moment, including myself and some of my family members. Then there is many Asians who are wrongly criticized and blamed by others who just want to blame someone instead of doing their part to help fight through this current crisis. It is disheartening to see that we are not united. Everyone is going through their own issues with this virus, and I hope that they will get through this outbreak, because I believe it will end soon. With this virus out affecting the world, we students are force to switch to distance-learning for the rest of the semester. Professors and students alike had to switch so quickly, that it is truly hard to say we are not still transitioning. Before, I liked the idea of staying home, and not having to wake up as early, but after these pass few days, I realize how boring it is to stay home majority of the time. Also with all my classes online now, it feels so out of order, and filled with more pressure. However, I see that my professors are trying their best to ease the pressure on us , because like us students, they are also going through this outbreak in their own way. The rest of the semester will indeed be a heartache, and stressful, but I truly believe if students and professors continue to work together, we will get through these dark times.  

This crisis has caused a lot of turmoil and fear throughout the nation and the world. this has led to many changes in our current system. Schools along with other jobs and services have been closed or changed to be able to slow the spread of this virus. This has led to a change in our way of learning. This transition from in-person discussions to online lectures has been strange. However, that’s to be expected in the first few days or even the first few weeks. This change, of course, is not guaranteed to be comfortable in the least. It’s going to take some getting used to. In my case, the challenge I’m struggling the most with is my work ethic. I’m not yet used to my place of rest becoming one where I work. Now I must change my mindset to one of diligence while I’m at home for at least the foreseeable future. Another issue I see throughout my classes is the difficulty transitioning from personal to digital lectures. However, I feel that is easily fixable if the students and professors work together in trying to make this transition as smooth as possible. Then once everything is said and done, we’ll be able to continue in our daily lives.