HW for 9/15

The Covid 19 pandemic was a event that changed my view on education. I was a sophomore in high school when covid happened. The idea of learning in bed sounded amazing to me, being comfortable while doing school work is a dream. A very contagious disease had shook the world and made that idea happen. At first online learning was very easy and manageable as it was fresh to us all and I can imagine it was hard for teachers to make lessons easier for online. I slowly started to get tired of the same schedule everyday. Waking up and logging on to your computer first thing in the morning was annoying. My sleep schedule was starting to get horrible and I just started to miss class cause of it. Fortunately teachers were being understanding in this tough time.

Fast forward and junior year is in full effect and this is known as the most important year in high school. Covid is still raging and infecting everyone. I make myself a promise that I will be doing the best I can even with all the tough challenges going on. As the school year goes on I lose all my motivation for school and even question if it’s even for me. The beginning of June arrives and I think “finally, school is almost over and I don’t have to deal with this anymore”. One day I receive a letter from my school, I open and read that I am behind on credits and looks like if I don’t do summer school I will not graduate. I did not think I had gotten to the point to where I have no risked my chances of graduating on time. Over the next 3 weeks I had deep thought and noticed how important and privileged I am to be able to receive this education. Covid had changed my perspective on how important my education was to not only me but my family.

HW For 9/13

The Covid pandemic really changed my view on education/learning. I, a person who was deciding on switching to online school was put to the test to see how I would do. I now know I can not succeed or perform to the fullest online. Ever since those 2 horrible years online, I learned that in person learning is miles better than online.

Another thing that changed my view on education/learning was finding what I wanted my future to be. I gave up school for some time because I genuinely hated it. I was slacking in all my classes even my favorite ones. After a few hard months I got a wake up call and realized my education was important to me and my future. I started taking school serious again and knew I will continue my education. It is a privilege for us.

The last thing that changed my view on education/learning is the fact my parents were not able to have a proper education and learning about the struggles they went through made me want the max education I can receive. Coming from immigrant parents, I already knew there’s an expectation to do great in school so you don’t end up like your own parents. The stories were very sad and it changed the way I saw the opportunity of education here in the US.

Homework for 9/8

One ingredient to a “education narrative” is it could be a story that has taught you something and has had a big impact on you and who you are today and how you perform in school. It can also be about something that you struggled with during your education career. The narrative can be about anything you’ve been through during your time in school.

My concern is will be narrative be good enough. I tend to struggle to write down what I’ve been through. I know the story but I struggle put it down and make it sound “good”. I also struggle with picking what story I should write about, there’s so much that I can write about and I obviously want to pick one that will be interesting and one that I’m comfortable sharing.

I think a good place to start at is a scenario that I struggled to get through and led to me wanting to give up in school. This all happened between a year or two. I struggled with everything and didn’t think I can do school anymore as it was too overwhelming.

I think my education narrative will be my struggles with school during quarantine. I went through so many things and couldn’t seem to pick up anything from that time. I was failing and not attending class because I actually gave up on school as I thought I could not do any of it. I will speak more about this as these assignments are given and the essay forms. Feedback will be appreciated :).