Week 8 – COVID-19 – Carolina Ruiz

To start on a personal note, I am afraid of COVID, not because of me (I have a pretty strong immune system/lungs), but because my father is diabetic and I would feel guilty if I brought it home. I work at a restaurant who is doing outdoor dinning and lots of people do not listen, which makes me frustrated, but I follow all the guidelines. As for school, school this semester in specific has been a huge challenge for me. I feel like I am not learning as well as I would hope, I’m not motivated, and I constantly procrastinate now. It has nothing to do with my professors — it’s just me and the groovy I’m in. I’m incredibly sad because I want to feel interested in my classes, but somehow I cannot. It’s unfortunate that the education system is just looking our for money and not educating students instead. I live across the street from an elementary school and I see teacher cars, but no students. I am happy that young students are not back to school because we are in some pretty hectic times for students to be doing school face-to-face. The positive outcome I see from COVID and still being in school is that we are all going to be great with technology now.