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• 2020-01-28

  Forced Quarantine

  Earlier this year, during my winter break, my brother was sent home two days before his high school finals. Someone in his class that he sat next/near to had contracted COVID, so as a precaution, he was sent home to quarantine. My brother was less worried about possibly having COVID himself, and more angry about having to make up his finals the next quarter (speaks a lot about our education system). I asked him who was the person that got COVID, and he said it was probably the girl behind him, but she said she didn't have it, and her friend that sat next to her backed it up. We drew out the seating chart and concluded that it HAD to be that girl, because everyone who was sent to quarantine was sitting around her. I told him that she probably just lied about not having COVID, because people would probably get mad at her. I personally would get angry myself if I was prevented from taking my finals, but I understand the girl's reasoning. No want wants to be bullied for getting sick, or called "COVID-girl," or whatever.
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  2020-05-25

  An optional final due to Coronavirus concern of email from professor

  Due to coronavirus, many people lost their job and concern about their lives. Professor sent us this email to help us to get out of the trouble of coronavirus that she gives us a chance to take optional final.
• 2020-05-15

  College During Quarentine

  So the semester is basically over now. While I do have a few more days to finish up final projects I’m just about finished. With that I can confidently say that being in college during a pandemic is strange, and finals during this has been absolutely wild. I’ve had classes where teachers simplified everything to help the students deal with everything, but I’ve also had teachers essentially double the workload each week because we “have more time now.” I have teachers and classmates talking about my home over zoom. I’ve missed entire classes because the email with the link and time for the zoom meeting didn’t show up until an hour after it ended. Staying motivated has been more and more difficult as time has gone on, and with every class opting for a final project or essay rather than a test has left me with less time than before, especially when I also need to help my family. All-nighters have gone from once or twice a semester to a weekly occurrence, and even then, I still barely kept up with everything. I can’t begin to explain how excited I am to have nothing to do like everyone else.
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  2020-05-03

  Current COVID Situation

  College student's experience during the COVID-19 pandemic