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I’m currently a junior in the health sciences program at Springfield College, in Springfield
Mass. Just 4 months ago I was at school playing soccer, living in my dorm and focusing on
school. Before our fall semester ended, we were told to bring home everything you absolutely
needed. Everything was so last minute that everyone was panicking trying to find a way to bring
everything home. We had no idea if we were going back to school or not. This isn’t easy for a lot
of people. My sister is missing the end of her senior year of college, my boyfriend missed his
senior season of lacrosse. College is when you learn the most about yourself. Most importantly,
you learn to be independent. You get breakfast, lunch, and dinner whenever you want, and work
on time management to get homework done. Leaving school for spring break I was beyond
excited. I finished my midterms, and was so ready to go home. Now, I would do anything to be
back at school. I definitely took advantage of being at school. For example the one on one time
you can have with teachers, going to the library to study, and being able to study with friends.
Now, rumor has it we won’t be going back in the fall. I’d be missing my senior season of soccer.
Being in the health sciences major, I have been educated on the pandemic. It’s ironic
how I just took public health, biostatistics, and epidemiology. It’s nice because I have been
educated on the pandemic correctly, and not just reading articles online. We have been in
quarantine for around 2 months now, and I just might be going crazy. I have divorced parents,
so this whole quarantine thing isn’t very easy. My mom is a hairdresser so she hasn’t worked in
2 months, my dad has coronary heart disease, my grandmother has COPD (a lung disease),
and my step mom is a nurse. Both my dad and mom's house are never quiet. I have sisters and
step siblings so the house so it’s nearly impossible to get any homework done. The hardest part
about COVID is needing to take precautions for your family. It’s hard because you don’t know if
you really have the disease until you develop symptoms, or if you're just a carrier. You could be
grocery shopping and not even know that you have it. You can try as hard as you can to
prevent getting it, but it’s hard and scary. I spend my days doing homework, going for runs and
doing exercises, a lot of puzzles, and Netflix. It’s nice to be able to spend time with family, but I
really hope it all ends soon. I hope that people are able to learn from this, and realize how stuff
like this can happen and needs to be taken seriously. People are missing the end of their senior
year, the best time of your life. I hope I will be able to finish my senior year playing soccer at
Springfield College, and be able to spend time with friends during my senior year.
Mass. Just 4 months ago I was at school playing soccer, living in my dorm and focusing on
school. Before our fall semester ended, we were told to bring home everything you absolutely
needed. Everything was so last minute that everyone was panicking trying to find a way to bring
everything home. We had no idea if we were going back to school or not. This isn’t easy for a lot
of people. My sister is missing the end of her senior year of college, my boyfriend missed his
senior season of lacrosse. College is when you learn the most about yourself. Most importantly,
you learn to be independent. You get breakfast, lunch, and dinner whenever you want, and work
on time management to get homework done. Leaving school for spring break I was beyond
excited. I finished my midterms, and was so ready to go home. Now, I would do anything to be
back at school. I definitely took advantage of being at school. For example the one on one time
you can have with teachers, going to the library to study, and being able to study with friends.
Now, rumor has it we won’t be going back in the fall. I’d be missing my senior season of soccer.
Being in the health sciences major, I have been educated on the pandemic. It’s ironic
how I just took public health, biostatistics, and epidemiology. It’s nice because I have been
educated on the pandemic correctly, and not just reading articles online. We have been in
quarantine for around 2 months now, and I just might be going crazy. I have divorced parents,
so this whole quarantine thing isn’t very easy. My mom is a hairdresser so she hasn’t worked in
2 months, my dad has coronary heart disease, my grandmother has COPD (a lung disease),
and my step mom is a nurse. Both my dad and mom's house are never quiet. I have sisters and
step siblings so the house so it’s nearly impossible to get any homework done. The hardest part
about COVID is needing to take precautions for your family. It’s hard because you don’t know if
you really have the disease until you develop symptoms, or if you're just a carrier. You could be
grocery shopping and not even know that you have it. You can try as hard as you can to
prevent getting it, but it’s hard and scary. I spend my days doing homework, going for runs and
doing exercises, a lot of puzzles, and Netflix. It’s nice to be able to spend time with family, but I
really hope it all ends soon. I hope that people are able to learn from this, and realize how stuff
like this can happen and needs to be taken seriously. People are missing the end of their senior
year, the best time of your life. I hope I will be able to finish my senior year playing soccer at
Springfield College, and be able to spend time with friends during my senior year.