Category Archives: USA

Palatine, USA: When the virus first started to spread to America, I didn’t think much about it and brushed it off instead of facing reality. The pandemic taught me not to take anything for granted because all my junior year of high school plans and summer plans to go to France got canceled in aContinue reading “🇺🇸 Adjusting to Quaratine”

Murrieta, California, USA: Quarantine has been an interesting experience for me. At first I thought it would only last like a month at first and then everything would go back to normal. School was weird because my school offered distance learning as an optional assignment and there was no interaction with other teachers or students.Continue reading “🇺🇸 APs and Video Games”

Pleasanton, California, USA: The beginning of quarantine was the worst part for me. Netflix became my best friend, and I spent all day staring at some screen. After weeks and weeks of wallowing in self-pity and boredom, I decided to be productive. So after, a few days of minimal planning, I decided to start aContinue reading “🇺🇸 Blogging Through Quarantine”

Murrieta, California, USA: I have been through many challenges during the coronavirus as a student, daughter, and athlete. As a student before quarantine, I had always relied on live interactions with my teachers to get the full learning experience. I had access to extra tutoring and was able to form supportive relationships with my teachers.Continue reading “🇺🇸 A Military Family’s Challenges”

San Jose, California: How do you pass time? I don’t pass time, time passes me. Every single moment at my desk in the dark blurs into some stock gif, every single song turns into a broken record. Days and nights wane away under the passing screens of Reddit, Discord, and Youtube. But those precious momentsContinue reading “🇺🇸 Philosophy in Quarantine”

Hastings, Nebraska, USA: Where I live, in Hastings, Nebraska, the current guidelines from our health department are that everyone needs to practice social distancing in any public place. My church just opened up this past weekend for our first in-person service, but many other businesses are still closed. However, my city and state seem toContinue reading “🇺🇸 A View from the Heartland”

Tampa, Florida, USA: Ever since the beginning of March, covid has changed my plans. The first thing that got canceled was a trip to Seattle in Spring Break. All of the college tours I was supposed to do during spring break and after got canceled. Soon, stores closed. My summer cruise to Europe got canceled.Continue reading “🇺🇸 The View from Florida”

Honolulu, Hawaii, USA: It was early march when the Punahou teachers told us that we might be finishing the year with online courses. I knew that at some point in my life, I would possibly take one class online. Never had I thought, however, that I’d be spending half a semester going to class fiveContinue reading “🇺🇸 Lessons from the Coronavirus in Hawaii”

Fort Worth, Texas: The hardest part about Covid-19 has been keeping up with my online classes, assignments and tests are taken online with due dates but there isn’t anyone reminding you about those assignments unless you check into your school email or reminders. Here in Texas it isn’t really that strict as it is inContinue reading “🇺🇸 Beginning to Reopen in Texas”