5/11/20 Victoria Zhu Period 8

5/11/20 

Victoria Zhu PD 8

What is it like working from home?

I think working at home has been pretty difficult in terms of being a student. I personally learn better within a classroom environment where there’s more structure and I can feed off of my classmates’ responses. I also tend to procrastinate so I feel like remote learning is slightly detrimental to my education. Although my class host video meetings, I find that I’m less motivated as there are so many distractions. Yes, working from home creates more free time, but I realized that this extra time isn’t benefitting me as I am unproductive within that duration. I would much rather prefer classroom learning than working from home. 

What are you learning about your world/community based on the reactions?

In the news, there’s a lot of reactions to the pandemic. Some hate the stay at home order and petition to lift them. Others blame China for the virus and discriminate against Asian Americans. Still, others respect the orders as statures to public safety. The protests for lifting the stay at home order continues to increase. I think it’s shocking that people would put their’s and their loved one’s safety at risk just because the lockdown is inconvenient. The extent of the pandemic in America can be attributed to the government downplaying the effects of the virus and not taking the required precautions early on. I think it’s ignorant to be point fingers at anyone for the pandemic especially if we’re still in it. This scapegoating causes unnecessary discrimination and violence towards Asian Americans. We should be working together internationally to successfully formulate a vaccine to benefit all people as a whole. Through this pandemic, I learn that ignorance and/or full disregard for safety can cause a lot of deaths. 

Your own personal feelings and thoughts about what is happening right now.

It feels as though a life with school and no social distancing was so long ago. Maybe years. In fact, it’s only been 2 months. So many things changed within these short months. I really wished that America took extra precautions when the pandemic started. We never expected the virus to hit this hard until its too late. Although social distancing and the stay home orders may be terrible, I believe they are effective to combat the pandemic. I find it very shocking that there has been protests to lift the orders. These policies are put into place to help curb positive cases and protect the safety of the people. Yet people petition and protest to lift these policies because they’re inconvenient? I hope that with the continuation of social distancing the number will decrease and soon we can go about our lives.