5/28/2020 Cesar Velez Period 5 (LATE)

Cesar Velez (LATE)

5/28/2020

Period 5

What is it like working from home?

Working from home has been frustrating in a way and overall I would rather be working at school. When working from home, I often find myself getting distracted by the littlest things so work that would usually take me 10 minutes if I were at school will sometimes take me the whole day. And even though we have all this technology, and amazing teachers that understand the situation, communication has suddenly become extremely harder. Not only with teachers, but also with our peers, whereas it has become harder to work in teams or groups to accomplish the same goal.

What are the updates around the world/community regarding the virus?

It seems like everyday there are new updates throughout the world. Whether it’s for new cases because of reopening, new information about the virus, protests, or simply stories about everyday heroes. But thankfully, lately the news has been better. Recently parts of New York have been opening because they meet requirements and just the other day, I read an article that said Staten Island hospital had no new cases for the first time in a long time. And we need to remember that even with all this happening, there are good things happening in the world.  every day, there are stories of people recovering and some areas like new Rochelle have released their patient zero after they recovered from the virus. 

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

When looking back, I can remember in January when my friends were all joking about Corona and “the end of the world”. I remember laughing and playing it off but I’m reality, there was always a part of mind that wondered if it actually happened. If this new virus actually came and destroyed our way of life. Well I feel that anxiety, that fear that nothing will ever be the same, everyday. But there’s also a part of me that hopes it’ll all be over soon and life will get back to normal. Which I try to focus on everyday. And honestly I think that’s how the world is split right now. Some people say that we can never get back to normal and that if we let our guard down, this virus will destroy us. And then there are other people that believe this virus is no big deal, and that they get infected then “so what?” But as always life isn’t black and white there’s always a middle ground. I think that while this virus is a big deal, that people have lost their lives to it and others are giving theirs up to save lives, that we can’t hide indoors forever. At some point we have to reopen the cities, especially New York. But we have to be careful about it. We can’t just jump back to February and pretend nothing has happened. But until the time comes when we can get back to our lives, I also think that we can make the best of our time here. We can take this time to better ourselves. I remember all those times over wanted to do something but couldn’t because I had “no time”. Well guess what, now I have all the time in the world. Overall, with all the things that have happened and are happening, honestly I feel anxious about the world and what it’ll be when this is all over. And I would lovingly take back all the nuisances in my life if it meant things would go back to normal. But, I also think that even though these times seem tough, we will get through them and be stronger because of it.