Collected Item: “An Unexpected University Routine in 2020”
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An Unexpected University Routine in 2020
What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?
Photograph with text
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When I imagined my daily college experience growing up, it always included going to class, going to the dinning hall, and meeting up with friends. Never would I have thought that this routine would include setting aside 15 minutes of my day to go inside a socially distanced tent while wearing a mask, to submit a nasal sample to a testing lab. I knew coming to college during the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic would be different than what I expected and I had accepted that frequent COVID-19 testing would be a large part of my experience. As a student at Northeastern University, it is policy to get tested at the university's testing site every three days. This process includes making an appointment, completing a daily wellness check, getting tested, and scanning your student ID to confirm compliance with the testing policy. Testing has become part of my daily routine as a student and is oddly something that feels very normal, when the whole concept of it is quite the opposite. I expect testing, along with socially distanced classes, online classes, and this altered reality to continue to be a part of my routine as a Northeastern student for a quite a while. However, I have accepted this and am glad to do so in order to participate in the college experience have awaited my whole life.
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#covid19, #boston, #northeastern, #testing, #student, #routine, #newnormal
Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)
Ava Cefalo
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2020-09-07