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Collected Item: “Pandemic's Struggles and Benefits”

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Pandemic's Struggles and Benefits

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Text story

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

I was a college senior at Boston College from 2019-2020. I remember having a job opportunity lined up, an apartment lined up, and the rest of my school year lined up as well. Upon return from spring break, we were all told to go home and that we had 3 days to gather our things and say goodbye...
Upon losing my job, my friends, and my school, I did not know what to do, especially with a deadly virus in the air. Out of this journey, though, I applied to grad school and ended up achieving my dreams of getting a Master's in History.
So, the pandemic had its struggles but it also had its benefits and I am a prime example.

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Boston, college, graduate, Massachusetts

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self

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2020-03-13
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