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A Brighter Perspective
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A Brighter Perspective
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A personal account of the pandemic #REL101
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English
Emotion
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Education--Universities
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Aviation
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Home & Family Life
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Online Learning
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Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
04/30/2020
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
11/20/2020
11/16/2021
06/20/2022
06/15/2023
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04/30/2020
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During the COVID-19 outbreak there have been countless stories of struggle, suffering, and sadness as both direct and indirect results of the virus. This story seeks to offer a brighter perspective. To understand the impact the virus has had on my life thus far you first need to understand the key elements of it. These would be my work, my school, my other school, my family, and my social life.
I currently work at a large inbound call center where I take insurance claims for vehicles. Typically, I would leave my house thirty minutes early in order to make it to work on time, work my shift, then go home. I work the night shift and so the call volume is typically very low during most of my shift and so I am able to occupy myself with homework or social media. Once the COVID outbreak started, we were all forced to go home. Fortunately, my work figured out a way to keep us working from home the entire time. This meant that I no longer had a commute, no longer had to worry about a dress code, and could relax comfortably while there were not many calls.
For school I am attending ASU and pursuing a degree in professional flight. As such, I have both traditional classes at ASU and flying lessons with a third party at the airport. Given that I have already finished all my STEM classes in my major and am not taking any classes with labs this semester, the transition to online courses was relatively painless. In fact, it actually made things easier for me as professors made the tests open note and online so the stress of test-taking was largely alleviated. I was still able to learn the information i needed to know in the online format and saved hundreds of dollars in gas given that I no longer had to commute. As for my flying school, not much changed. We still had lessons as usual, except the ground-school lessons were taught via face time rather than in person. Again, this saved me from needing to commute so often.
During the outbreak I've had the opportunity to grow significantly closer with my family. I have a family of 6 (8 if you include my two brothers' wives), and six of those eight currently live at home. The other two visit frequently. In the past, I have been so busy going about my activities that it was not unusual for me to go days at a time without seeing any members of my family. I would leave the house before many of them woke up and usually got home after they'd gone to bed or retired to their rooms. Now, I am home almost all day, every day, and so see everyone often. We play games every night, talk constantly, and have grown to be much closer than ever before.
My social life is the only thing that COVID has negatively affected. Unfortunately, the clubs I am in were forced to suspend their activities, entertainment venues closed, and people became unwilling to go out. This isolation from my friends is not all bad, though. Social media and texting has allowed us to stay in contact with each other and so when the quarantine is lifted we will resume activities as normal. Additionally, the clubs I am a part of will have plenty of extra money going into next semester because it was not spent on activities and so the spring will be packed with fun events.
Overall, the COVID-19 epidemic has not made my life nearly as difficult as it has for many. I am grateful for this and for the stable position that my life is currently in and I sincerely hope that those impacted by the virus find themselves recovering and rebuilding quickly. I hope that my story sheds some light on the positive side of the outbreak and that my readers enjoyed it.
I currently work at a large inbound call center where I take insurance claims for vehicles. Typically, I would leave my house thirty minutes early in order to make it to work on time, work my shift, then go home. I work the night shift and so the call volume is typically very low during most of my shift and so I am able to occupy myself with homework or social media. Once the COVID outbreak started, we were all forced to go home. Fortunately, my work figured out a way to keep us working from home the entire time. This meant that I no longer had a commute, no longer had to worry about a dress code, and could relax comfortably while there were not many calls.
For school I am attending ASU and pursuing a degree in professional flight. As such, I have both traditional classes at ASU and flying lessons with a third party at the airport. Given that I have already finished all my STEM classes in my major and am not taking any classes with labs this semester, the transition to online courses was relatively painless. In fact, it actually made things easier for me as professors made the tests open note and online so the stress of test-taking was largely alleviated. I was still able to learn the information i needed to know in the online format and saved hundreds of dollars in gas given that I no longer had to commute. As for my flying school, not much changed. We still had lessons as usual, except the ground-school lessons were taught via face time rather than in person. Again, this saved me from needing to commute so often.
During the outbreak I've had the opportunity to grow significantly closer with my family. I have a family of 6 (8 if you include my two brothers' wives), and six of those eight currently live at home. The other two visit frequently. In the past, I have been so busy going about my activities that it was not unusual for me to go days at a time without seeing any members of my family. I would leave the house before many of them woke up and usually got home after they'd gone to bed or retired to their rooms. Now, I am home almost all day, every day, and so see everyone often. We play games every night, talk constantly, and have grown to be much closer than ever before.
My social life is the only thing that COVID has negatively affected. Unfortunately, the clubs I am in were forced to suspend their activities, entertainment venues closed, and people became unwilling to go out. This isolation from my friends is not all bad, though. Social media and texting has allowed us to stay in contact with each other and so when the quarantine is lifted we will resume activities as normal. Additionally, the clubs I am a part of will have plenty of extra money going into next semester because it was not spent on activities and so the spring will be packed with fun events.
Overall, the COVID-19 epidemic has not made my life nearly as difficult as it has for many. I am grateful for this and for the stable position that my life is currently in and I sincerely hope that those impacted by the virus find themselves recovering and rebuilding quickly. I hope that my story sheds some light on the positive side of the outbreak and that my readers enjoyed it.
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