Jelani - University of Pennsylvania

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Basically, my major is a combination of computer science and systems engineering, so people were not familiar with those. It's a lot of it, just like studying the computer systems and technologies that are out there, although some saying the current system in our lives from a social aspects of setting things like Facebook to things like having teachers even get assigned the time that they want for the classes that they want. The times they want to teach that additionally, also reason. I've been really enjoying the time they got stoned Family doing the sign on just really been enjoying everything now that classes are over and things are a little bit less stressful at this time, and we've been able to navigate it for a little bit. So in terms of everything that's been going on and haven't really been navigating everything again, I mentioned before, It's been a bit stressful, especially when everything happened. For starters, I was actually in the middle of spring break when everything happened. Like, how am I gonna navigate this? I really didn't know. So some things that have something to do or think about was Okay. Where am I gonna have extra clothes? Base is gonna have access to reliable fast Internet. Am I going to even be able to get access to my things or being able to send that stuff back? Am I gonna be able to have someone come pick me up? So that was a bit of a difficult transition, and on top of that, again, being brutally honest, it was difficult because you're saying the online learning was a bit different than, you know, sitting in class like I couldn't just raise my hand in a middle class national question because some my classes only provided pre recorded lectures. So I have to now start taking notes during class about Oh, you know what? At minute, you know, 35 16 seconds. You know, I had a question about why is this algorithm better than that? You know, So I have to start asking those kind of questions for myself and figuring out what's gonna work best in doing this sign again. I'm really fortunate when I was able to actually have someone who could help me out, bring my stuff back. How could we provide a virtual study hall? You know, everything now being virtual virtual virtual. It's definitely time to be innovative, but it's also a time where things are difficult. You don't necessarily know the best way to do everything, so it's definitely been difficult transition. The good side of things that I've been able to get more quality time. My family, we play a lot of video games, watch movies, things like that. We play a game called, which is really fine, super competitive. So in terms of everything going on, I'm very fortunate where I already know what my school is planning to do for the next semester. Recent sent out an email letting us know that they re pursuing a number of different things about next semester, which is already contributed to my decision about what I want to do next semester. For starters, they're going to be providing from testing on campus, which I'm super grateful for because it's been pretty difficult to actually get access to testing in the beginning of everything going on. Some of the classic gonna be pursuing a hybrid model, so some of them are gonna be in person if they're small enough where they'll have like barriers in between the seeding, some of them will be fully online, depending on the size of class, on things like that and in terms of dorms and living there, trying to reduce the number of people living in certain room situations, configurations, they went prioritized. So I think that's something that's a focus for them. So I think that going back, its something that I'm interested in doing because I know how troubling it could be to be a first year or sophomore, it's not know, maybe have guidance during that time, especially it could be a difficult time returning to campus amidst everything going on. It's a brand new situation, and I definitely think it's a time for people who are who have experience. Personally, I feel that I can best serve that by going back to campus, and I also have access to the resources that I need. I definitely will enjoy spending all the quality time with my family again play, but you know. I definitely think it's also time for Meteo refocus up this my last year I'd love to see my friends But I also understand we need social distance. We need toe, reduce everything that's going on. So I think that that's definitely a priority for me. It's still safety also getting the best educational experience during this time. What I think people should do if the new college returning to college thinking about what they should be doing in terms of this whole situation, I definitely think that online learning it's been a difficult transition for myself. I know personally it's not been the best learning experience for me, so I definitely think it should be a lot of introspection when people think about what they want to do. I don't think there's, ah, one right way for everyone. Things like protecting your mental health that's really important above anything else. So I definitely think people should prioritise what works best for them. Whether you're new to the online learning experience or not, it's definitely important for you to just think about what you see for yourself. Do you feel like you'd be having a better time. It's occasionally a socially whatever the case may be by going back to college or even going to school for the first time.