One important moment that happened to me during the Covid-19 Pandemic was that I went back to school. I started back up in 2020 to finish my bachelor's degree that I started twelve years prior.
Going back to school did not look the same as it did in previous years. Covid-19 took the face to face aspect of going to school away. EVERYTHING was online. I am an older student, so I was used to talking to people eye to eye, going to offices for help, and just being in person. Having everything online was difficult for me to navigate successfully, luckily I had a classmate (Susan) that was really good at figuring things out. The syllabus for each class always had blogs, padlets and videos that I had to learn to maneuver and turn in homework assignments and projects on. Once I got the hang of it I felt more comfortable with my classes. Zoom was the way we showed up to class. In the beginning people were laying in the bed, or had the camera off, or was even at work while in class. By the second semester people had to show up bit more professional to class. Zoom meetings ended up being one of the best things that came out of the pandemic once everyone got the hang if it. .
Going back to school at this particular point in my life was very stressful. Having two fulltime jobs, having to take care of a husband, a son, a household and homework was A LOT, but I pushed through and I was able to graduate with my sister who was in the Social Work bachelor/masters program at RIC. This was the light at the end of the tunnel. Both my sister and I, although Y E A R S later, we were able to make our parents proud. They are now able to say their children are college graduates and this makes my heart happy and made the stress and aggravation all worth it.🎓🎓🎓🎓🎓🎓🎓
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