Reflections at the Start of Senior Year
When I started my position as a student ambassador for the college in the cold winter of my freshman year, I wasn’t quite sure what lay ahead. I was in no way prepared for a global pandemic to uproot a large portion of my college…
This Anxious Student Does Not Just Survive Here, She Thrives
Admitting my condition to readers is not the direction I would have imagined I’d be taking when I first started writing. I’m the anxious student and I have no shame in saying that. It’s something I’ve come to accept and I’ve grown knowing I’m not…
Spring 2020 vs Spring 2022
These past two years have been full of changes that I am both surprised by and grateful for. Spring 2020 felt like a fever dream while so far spring 2022 feels like a step closer to normalcy. Two years ago I was getting ready to…
My COVID Breakup Letter
For over a year we have been in a constant battle with each other, you took so many lives and for that, we will never forgive you. Now that the vaccine is here, I am happy to part ways with you. It has been a…
A Breakup Letter to COVID
COVID. The pandemic, the pon de replay, the pandemonia. You have been an experience for sure, one that I hope myself and others won’t ever have to experience again. You have hurt and devastated people, communities, and countries and I hope that one day they’ll…
A Guide to Surviving Zoom Classes
It’s been more than a year since the lockdown has started. Also known as the time Zoom took over all our social interactions. But after a year, we are still relying on Zoom to attend some of our classes, so it’s safe to say that…
My Top 3 TikToks Involving Naz
If you’re into social media even a little bit, you know about the app TikTok. Although released in September of 2016, the app didn’t start to take off until the past 2 years. TikTok has become one of the largest growing social media platforms. I…
Things That Went RIGHT in 2020
This Thanksgiving, I sat around my family’s dinner table to reflect on how we got here. In reality, I don’t think anyone knows. One day I’m having the time of my life, living in Spain, traveling the world, meeting friends with unrecognizable accents, and learning…
My Top 5 Recommended Mask Sites
We are currently living in unknown territories as we work our way through the pandemic that’s affecting the entire world. We all have to do our part in stopping the spread, and Naz has set up a list of rules for us to follow which…
Starting College as a Freshman During a Pandemic
As I’m sure any college freshman in America could tell you right now, this has been a college indoctrination like no other. A ruined spring of our senior year of high school, due to the coronavirus, we missed sports seasons, proms, and graduations. But even…
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