When I heard about Covid-19 (Coronavirus), I thought it wasn’t that serious because it was in China. But the more I heard about it I knew it was getting even more serious. I tried not to worry about it because I trusted that God would take care of it. Online learning is a bit challenging because you don't have teachers or your friends helping you. It's also a bit annoying because I don't have social media to talk to my friends. But since we are at home I can have some more quality family time.

Eteshet Anteneh

This Pandemic has made a huge and shocking impact on the whole world. Covid-19 made history. When I first heard about it, I personally did not care because back then it wasn’t a huge thing. After hearing people talk about the virus, I became curious and started listening to the news. At first, I was amazed because we never had a virus that went viral in the media like this. It has really changed my life. It will forever change everything. Just knowing and experiencing what it feels like to live in a world with a pandemic will change the way I see life. Once the virus has gone, I will remember what it did to many people all around the world. Currently, online learning has been alright. I personally like going to school because it is much easier and convenient learning wise. But learning at home is fine with me and has gone really well. Spending time with my family is already fun for me, however, spending extra time with my siblings and parents makes it even more fun. The only stress and fear I have at the moment is more people having the Coronavirus, spreading the virus and the virus sadly taking more lives. It really hurts to hear and see people’s grief for their loved ones. I am communicating with my extended family relatives by facetiming and calling them. Though I cannot see or touch them physically, it still makes me happy to see and hear their beautiful faces and voices through the camera.

Janelle Lawang

When I heard that we were going to do school online because of COVID-19, I didn’t believe it because I thought it wasn’t that bad. It turned out to be really bad and many people are getting infected because they aren’t social distancing. My life hasn’t changed that much, although I have to stay at home 24/ 7 which is really boring. Online school for me is harder than I expected because I thought it was going to be a few worksheets and since it’s the internet, you wouldn’t get confused - I was wrong because it has been hard and very confusing, it hurts my eyes because I have to stare at the screen for the entire session for some of my classes. I am keeping myself amused by talking to friends and family on social media and playing games on my devices because I have nothing better to do. I am really stressed because there is so much work and it is difficult to keep up because my eyes hurt and I’m scared if anyone gets coronavirus in our surroundings. It’s been easy to talk to my family these days because I’m not at school and my friends can’t talk to me anytime they wish. The difficult things are when you go grocery shopping, you have to be really aware of germs.

Anna Vu

COVID 19 has affected my life big time.
My routine has changed completely. I don't get to go out anymore, go grocery shopping with my parents, visit my extended family, do many things, including going to school. Back when we did have school, when we heard about the Coronavirus, everyone decided to make fun of it but then it became serious and people didn't make fun of it like they used to. Now I feel stressed and worried when my parents have to go buy groceries. There’s a chance of them getting it and you never know when. Then instead of going to school, I have to do online learning which is much harder than I thought. When everyone found out we were doing online learning, people were like ‘ YAY!!! I GET TO STAY HOME AND BE IN MY PJS!!’ But now that we are actually at home and doing online learning, everyone is always talking about not being able to go to school and not being able to see their friends. Now everyone knows that COVID 19 is not a joke and that you shouldn’t make fun of it. On the other hand, I'm also happy because I can call some of my friends and families and keep in touch with them. Calling my family and friends makes it much better for me when I'm staying at home, sometimes, talking to no one and being lonely.

Emily Nguyen