University of Southern Queensland
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SPRING 2020 WORK
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Fall 2020 Prompt 1
Prompt 1
Prompt 2
The hardest part of this semester is that assignments are much harder to keep track of. Personally, this was not my greatest strength to begin with and now that most information between professor and student is online, it makes tracking homework even more difficult. Granted, there is a bit less work overall it seems but the communication about assignments can lead to ill-earned late work grades and less teacher to student understanding.What events were “normal” for you before the pandemic? How have those changed or become “not normal” anymore?Hanging out with friends has definitely taken a hit in this semester. In general, students need a fair amount of peer-interaction to stay mentally healthy but restrictions on gatherings have slowed it way down. I understand it’s for the right reason but student interaction has become a risk and reward oriented decision. A normal way of thinking may go like this “I really want to go play board games with these 2people but they are outside of my normal small group meaning a higher risk so i should probably sit this one out.” I have done a fair bit of online gathering as well; While they are fun, it still doesn't hold up to face to face events.How has the pandemic affected your social life on campus and at home?Since the pandemic, I have participated in less social activity over all meaning I do a lot more of entertaining myself. About 3 months ago, I got into painting models and I am so glad I found this hobby. It has been a great way to kill time between the sparse social events while being super entertaining in the process. A project to work towards is something everyone needs right now and this does it for me.
Keith Sellers
Sophomore
During this pandemic I have come to realize that not many are equipped to deal with
isolating experiences. Many went stark mad when they could not go outside to the point
where they were asking “WHEN DOES UNI COME BACK!?”
which brings me to the most difficult parts of school today... quite frankly because of
Queensland’s swift decision for lockdown early and bringing the state to a halt we are
actually able to go back to university quite easily, I mean of course our numbers dwindle
and we are all learning how to integrate in a world of limited connection but we adapt.
Since semester 2 return I have been able to work on school 2 film sets with very little risk
and high reward which was more of less normal pre-COVID-19, getting our equipment
has become increasing more difficult due to sanitation requirements which has driven
most of us to acquire our own equipment to the detriment of our wallets but none the
less it pushes us toward a more skillful and resourceful cohort.
even though we remain distant physically because we are of a technological
generation, we have learnt that we can have conversations and comfort, there are
some that are maladapted to the situation which is simply social evolution. The increase
of friends deciding now is a good time to have children is quite a preposterous thought
to me at the moment. More then one million people having died of this pandemic or
related to the pandemic, people fear for their safety and the safety of their friends and it
drives them into each other’s arms.
To each their own.
Scott Hazell
Senior
Prompt 4
The way I see the whole situation now on school campus in Queensland basically is everything is business as usual; the cafés are open. There is not much of a difference pre-covid-19 to now. The students are restless because their academic year is in disarray. Lecturers are struggling to maintain the attention of students, either they are present or simply teaching from their computers. The lack of human interface is proving a poor education and a waste of the student’s money.
Eventually there will be a norm in the education system and who ever is able to adapt to that will be able to navigate it with ease but as it stand people (like myself) with ADD or ADHD trying to study with a screen interface is a nightmare and I find it a struggle to adapt. Overall, I know that I will graduate even if a need to take a gap year to work on myself, and I’m sure I’m not the only one.
Scott Hazell
Senior