4/29/20 Erika Yan Yim Period 5

4/29/2020
Erika Yan Yim
Period 5
Sophomore 2020

What are you learning about your world/community based on the reactions?

Somethings that I have learned from reactions on the news, social media, and other platforms on the current situation is how many people are really selfish, they go out saying they are young and they won’t get the virus. How do people become this selfish, not caring about other people that can get the virus and it will possible kill them, the whole purpose of quarantine is for us to not to spread the virus by staying away from each other. I also learned how a lot of people are not thinking about the future, I am talking about how in some places people are protesting quarantine and staying at home. In other places that stayed home and did not go out even when they wanted are now virus free for the most part, and their lock down lifted, this could of been the USA if not for people who think their prom and their hangouts are more important at the moment and just can not wait. But over all I learned how in order to get something you want, like going out in the summer, you have to sacrifice somethings for the greater reward, like hanging out or going out during quarantine, even though it might seem hard and it’s very tempting.

What is work like at home?

Working at home is for the most part great, I can finish my work with out leaving my bed, eat when every I want, and not have to travel or get ready that early in the morning. But the down side of working from home is getting super lazy, I have noticed my self waking up later, getting lazier because I do not have to get up and go out early in the morning. However I personally really like working from home and having a flexible schedule of when I get my school work done, exercise, play games, and many other things. The work from school is not bad, I can learn and do my work at my own pace, but if i have any questions I’m have to wait for either the teacher to be on, or I have to figure it out myself, but other from that everything else is very flexible. 

Your own personal feelings and thoughts about what is happening right now?

Right now I am realizing things we take granted for in out daily lives, when we no longer have them we start to think about it more. For example daily trips to the local Starbucks, boba place, or anywhere either with friends or by yourself, when we did it everyday we did not think much of it, but now that we don't do it anymore we start to miss it greatly even though we never really through the of . Right now seeing how the virus is taking many lives is heart breaking but I sometimes wonder why we can’t just stay home like the government is telling us, and I feel that the government is not doing as much as they should be, but it is better than just ignoring it. Right now I do not think we will be going back to school soon, if we do not stay in our house and quarantine, if one group goes out and contract the virus then it can spread to their family, if we were to all quarantine and not put you your selfishness first we would have what we wanted, like maybe graduation, and a summer vacation. But no, some people want to ruin for everyone else by protesting, which does not make a difference, protesting against a virus is not going to make it go away.