#experiece

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There was a time I believed silence was safer than truth. I thought protecting others from discomfort meant withholding my own. I’d nod, smile, and swallow my needs—thinking that was kindness. But deep down, I felt invisible. I longed for connection, yet feared that honesty would fracture it. Then came a moment—a quiet evening, a trusted friend, and a heart too full to keep quiet. I spoke. Not…

Itching to leave the stuffy house if only for a moment, I let the dishes be, take my cane, and limp across the noisy rooms to the back porch. I shut the door softly behind me and turn to the late-summer evening. At the edges of the porch light’s halo, the drizzle glimmers on the grass and whispers in the dark belt of trees framing the yard. I draw a deep breath: the air smells of hulled…

Remote learning  → My experience taking online classes full time

In two weeks it's going to be officially a year of remote learning for me. A year. I never saw myself taking online classes full time. However, I must say that surprisingly, this experience has been quite interesting and gratifying for me.

On March 16, 2020 I officially started remote classes, and since then, a lot has changed for me as a student. At the beginning, I was trying to see how everything was now that I wouldn't see my professors face to face for an indefinite time, which was weird, awkward and very, very frustrating. I know that was the case for most people, and I wanted to share a little bit of my personal experience navigating remote learning for a year.

As I said, the beginning of all this wasn't easy for me as student., and I can't even imagine how it was for professors to accommodate all the learning materials and content to teach it online. I tried my best to keep track of all the assignments, but it was difficult because of the change on the syllabus and new accommodations, but I think I did good overall.

The main thing I did was work on my new permanent workspace. I had to accommodate my desk and tech devices so I could have a better learning experience, and basically make things easier and more comfortable for me. I couldn't work on my laptop all day, so I decided to get a monitor, keyboard and a mouse, in order to make my workplace more comfortable. Then, I started to use my iPad to take notes and read m textbooks, which made everything easier for me during online classes because I didn't need to print the handouts and PDF that professors would give me, so it save me a lot of paper and ink!

One big change that happened to me was that I changed schools in summer 2020. I graduated from a community college and started my two last years of my bachelor's degree at a four-year school. This transition wasn't easy because I had to do everything online, starting with the application process, introduction and the actual classes. I was confused and I was upset that I couldn't just go see and talk to my advisor so I could get answers, but I'm grateful that I managed to get on top of things and transferred  successfully.