#mainquarantine

The full view of my “formal” outfit 😅. I survived my presentation! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼. Now I need to get my head straight and focus - the next 2 months will be LONG and TOUGH. For tonight, I can take a short break. #capstoneprojectdefended #movingforward #almostthere #MAinquarantine https://www.instagram.com/p/CFPE5wKjPxGeFIMfM_8hcX6TXKkVz_tiiybnXA0/?igshid=5a026otixgwh

After 4 late and sleepless nights and tons of stuff to review and read, I have finally finished my presentation. Lord, I have done my very best, I leave the rest to you 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 #Dminus1 #finalpaperpresentation #MAinquarantine https://www.instagram.com/p/CFMAboyjQFcKOctndVm_LLTccGt71XdTpFDG040/?igshid=19f8ay7g0d6sa

And so it begins.... #multitasking #gradschool #MAinquarantine https://www.instagram.com/p/CEO0NnEDxO_tPLhK0Y-CtW7UyFFEj6f93nAqnY0/?igshid=goe2r2nqexnq

Okay, so this is happening. If things go as planned, I’ll (most likely) be graduating in front of my computer screen. Otherwise, I’ll (probably) be crying while it’s turned off. It all boils down to the next 5 months. Lord, grant me strength 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 #officiallyenrolled #MAinquarantine #almostthere https://www.instagram.com/p/CECTTuYjHuVTQ5EWfoq9osTf1pk3J9wWf-CuZ00/?igshid=1sok5eu1r0nxu

And just like that, the semester is back 😩😂 praying you God that this will be the last.. because I can finish everything I need to. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 #mainquarantine #almostthere #Lordhelpme #ineedstrength https://www.instagram.com/p/CDgtsOND1t9t9eivHuDimwFCAlWt9D8XpbI6fc0/?igshid=b6h05owxhkrc

Hard as it may be, there are still great things I learn and pick up from being a grad student amidst all this: my classes are so relevant to the paradigm shift that education in going through right now (emerging technologies in teaching, designing learning environment principles, design thinking, and distance learning education classes) and by allowing us to be creative in our submissions, it makes me tinker with how I can also craft materials for my own classes in the future. For tonight, I’m unlocking my skills in Canva 😅😂. Better late than never, right? #creatinginfographics #MAinquarantine https://www.instagram.com/p/CBDySEzDQ6hBpJUPqXaHbwNFvygIRdh454Ipjk0/?igshid=aa400uesi3av

I just want to share. Being a student in this pandemic is hard - being a grad school student is even more unimaginable. The anxiety you feel due to the uncertainty that’s happening is something you have to pin down with all your might just for you to stay focused. Lethargy is also something you need to deal with - for some (like me), it’s hard to simply switch my mindset based on my roles (a student, a son, or a teacher) while my physical setting remains the same. The struggle is real and it’s HARD. I stumbled upon my scores here (sorry, if this might sound like I’m bragging 😅) here on the first class we had to take when the lockdown and asynchronous learning began. While taking it, I had to overcome my anxiety, actively take my responsibilities as a son and brother to my family, and pin down whatever element that prevented me from finishing every single requirement and reading how many PDF documents for me to finish each one. As I saw them, and the comments I got about each one (the one here is on the final requirement), I couldn’t help but cry and be grateful - for my professor for granting me these scores, for my classmates who have been virtually supportive, and the Lord for granting me the strength and grit to overcome whatever obstacle I had to face in pursuit of my passion. My apologies for the lengthy post, but seeing these scores just got me reminiscing on the tears I shed and the numerous times I had wanted to quit. Looking at them now, it was the epitome, for me, that #hardworkpaysoff and the amount of strength it takes for a student to muster simply to get by even when asynchronous learning is a given option. #MAinquarantine #ThankYouLord🙏🙏🙏 https://www.instagram.com/p/CA-ZgrfDynXc2hCeyHVeX2h0Y2Xx0x18d-8Kxw0/?igshid=vosquh2mqmiu

Capping off my Sunday by putting on my grad student cap. #MAinquarantine #whatasynchronouslearninglookslike https://www.instagram.com/p/CA2rRqBjenAoMv9u8MRexJgN5LmjWGmy3bPwE00/?igshid=1ho3p30e3bivp