Roving Reporter: Reflecting on two years of the pandemic

What was/has been the most difficult part of the pandemic for you? Why? “ Not seeing people… not being able to go out as much as before COVID and transitioning into high school during COVID." What is something good that has come as a result of your pandemic experiences? “Self independence, I learned how to better take care of myself as well as improved my time management.” What word or phrase best rep...

What was/has been the most difficult part of the pandemic for you? Why? “Masks were the most difficult because they are annoying to have to keep on your face.”  What is something good that has come as a result of your pandemic experiences? “The gym because I had nothing else to do so I just started hitting the gym a lot. It was an amazing change for me.” What word or phrase be...

What was/has been the most difficult part of the pandemic for you? Why? The most difficult part of the pandemic for me is probably not being able to see my friends daily. When I didn’t see my friends a lot, it made me kind of lonely and kind of sad. What is something good that has come as a result of your pandemic experiences? I learned how to play the guitar during the pandemic and I still enjoy it to...

What was/has been the most difficult part of the pandemic for you? Why? “Definitely not talking to people. Theres the barrier of the screens and barriers of the masks. That lack of socialization led me down a bad road of badness. And I didn’t like that bad road of badness.”  What is something good that has come as a result of your pandemic experiences? “I definitely have a lot of time...

What was/has been the most difficult part of the pandemic for you? Why? “Dealing with people not prioritizing health or well being.” What is something good that has come as a result of your pandemic experiences? “I think I definitely met a new group of people because of it and met one of my closest friends in virtual school.” What word or phrase best represents the last two years ...

What was/has been the most difficult part of the pandemic for you? Why? “Personally, it’s not being able to smile at people and make them feel happy.” What is something good that has come as a result of your pandemic experiences? “We’re all a lot more conscious of personal space.” What word or phrase best represents the last two years for you? Why? “Boring.”...

What was/has been the most difficult part of the pandemic for you? Why? “Adjusting to remote and hybrid learning overnight has been the hardest for me. There’s also the change in socializing and having lunch with colleagues and friends, it was like everyone was on their own island in isolation.” What is something good that has come as a result of your pandemic experiences? “I learned a...

What was/has been the most difficult part of the pandemic for you? Why? “Remote learning and doing Zoom, because it allowed a lot of people, especially myself, to slack off, and it was difficult to do all your work online. Sometimes directions weren’t clear.” What is something good that has come as a result of your pandemic experiences? “Being able to do more work online, and also t...

What was/has been the most difficult part of the pandemic for you? Why? “Probably the less social aspect. Playing sports was definitely more difficult.” What is something good that has come as a result of your pandemic experiences? “School has been a lot easier. Hybrid was good because I actually got to focus and do my schoolwork.” What word or phrase best represents the last two ye...

What was/has been the most difficult part of the pandemic for you? Why? “Traveling… I recently went to Canada and you need to have vaccination proof and everything. But it is cool to see how other countries are taking the pandemic. What is something good that has come as a result of your pandemic experiences? The amount of sickness that we’re seeing, like the flu…and other normal s...

What was/has been the most difficult part of the pandemic for you? Why? “Being home a lot and not being able to see friends at school.” What is something good that has come as a result of your pandemic experiences? “When we came back to school everyone started talking to each other a lot more so you made a lot of new friends.”  What word or phrase best represents the last two ye...

What was/has been the most difficult part of the pandemic for you? Why? “I spend a lot of time alone anyways, even before the pandemic, so when the pandemic happened it was multiplied by ten. I guess for me, interacting with students is a big part of my social interaction, so that went away.  That's been the biggest struggle for me.” What is something good that has come as a result of your...

What was the most difficult part of the pandemic for you? Why? “Not being able to do what I wanted to do. I felt like there were always things in the way and stopping what I wanted to do. ” What is something good that has come as a result of your pandemic experiences? “Being able to have time to myself without anything in the way.” What word or phrase best represents the last t...

What was/ has been the most difficult part of the pandemic for you? “Getting used to in-school learning again.” What is something good that has come as a result of your pandemic experience? “I got my first job, so I got some work experience.” What word or phrase best represents the last 2 years of your life? Why? “Slow because I feel like I am still a freshman.”...

What was/has been the most difficult part of the pandemic for you? Why? “The masks were the most difficult part for me.” What is something good that has come as a result of your pandemic experiences? “Spending more time with my family at home.”  What word or phrase best represents the last two years for you? Why? “Life-changing”...

What was/has been the most difficult part of the pandemic for you? Why? “I think the most difficult part of the pandemic was keeping up with school because my motivation was really low.” What is something good that has come as a result of your pandemic experiences? “Self care because I know for some people the pandemic was really hard but for me the pandemic really helped with myself; I went on walks ...

What was/has been the most difficult part of the pandemic for you? Why? “The most difficult part of the pandemic for me despite several other obstacles has for sure been eating out with my friends. I’ve loved tasting food since I was young, and knowing I had to hold off on that has been a mental challenge which persisted for over a year.” What is something good that has come as a result of your...

What was/has been the most difficult part of the pandemic for you? Why? “I would say trying to support my students. There are so many different things people need, people are so stressed. It's difficult to juggle all those different things.” What is something good that has come as a result of your pandemic experiences? “My daughter was born two weeks before the pandemic. I really just got a few mon...

What was/has been the most difficult part of the pandemic for you? Why? “ I’m not from the central Massachusetts area so this meant that in the height of the pandemic I was going to be moving into my own place, living on my own, and starting my real adult life. The first few months felt very lonely. Although I did have friends in the central mass area, we were all very COVID-19 conscious and ...

What was/has been the most difficult part of the pandemic for you? Why? “I would say the most difficult for me was while we were out of school [and] not being able  to interact with the students.” What is something good that has come as a result of your pandemic experiences? “I think that everyone seems to be a little closer. They seem to be a little more tolerant of people, they’...

What was/has been the most difficult part of the pandemic for you? Why? “The most difficult part of the pandemic for me has been the masks. I feel like they are annoying to wear, especially when playing sports because I get so out of breath. I am really happy I don’t have to wear them anymore.” What is something good that has come as a result of your pandemic experiences? “I am really...

What was/has been the most difficult part of the pandemic for you? Why? “The most difficult part was staying in shape. I was able to do school, my chores, I ate well, but it was also so easy for me to just lie in bed and binge Netflix.”  What is something good that has come as a result of your pandemic experiences? “Something good is that I appreciate my friends and family more. I missed them a...

What was/has been the most difficult part of the pandemic for you? Why? “Probably just being at home and not being able to see my friends, it was just kind of depressing.” What is something good that has come as a result of your pandemic experiences? “I feel like from the pandemic, I realized how lucky I was to have a house, and to have food, and to have a loving family and I became mor...

What was/has been the most difficult part of the pandemic for you? Why? “Managing work and keeping up work academic wise. Before COVID-19, I had a really good system of going to school, getting the work, going home and doing the work. I prefer when we had it [school work] all on paper. Personally, that's the hardest for me and managing it.” What is something good that has come as a result...

What was/has been the most difficult part of the pandemic for you? Why? “Going to a new school with masks on made it very hard to make social connections.” What is something good that has come as a result of your pandemic experiences? “I’ve become much more aware of health stuff and taking care of myself. I also met a lot of people and developed new friendships.” What word or phrase ...

What was/has been the most difficult part of the pandemic for you? Why? “Not being able to see and hangout with friends, which is essential in my life,”  What is something good that has come as a result of your pandemic experiences? “Learning how to do work on my own, without much help from teachers,”  What word or phrase best represents  the last two years for you? Why? “Stre...

What was/has been the most difficult part of the pandemic for you? Why? “I think the most difficult part is getting used to being in big social environments again. With hybrid [learning] the classes were very small…and everything was so separated…but now we're getting back into a normal social environment.” What is something good that has come as a result of your pandemic experiences? “I think the...

What was/has been the most difficult part of the pandemic for you? Why? “Coming back to school five days a week was the most difficult part of the pandemic because no one was used to it after the hybrid schedule.”  What is something good that has come as a result of your pandemic experiences? “I had more time to do things that I enjoyed during the pandemic that I usually didn’t ha...

What was/has been the most difficult part of the pandemic for you? Why? “Definitely early pandemic when everything was closed down and I wasn’t allowed to see any of my friends. It was really hard because it made me more depressed, and human interaction is fun.” What is something good that has come as a result of your pandemic experiences? “Due to the cohorts, I was forced to make f...

What was/has been the most difficult part of the pandemic for you? Why? “The most difficult part was probably the constant feeling of being alone and isolated. Not being able to be around the people that I care about was really hard for me.” What is something good that has come as a result of your pandemic experiences? “I would say that it taught me how to be independent and have self discipl...