{"id":121207,"date":"2021-06-23T10:45:22","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T14:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=121207"},"modified":"2021-06-23T10:45:22","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T14:45:22","slug":"learning-as-a-student-in-the-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/learning-as-a-student-in-the-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning as a Student in the Pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"

I will start my senior year at the 麻豆原创 this fall. It\u2019s hard to think about where all the time went, and it really feels like it was just yesterday when I stepped on campus for the first time.<\/p>\n

The journey toward my undergraduate degree has been eventful, especially in regard to dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. You\u2019re probably as sick of hearing about it as I am, but with an event as big as this one, there is a lot of ground to cover.<\/p>\n

A little over a year ago, I wrote a something for an extra-credit assignment for my American history professor. This professor made it clear to us that we were living in a generationally defining moment in history, and that we should soak up as much of what was happening as we could because it will affect the rest of our lives.<\/p>\n

This whole experience has taught me to think more on my own.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The assignment was to pick an artifact from our homes that historians would look back on to remember the pandemic. I chose an analog clock from my living room. At the time, all I could think about was how much time I was losing from my college experience. I felt like I wasn\u2019t going to learn anything well online from home, and I was missing out on all of the fun times that come with being a college student. To quote myself, I said it felt like \u201cthe clock stopped and everything was put on pause, but we are still losing time.\u201d<\/p>\n

I wrote that when I was 19. Now, as I am fully vaccinated and slowly returning to normal life again, I am 21. A lot of time has passed, and I can look at the words of my past and say that I was wrong.<\/p>\n

I thought then that the pandemic and the shutdown of the majority of the world was ruining my four years of college education. But all of the time I spent online and away from the classroom taught me that things also can be learned out of a classroom, too.<\/p>\n

During the lockdown and quarantine period, I learned so many life lessons about perspective and appreciating life. My whole mindset evolved into a much more positive state than before and I started to really live life to the fullest.<\/p>\n

This whole experience has taught me to think more on my own. For example, when studying for a chemistry exam, not only did I learn about chemistry, but I learned about time management while planning out my studies. And once I got that A+, I learned that I can achieve hard goals if I work hard enough. These are valuable life lessons that will benefit you in the real world.<\/p>\n

Lessons are in every walk of life. Every experience, every interaction you can take something from it if you think about it. Through the struggles of the pandemic life, I have gotten better at identifying these lessons and really trying my best to learn from everything.<\/p>\n

Once I started thinking this way, I started appreciating my college education a lot more, even if it were cut up by COVID-19. I look at the whole experience not as a setback, but as another part of my education.<\/p>\n

To be a student does not just mean to study hard and get good grades; it means to always go through life with open eyes and ears to learn as much as you can.<\/p>\n

Narvin Chhay is a 麻豆原创 junior majoring in sport and exercise science. He can be reached at <\/em>narvinc@knights.ucf.edu<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0麻豆原创 Forum<\/strong>\u00a0is a weekly series of opinion columns from faculty, staff and students who serve on a panel for a year. A new column is posted each Wednesday on <\/em>麻豆原创 Today<\/em><\/a> and then broadcast on W麻豆原创-FM (89.9) between 7:50 and 8 a.m. Sunday. Opinions expressed are those of the columnists, and are not necessarily shared by the 麻豆原创.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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