Please don't go to school this fall.
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- Опубліковано 13 лип 2020
- Please don't take this as expert advice or anything. I'm clearly not an expert in pandemics or a medical professional, this is literally just me being Worried and Stressed.
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Some schools won’t let you differ your offer because they’re like “we want money” :(
as someone coming from risd's foundation year, and having it be interrupted by corona and actually seeing how Not Great it was handled with online classes, i completely agree with your video. seriously unless you're getting a ton of scholarships and aid and really really want to graduate within 4 years from art school, taking a semester or year off is completely ok. i hate seeing my friends grapple with losing a year but y'know health should come before anything, and in the long run, your tuition will be worth it because you'd be getting hands-on experience. online learning even at risd. is not the same.
^^^^THIS. Doesn't matter how top-of-the-line the school is, shifting everything to be online is never going to be a respectable substitute
whew I feel more confident to hear this now, I'm taking off the fall and using this as an oppertunity to take a full time job, work and save since my scholarship ran out, I was so worried about not starting my animation degree, I'm about to graduate from community college this month
risd junior in gd here...sorry your freshman year got cut short mate. foundation year is meant to be physical and is literally not built to be online I can say from experience. but neither is any part of the school. at least I feel like now is a good chance to take a gap semester!! I'm in the middle of my major and just want to get it over with lol
I made this video SUPER on the fly, which is why I'm a sweaty mess and all over the place. I doubt this video will be all that helpful, but considering the incredible lack of empathy from the government and schools, I thought a friendly reminder that covid is freaking terrifying would be an important message for others to hear. Please stay safe, wear your masks (PROPERLY), wash your hands, disinfect, and keep your mental health in check. Let me know your thoughts and feelings about all this down below.
Take care you guys, I'm thinking of you 🙏💕
This video is very helpful! I am in Québec and I work in the health industry (but im starting as a freshmen in animation this fall) No need to worry about me Covid is being handled pretty well! Our school is partially reopening (max 50 students in one class), and our teachers required we buy video equipment so that the others can see what we are doing :P
I feel the same way about the freshmen magic, but our amazing student association created a discord for all of our class ;u; I hope you are doing well despite the current situation, I would love to know what you are up to post-grad!
Sadly, as an senior illustration student, I have to go back to school this fall. My college, even though we have cases of COVID, is opening back up.
I can’t transfer, because I’m scared I won’t be able to transfer credits and my school scholarship might get terminated or something. I have senior thesis as well that we had to “audition” for to become a senior.
I hate this so much, especially since I go to college in Florida😭!
Jesus christ, my heart goes out to you (and anyone in Florida that actually has some common sense). That really makes me mad that even with confirmed covid cases, the schools are still like, "it's fine! everything is totally fine :)" Best of luck to you this year, I hope you stay healthy and have as awesome a senior year as you can given the circumstances 🙏
not in the us but i woke up this morning and just had a massive panic from "oh god i do not want to be in a medium sized classroom where nobody is gonna wear a mask cause our pm thinks their bullshit" and made arrangements for a gap year
not an art student (long time subscriber tho, love your content) but if I hadn’t gotten multiple scholarships and already signed a lease for an off campus apartment, I’d be taking the year off. I’m going to be fighting for elearning as hard as I can. My university has made no statements other than “everything is fine, see you in a few weeks!” Those of you who don’t have scholarships or leases...take time off. Do it for those who can’t (like me and a lot of other people).
I completely agree. I’m in my last year and am fortunate that my entire education is covered by scholarships. What sucks is that for many students like me, we can’t take a year off without giving up those scholarships. I wished that my school would implement more online courses, even though they aren’t the same (especially for studio courses). I’m glad that my dorm is a single room, and not a normal dorm. I have no idea how the new dorm situation is gonna go, and I’m worried that my fellow classmates won’t care about keeping safe. Good luck out there.
If I was getting emails that vague and nonchalant, I'd be having a full blown anxiety attack, full stop. The very least these schools can do is acknowledge the pandemic and reassure their students that measures are being taken for their safety. To just brush it off like this is any ol' September is beyond me. Best of luck this semester (and congrats on all the scholarships!!), I hope you can pull through safe and well 💕 (also ty for being a long time subscriber!!! 😭💗)
I go to an extremely small art school (under 300 people). Although our community is probably safer than other universities to come back this fall, I have a hard time believing we're going to be okay for a few months at the least, even if we clean and wear masks every day. We'll have to see what happens down the line in-person, but personally online is definitely not the way to go with all the money we owe.
I feel you. The only way covid precautions work is if everyone is perfectly cooperates 24/7, which is hella difficult even at a smaller school with "less" to worry about
Hey do you mind me asking what school you go to? I am also going to a small school with less than 300 students.
@@Diary.by.L Montserrat in ma
I hella agree with you. I'll be going into a Junior college in Alabama and I was supposed to start all my art classes next semester but there is no way I am going to take them online when I just wont get a good enough quality of education to work in a field. I'm not a great artist as is. I need a lot of help. I'm seriously trying to find a way to maybe swap to all classes that will be online or maybe even drop but it might affect my financial aid. College is a super bad situation for me right now.
Best of luck fighting with financial aid, I know that's never a fun time D;
Thank you for using your platform to spread the word on staying home!
It's the least I could do 😭
I did 3D Design (sculpting, ceramics, carving, etc.) online and it was... something. 🤣 Especially since I’m almost entirely a 2D artist who likes to work with pastel, digital, charcoal, inks, and graphite, so I barely knew ANYTHING about the 3D stuff... I’m still amazed that I passed. 😅
Congrats on passing 3D!! 😂 One of my friends took a ceramics class last spring and the teacher basically changed the whole curriculum into a photography class. Kinda hard to sculpt without a kiln 😅
i was going into art college as a freshman and my parents forced me to drop out of it to go to germany- they said it will better for me but they’re only isolating me. help
The Blumiereist ,, is there anyone you can talk to?!
The Blumiereist are you not an adult? If you are then you can’t be forced to move anywhere or change anything haha
They can't forces you to anything even if they are your parents
I’m an art student and I’m super devastated. I will be continuing my classes online. This is really sad but I would not feel comfortable being in class this fall. You are correct it will be extremely difficult. I’m hoping that my teachers had more time to prepare and that it will be a better semester than last semester.
Thank you for this! ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you so much for making this video. As a MassArt student whose freshmen year was disrupted by Covid, I experienced firsthand how unprepared and unsubstantial the online classes were. I sent a long, extremely cohesive email to staff of all levels of power and influence, outlining the faults and failures of my online classes, as well as casting a light on the school’s own issue with inaction and just “going with the flow,” as you put it. I called them out for their disregard for their students’ welfare; MassArt should be asking itself *what it can do to help support its students at this time.* And yet they’re completely unreachable right now; calls to any office goes straight to voicemail.
In terms of finance, this whole situation is a screwed-up mess. I went from having 21 hours of class a week (with access to necessary resources, software, equipment, and studio spaces), to a mere 6 hours a week. And yet I’m not eligible for a partial tuition refund just because I still got full credit for those classes?? What’s the point of having credits if I haven’t gotten the required experience and knowledge that that class was supposed to offer? How does that do me any good??
It’s clear by their lack of communication, vagueness, and empty promises that they are completely unprepared and unequipped for this. While I understand why this is a struggle for them, that doesn’t mean I’m going to complacently go along with it. As an out-of-state student struggling financially right now, it’s simply not feasible! And they’ve raised tuition!
So- thank you for making this video. After weeks of fighting and pleading and having to defend my stance on this w admin, it’s so, *so* reassuring to hear your support in this video. I really needed that x Thank you for speaking up!!!
This video was actually very helpful! I didn’t even think about the fact I’m going to be paying for an education that I wasn’t expecting. I’m a graphic design major so it’s probably more do-able but never the same as a face to face.
I'm so glad you found my ramblings helpful 😭😂 I'm not a graphic designer, so I can't really say how easy or difficult it'll be to have your classes online. I just hope that no matter what kind of classes you get, that you'll stay healthy and get as good of an education as you can 💕
I'm so happy you put this video up!! I am not attending my university this fall already (it being an art school) because of COVID but also online learning is just not the same as being in a classroom. If you're going to spend that much money...everyone should be getting a hands on education. There nothing wrong with taking a semester off until things clear up, especially in the US.
In my next video I'm going to discuss this topic as well (ill make sure to mention your video) Thank you for your insight :)
i really needed to hear this. i go to a small art school in philly, but i truly do not trust staff, administration, and other students to follow thru with the schools "honor code" to keep everyone safe. my family is poor and my whole life ive been told that i should graduate in 4 yrs and etc etc but i know that my safety is above any kind of education i can get right now. ive already let my school know im going to take the semester off, but i havent sent any the documents back because im hoping my school switches to online soon. but i realize now its not worth it. im a sophomore btw, and freshman year was only fun because no one was worried about dying. as someone who has experienced their freshman yr (cut off of course bc of covid) i also echo Biana's statement: freshmen, please delay your education for the love of god. its not worth the money, its not worth the risk. im going to take this semester off definitely. thank you Biana, i really needed to hear your words to cement my decision.
As a medical doctor, I 100% agree with you. Just sit tight there, enjoy your life as much as you can(visit nature, watch sunset, complete a project you always dreamed of, learn drawing (as in my case), start a company, get to know your significant other, or spend more time with your parents or siblings ) while following the guidelines such as wearing a mask and social distancing, until we doctors/humanity figure it out. Consider it is a as gift or free time given to you for a year or so that you can do anything you want. How often you get such a chance?
I’m a senior graphic communications student I graduate in December!!! Most of my classes are online except for 1 😩. If I didn’t have just this semester left I would take time off because it’s not worth getting sick!
I transferred and took time off to work as well so I understand your point. To keep people safe my school cut housing so most people have their own room... class sizes are cut and we only meet once a week in person. And then we get to permanently go home in early November...so we will only be on campus for about 3 months
Already paid the tuition and I can’t differ. Art school has been my dream for two years and I spent a gap year and a semester at a state school and my goal was always art school. My parents basically told me that either I go now or never. So I am stuck. I wish this video came a day earlier so I could show this to my parents
It's almost been a year since the pandemic really hit and my senior year of high school got cut short, and unfortunately, half a year has passed since I first watched this video and it doesn't seem like the situation has gotten any better. Heck, I think it's worse. This year WAS my gap year, but at this point, I don't foresee the art school experience I dream of coming to fruition any time soon, I'm prepared that it won't be for at LEAST a decade. So now, I think I'm just going to truly take the initiative of creating a school experience for myself. Because while I don't want to remain stagnant, I am also not compromising my SAFETY and MONEY for ANYONE. I'll be 19 in May, and my five-year plan so far consists of me moving out and really making a name for myself through my art, so it's time to adapt to truly adapt to the pandemic life and get a move on.
I finished up my first year of art school in May, and while online classes aren’t the same as in-person classes there was an unforeseen benefit. My personal work ethic and ability to manage stressful situations for sure increased due to the extra work I had to put in at time.
If you’re about to start your freshman year at art school be sure to stay on top of your workload from the beginning!! Finals will probably will be rougher than they should be if you’re taking a couple online classes.
I'm glad you've found a silver lining!! I know for some students, the freedom of working more at your own pace is really beneficial. And congrats on finishing freshman year!!
My university has been planning and keeping us updated the entire summer. We are opening back up for the Fall, all classes are either Hybrid or Online, very few are staying in the traditional setting because they are once a week classes or that particular class can not be done online. They're going to set up temperature checks at the doors and if we have a temperature we are sent into an isolated room on campus. We can choose to go home and isolate there or just stay on campus in isolation. Students in the dorms will have roommates but if that student has to go into isolation, so does their roommate and whoever they were in contact with. Along with the temperature checks, we have to wear masks if we don't have one we are provided with one at the check-in. Then after Thanksgiving Break we are going back to remote learning the last two weeks of class.
I'm an Art History major with an Art minor, all of my art classes are hybrid. My Ceramics professor has it set up for us in the Fall to come in whenever we want during the days we have class because she will be there monitoring us and allowing a certain amount of students in to the studio. We might be able to still have 24/7 access to the studio, that isn't confirmed until we are back in class. As for my History class, we are doing synchronous online which means the class has to be in the chatroom with the teacher while they give the lecture.
My university is taking everything seriously, they even froze tuition for Freshmen so their semester is free. They also reduced parking permit prices and stalled the rise on tuition for the semester. We still don't know what the work-studies are going to do, so I won't know until I go back.
If I could, I would take the semester off. But this is my last semester before I graduate, so I have to stay and finish up.
I'm in canada and my problem is that for my school (I still pay full tuition) and everything is transferring online (I take an illustration program)
we can take a semester off but aren't guaranteed a spot to come back (they say the program fills up quickly so there are very little spots accepting returning students from a break) so we basically can't take a semester off.
I know the professors are doing their best but I can't help but feel like I'm paying so much for half an experience (the studio and in class experience is something I can't copy at home in a house full of my family members
I just feel disappointed and frustrated
God, what a load of bull. I'm sure there's some validity to the "program fills up quickly" argument, but it's hard to believe that when you know the universities are solely out for your money 😞 Best of luck to you, I hope you stay healthy and make the most out of your online education 💕🙏
@@BianaBova thank you 💖
Hi, from
Spain in high school. Spain is kind of a mess right now. But we could be doing worse. It feels like this poor country is screaming in pain constantly.
We are going back to school. We have had our schedules adjusted so that we don’t mix with other classes. And there are a lot of measures.
But I’m worried because it doesn’t say anywhere to wear a mask even though it has been made a must (because of all of the new cases).
Also maintaining distance in the workshop is going to be difficult, unless they eliminate group projects.
I am going to a community college through my high school to knock out some college credits before I graduate as a senior. When I picked my classes, I didn't think I would be an art major, and though I originally wanted to do an art studio class, my math class was on the same day at the exact time as the art class, so I ended up having to pick math over that, and instead doing an art class that is a mix between studio art and art history... I'm super glad it worked out that way in the end now that everything is virtual, but I have a biology class to worry about and I hope it wasn't supposed to be lab based...
I’m going into grade 11, and I’m very uncomfortable with the idea that I would have to go back to school in September. It really sucks because I am in art construction and biology and I probably won’t have a studio, a workshop or a lab. Thank you for sharing your thoughts, this video was very calming to listen to for me, even with heavy topics.😊
I'm so sorry about you not having a space to do your work. Neither of those majors sound easy (or even feasible??) to do at home D; Best of luck, friend (and I'm glad you liked the vid 💕)
People can’t just see how huge of a threat this virus really is...
In my country thousands have died, alone. But people don’t seem to care.
It genuinely makes me upset, how little reach the empathy of some have.
Arquidesis Studio Same, in my country people even organized parties to get infected to “be immune to the virus “ in fact my country is one of the most affected, all of this because people are so ignorant and misinformation is always being spread. Such a shame.
Arquidesis Studio also people have this mindset of “I don’t care if I get the virus” I’m just like “Bro, I don’t even care if you get the virus either, but I do care about the people that surround you and all of the people you’re going to infect, all of this just because you only think about you, you’re not the only one in this world “ :/
Where I'm going to school they're splitting up students that are living in the on campus dorms into apartments nearby (aka you might get slapped 30 mins away w out a ride and you cant help it) and are limiting the dorms to 2 people per room I believe. Then they're also doing mixed learning, where some is online and others are in person. I believe they're also giving us the ability to choose online learning for the in person classes. I really dislike how my school is telling us all of this AFTER we all signed up for housing or an apartment lease. Because now I'm stuck w a lease! I really dont think this year is going to be "worth it" especially w how Covid is developing in the US but my parents wont let me skip this year for fear I wont go back. Like, I could be saving so much money for this year and I dont get it?? Love this video and I really wish there was a decent way for me to maybe drop this semester/year. Thank you for this, it's so well written and I will be sharing it w my parents ;w;
Your color palette in the background is beautiful
Thank you! :D
The prices for online art school is really steep. I'm in a Game Art & Animation program at my community college taking my last core classes at the moment, but next fall I start the program classes and my advisor told us that because we couldn't use the tablets in the studio rooms we would need to buy our own. Which were at least $3000 for the minimum spec requirement, also FAFSA and the school's financial aid would not cover it or the cost of photoshop for classes. I was lucky and had someone who built a pc for me for a little less than that. I would not recommend going to school at the moment, I suggest taking a gap year to do programs like Draw A Box, Schoolism, the Draftsman Podcast on youtube has some amazing resources in their descriptions, I now marshallart.com has some amazing perspective lessons if you strughle with that, also some game art teachers stream their classes on Twitch so you can see how they do critique, you can look for almost any artbook by searching it's name and pdf after it. For any aspirating animators Aaron Blaise is on youtube and has lessons on creatureartteacher.com I believe is the name, alsothe website animation screen cap is great for studying stills of animated movies, you has most if not all the making of animated movies videos, pencil tests are also another fun this to look at. Also I the Watts Atilier I believe that's how you spell it if you can't find it search Jeff Watts on youtube he should have it in a title card somewhere they went online too, and they're a great resource for learning fundamentals. That's all I can think of off the top of my head🍀Good luck beans
Yeah, I definitely agree that it's not worth it to go back during the pandemic. As someone who's experienced first hand how having to switch to online courses mid-semester affects the quality of art classes, it definitely wasn't worth it to even finish out the semester. Figure drawing was ridiculous because we had to watch videos of "live" models and draw their poses or use photos of figure models as references and it's not even close to the same kind of experience you get in the classroom, and it's a much lower quality way of learning form. Also, even ART HISTORY was hard for me to do online mid-semester because 1. I got used to someone actually speaking in front of me giving me extra bits of information that I wouldn't get from just reading and 2. it's way less interactive, even when you have forums you have to post on every week like I did. I definitely didn't learn nearly as much in that class when it went online than I did in the actual classroom.
The first half of the semester was great and I was actually enjoying the assignments and critiques and such, but the second half I just did assignments to get them out of the way and get them over with. It was wayyyyy more stressful online. I don't think I'm going back for at least a year this year because I don't think I could handle it nor do I think I would actually learn anything of value or gain more skill than just me practicing and doing studies at home.
Yea I was planning to not come back, I got sick constantly before covid happened. I can't image what would happen if I came back and become positive. My immune system is very weak and my school's attempt to do online classes was a huge failure as well.
At times like this I think about the school I went to for my freshman year(I transferred immediately because it was a mess). They had co-ed floors with about 10 rooms with 2-3 people in each room with four bathrooms (one toilet and shower in each) on the floor (not separated by gender so it was another mess) and those bathrooms would always break and would not be cleaned from fri-sun. So I can only imagine that if those students have to come back to a dorm like that it can end up being a cesspool for the virus. That school gave out a lot of scholarships(at least when I attended) so I would imagine there will be a lot of students who will have no choice but to attend and put themselves at risk.
I wish I could but my parents are still forcing me to go even though I *know* I won’t learn anything by sitting in my dorm room learning how to creat art through a camera that displays at 360fps
youre so right- im like so annoyed at massart they give us fluff everytime they “give us information” and unfortunately the only reason im going back is bc i have an apartment specifically near the school that i want to move out of after graduation. i just really hope the freshman, who dont have the ties to their school yet as much as the older kids, dont go to school this semester
I'm actually transferring to a universities art program for graphic communication coming from a community college this year but I'm probably going to take online classes or at least as many as I can. A lot of my friends aren't art majors or live in my state but I'm telling them to take as many of them online as you can because I don't need y'all to get sick. I've asked them if it's possible to take a semester off but for the most part the reason why is if they did it would mess up any financial aid they have (I'm also at school because of financial aid too) and we can't risk it because we're broke as shit.
here where i live were gonna have a mixed system since we have fewer cases but still want to not have a second wave. by mixed i mean both online school and normal school. dont have details but i think important subjects like sciences will be learned the normal way.
Praying that those numbers stay low for you 🙏
I’m still a Highschool student about to start my senior year. I’ll also be taking a community college graphic design class that’s paid by my high school. I Applied before COVID hit the US and now the US has the worse cases!! Im a Little nervous about going now. My city is is horrible about wearing masks. Crossing fingers everything works out. Thanks for making this video art mom 💗 you’re awesome.
I’m just taking art classes at my local community college but I don’t want to continue this upcoming semester because it’s more expensive and will be a hybrid class where we’re in class sometimes and online sometimes. It just doesn’t seem worth it.
Has anyone tried CGMA, Schoolism, or similar online courses? I’m thinking about doing that instead, but idk.
I’m a pre-med student who just finished their undergrad this year and I refuse to go back to school until everything is safe and secure especially because I, as well as members of my family, have underlying heath issues and I cannot risk our health. I also do not learn well online so I’m choosing to take time off until it’s safe.
Ohmygod, an actual med student watches my videos!! I totally didn't think I'd get a response from someone with medical experience, I'm so happy and surprised 😂 But for real, good for you for taking some time off to protect yourself and your fam. I hope you guys stay healthy and safe 💕
As someone who used to go to Massart I dont even know how will they able to keep it clean especially in classrooms and studios.
Dude, the 9th floor is a breeding ground for disease just on a regular basis. You really gonna tell me that they'll keep it covid safe?? With ONE BATHROOM??? Christ 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
@@BianaBova oh god that one bathroom and no one came in to clean there and my desk was a mess and so was everyone's its not safe
In my school they just make us clean our workspaces and then, the cleaning ladies do the rest.
While I totally agree with you in regard to not being on campus, and totally understand that not all schools have the skill or for thought to plan a good online process...many do and have spent MANY hours/weeks/months planning and training for the fall.
I’d alternatively suggest students focus their fall class time on courses that will continue your pathway toward graduation but that might better fit the online process. For example, perhaps skip that ceramics or dance class, but fulfill those liberal arts courses where you spend 50% of your time reading and the other 50% talking about what you read. Or the math class where you just watch the teacher write formulas on the board anyway and then spend hours working them out on your own.
Of course not all schools are set up this way, ie art schools may not require lib arts classes. In those cases it makes sense to rethink the semester. But if you can still continue your path toward graduation from home, do so.... As someone who will lose my job (and find myself unable to pay my mortgage or feed my babies) if lots of students just opt not to attend, I would very much appreciate it.
I wanna go for an animation school and I’ve seen mass art and do you think it’s a good school and should I go? And what are classes like since COVID; if I were to go, can I just stay at my dorm or is campus open or do I need to stay home?
Sorry for bad english first -And you were and still are so right, in our country there are again opening schools like elementary schools and maybe little % of high schools and it´s so stupid because when I saw some news that some schools were closed again about, seriously 3 hours ...it blowed out my mind ... And the worst thing is that most of teachers here also in our city are either lazy, or don´t like their work anymore and they even don´t try to teach better in these days or there are also proud, hardworking and good teachers realizing this situation and guess what... these hardworking people are for opinion to NOT FREAKIN OPEN THE SCHOOLS and the´re so right, even when it´s like harder to interest kids to learn like this, or they can´t show em something now because it must be in school and stuff but they can handle it and these another lazy or not interested in work teachers and of course I forgot about parents wanna just not to teach again or they just wanna school again... like what the hell peole must be little patient ... and they don´t mind like they are like not realizing outside is some bad virus and ... ah ...
Haha hell of a title and thumbnail, immediately clicked out of curiosity about your take on this situation!
Edit: oh wow this is a serious video, yeah don’t go this semester if you can, your health and your family’s health is not worth risking
unfortunately i deferred last year and am running out of funds to defer again, i had also entered into my accomodation contract before the lockdown and if i backed out of would afford me a lot of money. My country has having practical session in person and lectures online but i pray even that is only for a term
I live in the US, and I’m in 8th grade, in my opinion, the school is actually handling it pretty well, for the US, they quarantine people who are close contact, they mandate masks, they _try_ to be socially distanced, they give students the option to go online, which 20% of students have chosen, and no one’s caught it from school yet. I know that university is drastically different than middle school, but I think it’s embarrassing the way the US has handled it.
I live in England and university is all going to be online, for the first semester at least
Not an art student.. was doing math.. working toward a BSc to apply toward a degree in Naturopatic medicine... but i went from a 104% average to 98% switching to online.. (I know that's still a great grade).. but my point is.. online.. learning complex math concepts strictly from a textbook is so much different than sitting in class talking through it with classmates and profs.. i am a very visual and auditory learner... i cannot just read skads of text on mathematics and understand the concept.. my brain starts trying to solve the equation and I can no longer focus on what I'm reading... im disappointed because I have 10 years of school ahead of me.. im 36 this year.. and uni in Canada is only online
My school was very expensive but I elected to take the online program which was half the cost of tuition and then covid hit and now everyone is online so I’m glad that I got really lucky, and my program has been great online even with studio classes I think it’s just when the schools rnt planning for a digital curriculum there are issues
Idk about you but we already had to go to school in May, it’s summer holidays now. We littered had like 5-6 weeks of school before summer holidays.
The only rules where:
1)only stay with your classmates
2)masks where optional
3)don’t share food and drinks
4)wash your heads everytime you change class rooms
Guess what, most people didn’t keep up following the rules. For some reason we haven’t had a single case at our school and I don’t get how.
What is a Type A personality?
I'm an incoming freshman going to meca and I delayed by a year basically as soon as I applied because my mom gets super worried about this kind of thing and I really wanted the full college experience, but I'm afraid of being old for my class? Maybe this is dumb but I'm already on the older side and now that I'm taking a year off I'll probably be a full two years older than the rest of the freshmen. Im worried that it's going to be hard for me to make friends for that reason. If anyone would like to reassure me that'd be neato.
I'm starting my first year in University... and I dont have a choice at the matter! :,< they use to give the options of doing both but nope. It's now flexible. And this is just... ugh
Going in as a freshman art student next year. My studio classes will be in person but my larger lectures will be online. How do we feel about that hybrid education?
I don't know if they'll allow this, but it'd be great if you could exclusively take gen eds and save the studio stuff for later. Otherwise, just do your best in the studios to keep yourself healthy D;
Biana Bova great advice! Thank you❤️❤️
Personally I’m an art student at university (so a big art department is housed inside a normal university essentially) and though ALL of my classes are online for the fall (and yeah having art profs teach through zoom is kinda trash). But, speaking for me personally, being in classes gives my mind stability and actually increases my mental health. And I’m applying for a transfer to a big art school in the spring so my situation is a bit different from others in that I’m only taking one art studio this semester and a bunch of other normal classes. Again, speaking for me. But OVERALL, them trying to put teachers and profs and students in danger is disgusting.
But side note, I’m an animation, video, and sound student , and my situation is different
where I live we have a lot of cases, yet the government is loosening up the quarantine. as an immunocompromised (sry if i missplessed it!) person I'm kinda worried about it. I'm not surprised that the govs are doing so, because I live in a shitty country. still its disappointing.
As someone teaching at University, I wonder who is going to cover teachers unemployment at this point... I can't afford not doing my job and taking "gap year", going online was my only option. In reality, I had my classes on a regular schedule, actually going online and working with my students, so they could ask anything they needed to ask. As much as I think online sucks for both lecturers and students and benefits only university PR and marketing teams, for language majoring students it was only option to sustain their level of language skills. Gap year would thrown them to the square one in language proficiency, any skill is not something you can pick up at the same level you dropped it a year ago. I'm not going to advocate putting your life in danger, but the issue is hell of complicated. Lots of art majoring students here has a system of "mentorship" - someone who is guiding students through all years, switching to another mentor in the middle of study could bring problems. My faculty only opens a very limited major programs once in 5 years, so if you fall of the wagon, you have to wait for 5 years.
It's so good to hear your perspective as an educator!! I didn't think of language classes at all, but you're totally right, that's definitely something you can't afford to take a break on. I'm glad you and other teachers have been able to make the best out of this god awful situation, and I'm sure your students are grateful too. I hope you and your students stay safe and have a good academic year 💕
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i dropped out of school years ago. lol why am i watching this.
I completely agree. if I could be completely self-taught, I would of not planned on college. I WANT critique I want people's opinions.
god yeah im going into my senior year of high school and im like haha! im in danger!!
in my country we don’t have a choice:(
I think a med student UA-camr named Rachel Southard (her channel name as well) might have interesting observations to lend about what studying medicine 100% online was like this past semester, if you could connect with her somehow. Our "leadership" has been in "ignore the problem" mode for much of this pandemic. As worrying as the situation with some colleges and universities is, the K-12 situation is potentially much worse.
but Biana, I signed a contract before this all began 😔
Me watching this as I'm packing to move to massart...
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Yup, this is why I'm taking a gap year. Well, that and I have no money lmao
ahhhhhh i'm in the same position, except i probably won't be allowed to take a gap year
@@trini9887 oh rip. I definitely do suggest at least trying tho. Researching the benefits of a gap year and showing them to my parents really helped for me. If that still doesn't work, then I wish you the best of luck! Of course, if needed, you can also just move out and do whatever you want ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
So if we shut down the dorms should apartment complexes be shut down too? I personally don’t see the difference between the two. COVID-19 really messed up everything because school was my refuge. And spending these months home... I am going back. I need peace of mind not to mention I need my job back. I’m a student worker.
Bathrooms and social interactions are the biggest difference between dorms and apartments. Most schools have 2 or 3 students per dorm room and all the students on a single floor share a few community bathrooms (obviously not every school and every dorm, but for the most part, apartment style dorms that have their own bathrooms and/or are meant for a single student are rarer and more expensive). In an apartment complex, everyone has their own space to live with minimal contact with other tenants. Not to mention, dorm halls are super social and students are constantly running from room to room to see all their friends--great for fostering community, not for social distancing.
All that said, I really feel you on wanting to leave home and go back to a happier (and more financially beneficial) place. I hope your physical and mental health stay strong and that you have a good semester 💕💕
Biana Bova Thank you so much. My dorms are apartment style and I have a roommate and we have separate bathrooms and even our own kitchen. So for my school at least it is way better for social distancing. I didn’t know that other dorms were so tight and together. This all could have been over with if people had just swallowed their pride and worn a mask and stayed home like the rest of us. Thank you again.
And I actually did~yay🥲 never regret my decision though...I'm just hoping this whole shit be ended soon ahahhah...
Well here we are now in 2024...and look at what we've "learned" 😂
If I had kids I wouldn't send them to school
I have taken 2 years off previously, and this semester I’m only taking one class, because my classes are really hands on. All my classes are forced online, and its really frustrating. But I am with you, if you can take a semester off.