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An Unexpected University Routine in 2020

Title (Dublin Core)

An Unexpected University Routine in 2020

Description (Dublin Core)

When I imagined my daily college experience growing up, it always included going to class, going to the dinning hall, and meeting up with friends. Never would I have thought that this routine would include setting aside 15 minutes of my day to go inside a socially distanced tent while wearing a mask, to submit a nasal sample to a testing lab. I knew coming to college during the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic would be different than what I expected and I had accepted that frequent COVID-19 testing would be a large part of my experience. As a student at Northeastern University, it is policy to get tested at the university's testing site every three days. This process includes making an appointment, completing a daily wellness check, getting tested, and scanning your student ID to confirm compliance with the testing policy. Testing has become part of my daily routine as a student and is oddly something that feels very normal, when the whole concept of it is quite the opposite. I expect testing, along with socially distanced classes, online classes, and this altered reality to continue to be a part of my routine as a Northeastern student for a quite a while. However, I have accepted this and am glad to do so in order to participate in the college experience have awaited my whole life.

Date (Dublin Core)

September 7, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

Ava Cefalo

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Ava Cefalo

Partner (Dublin Core)

Northeastern University

Type (Dublin Core)

photograph
text

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Education--Universities
English Healthcare
English Social Distance

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

college
Boston
Massachusetts
testing
routine

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

COVID19
Boston
Northeastern
testing
student
routine
new normal

Collection (Dublin Core)

College COVID Stories

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

11/13/2020

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

12/14/2020
04/23/2022

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This item was submitted on November 13, 2020 by Ava Cefalo using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: http://mail.covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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