The Coronavirus has sparked a ton of controversy, and has been at the center of everyone's lives these past few months. Although, I must admit I didn't usually get out much outside of school anyway, the Coronavirus has put a huge hole in my plans education-wise. This summer I was looking forward to taking several art and game design related camps to help improve myself and get guidance, however this may now be impossible because of how many things have been shut down. It is also still controversial how grades will be looked at by colleges for the second semester and what it will be like moving forward. I know personally, learning from home has had a ton of challenges, whether it is finding the motivation to force myself to sit on the computer and finish hours of classwork, or learning without a teacher as readily available in a classroom environment. However it has had benefits such as giving me more time to practice my personal art skills and explore new hobbies, as well as work on classwork at my own pace. One of my biggest troubles was my AP exams. It was a lot of work to prepare for them on my own and the technology/upload concerns worried me. Having to navigate my way through the new format of these exams was difficult and they were very strange to do casually from home at my computer. It also concerns me if the submission process went smoothly and how colleges will look at them comparatively to exams from other years. The exams also contributed to me getting caught behind on my other work by focusing my attention to relentless studying and reviewing, without the usual compensation students would get after taking an AP exam. For example traditionally classes lay off from assigning mass amounts of work during the weeks of AP exams, but now it seems they just post regularly despite the exams. Doing outside community service has also been made extremely difficult due to the virus, and may effect future college applications or getting into NHS. Overall, I am ready for this quarantine to be over since it has complicated school so much. My heart goes out to families suffering from the virus, and I hope we can find a vaccine soon, or at least resume to a more regular lifestyle. I am thankful for the time I have gotten to learn new things, and going through something like this is certainly a one-in-a-lifetime experience. Conclusively:
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