Eddy Margot Perez de Contreras: Our life has changed
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The Covid 19 Pandemic is the biggest change in the world, which has made us change our way of life. We can not be close to our family, our friends, our children and grandchildren. Not being able to visit our sick family is not easy to manage. The Pandemic has also changed our way to study and to learn and children are locked up watching T.V. or playing video games instead of meeting or playing with friends. We look at the news and we find that cases of contagious of Covid 19 are going up around the world. How to fight this pandemic? We fight it by not traveling to be with our family on Thanksgiving. I am student of Community Impact and I tell everyone to have awareness and prevention during this HOLIDAY and the people who stay at home with their families enjoy your holiday and be healthy.
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Akmaral Yskak: Covid-19 Pandemic and my Life
I came to the United State in the autumn of 2019. New York is so beautiful and great for walking. I was very surprised when I saw so many people who speak Russian and Chinese in Brooklyn. I took English classes and started learning English.
I often listened to music and watched breaking news. One day in December 2019, I heard about a quarantine in China, but I didn’t take it very seriously. A few months later the governor of New York State announced the quarantine in the State. It was March 16th, 2020. All public schools, parks and libraries closed. The quarantine lasted for about six months.
At first, I thought of how we would cope with the quarantine. I was wondering how my family would have to spend their time home. I always remembered that a wise man once said: “If you lose your mind, you lose your power”. During the statewide quarantine I mostly concentrated on my English further improving my writing and reading skills. My children and I were determined to learn English. Then my family and I decided to be together in this difficult time and to do a list of what we need to do. I could find educational programs online for me. I took an online English class and continued learning. My husband worked online. My children took online classes too. How did we spend the whole period of lockdown? In the beginning, we did a lot of things together and tried to support each other because staying home during the day especially made us nervous. However, we tried to stay calm and cope with the quarantine. We took a break and exercised every day. Sometimes I thought I was spending too much time alone. I have two teenage sons, who were stubborn and wanted to do nothing. It was a stressful situation. I thought if I have stress what I am supposed to do to cope with it. I knew that I should be patient and keep the balance. I don’t want to overthink. Therefore, I practice yoga and meditation.
Nowadays many people still have to stay at home, and it can be hard to find the time to make yourself feel well. Staying home can make people sick because there is no activity, and they cannot see their friends. When our teacher asked us about our online class at Community Impact, many of my classmates answered it was good. They explained that online class has the advantages of saving time and money. I would rather learn now. For me, it’s important to have face to face communication and socializing. For many careers, it’s important to get a good education. I definitely think many people can’t have opportunities to practice or improve their hard or soft skills now.
In fact, the quarantine changed our lives. Maybe some say it’s normal to continue to live this way, others say it’s not. Recently there was an announcement about vaccine for COVID-19. The media announced the vaccine is 95% successful. I realize that our lives will not be the same as before. Unfortunately, I don’t know if that will be good or bad. I really hope the quarantine will end soon and we need to prevent this problem from ever happening again.
I often listened to music and watched breaking news. One day in December 2019, I heard about a quarantine in China, but I didn’t take it very seriously. A few months later the governor of New York State announced the quarantine in the State. It was March 16th, 2020. All public schools, parks and libraries closed. The quarantine lasted for about six months.
At first, I thought of how we would cope with the quarantine. I was wondering how my family would have to spend their time home. I always remembered that a wise man once said: “If you lose your mind, you lose your power”. During the statewide quarantine I mostly concentrated on my English further improving my writing and reading skills. My children and I were determined to learn English. Then my family and I decided to be together in this difficult time and to do a list of what we need to do. I could find educational programs online for me. I took an online English class and continued learning. My husband worked online. My children took online classes too. How did we spend the whole period of lockdown? In the beginning, we did a lot of things together and tried to support each other because staying home during the day especially made us nervous. However, we tried to stay calm and cope with the quarantine. We took a break and exercised every day. Sometimes I thought I was spending too much time alone. I have two teenage sons, who were stubborn and wanted to do nothing. It was a stressful situation. I thought if I have stress what I am supposed to do to cope with it. I knew that I should be patient and keep the balance. I don’t want to overthink. Therefore, I practice yoga and meditation.
Nowadays many people still have to stay at home, and it can be hard to find the time to make yourself feel well. Staying home can make people sick because there is no activity, and they cannot see their friends. When our teacher asked us about our online class at Community Impact, many of my classmates answered it was good. They explained that online class has the advantages of saving time and money. I would rather learn now. For me, it’s important to have face to face communication and socializing. For many careers, it’s important to get a good education. I definitely think many people can’t have opportunities to practice or improve their hard or soft skills now.
In fact, the quarantine changed our lives. Maybe some say it’s normal to continue to live this way, others say it’s not. Recently there was an announcement about vaccine for COVID-19. The media announced the vaccine is 95% successful. I realize that our lives will not be the same as before. Unfortunately, I don’t know if that will be good or bad. I really hope the quarantine will end soon and we need to prevent this problem from ever happening again.
Phyu Win
Due to this COVID-19 pandemic, our lives have been changed. For me, I use to stay home and don’t go out too much, the quarantine doesn’t change my life too much except wearing a mask whenever goes out. But it is sad for my daughter because she can’t get play date and can’t go to the playground. In general, we have more time with our family.
Iram Barry
I'm Iram one of your students. Personally the pandemic didn't change my live. I don't go out, i don't have friends our family in USA to talk with and I don't work. So the shutdown didn't change my life.
Nancy Palomino: How my life change in one heartbeat?
I will begin writing my experience during this pandemic era with this quote: “Look at how far you have come and then keep going”.
My mother used to remind me always whenever I felt sad and worry. When I think about this virus I’ve seen people including my family worry and anxious in different ways. I guess the reason was not to get the virus because we didn’t know how our body will react. In my house, I was very cautious because my grandmother who I live with is a 90 years old stroke patient with vulnerable health. She was the reason of being extremely careful by using our mask all the time and washing our hands every time.
I think this Corona virus changed the lives of many people, including my own of course each in different ways, some lost their job, some their businesses and most of them they lost their family members. At my young age of 18, I never thought to live this terrible experience of living in fear and terror of losing the person I love the most my grandmother, just because of a simple carelessness. However, at the same time teaches me a lesson in two ways, the first one is to value and respect the life of everyone else, and next to love myself and I started to build my self confidence and trust on myself, in the other hand teaches me to appreciate and value my family and friends who were with me in good and bad times.
At the same time, we noticed the heart of stranger helping you in different ways. I am very thankful to Community Impact for providing me this opportunity to teach me English, even thought we were distancing from family member we see good people providing us food. Sometimes something bad if has too happened to appreciate and value people who care about everyone else. Furthermore, we have the technology to be in touch with our families and friends who are away from us and let us feel that we were not alone.
I try not to feel lonely, because I must be strong to support and encourage my grandmother to go on. I realized the lives of vulnerable people and loved ones matter the most in my case to protect this special person who was the backbone of the members of the family tree my grandmother.
Now a days thinking about the lost our families, the distancing of closed family members makes me feel sad and always with the hope of good times is about to come, and as I started life goes on even thought is regrettable to see how many people have died, how many families have lost their loved ones ,It is ironic that something terrible would become part of our daily outfit, something extremely indispensable, which is to live with all the precaution against this disease.
We live in a first-world country, a world power to the country that holds the first place in terms of military power, economic wealth, and technological development, even so, hospitals collapsed, corpses in trucks in the absence of refrigerators since there were millions of people who were infected and Many of them did not survive because they did not want to take care of themselves and wear a mask and the rest because they were vulnerable people and they were infected.
We are living critical moments, with fear that at any moment someone we love will get infected. Something that causes a commotion in me is that many people in these moments where the economy depends on a pendulum, are going hungry and it is not only here, it is all over the world, such as Latin America, each country tried to do the best it could to try to avoid a collapse, some could do it some were not. to the point I am going is that this year we must live with a silent enemy, someone who attacks you without realizing it.
A few days ago, I read in an article that said "people who died from covid-19 is as like the deaths of the Second World War."
I know that many people of my age do not care much about the issue probably because they don’t have an important person to take care like me my grandmother, it is something very important to show people and teach them to take care themselves and at the same time to take care of our vulnerable beings, each day that is one less day for me to think that they will find the cure for this virus.
Finally, Covid 19 caused a global crisis, in months it changed our lives, it attacks everyone, and brings consequences. This planet was not ready for this virus, which causes chaos, panic and fear in everyone not matter their status. It changed people’s lives in different ways. The virus showed us how vulnerable we are. It recalled many questions such as, what world do we want to live in? What can we do? How long we must wait to gain our freedom again?
My mother used to remind me always whenever I felt sad and worry. When I think about this virus I’ve seen people including my family worry and anxious in different ways. I guess the reason was not to get the virus because we didn’t know how our body will react. In my house, I was very cautious because my grandmother who I live with is a 90 years old stroke patient with vulnerable health. She was the reason of being extremely careful by using our mask all the time and washing our hands every time.
I think this Corona virus changed the lives of many people, including my own of course each in different ways, some lost their job, some their businesses and most of them they lost their family members. At my young age of 18, I never thought to live this terrible experience of living in fear and terror of losing the person I love the most my grandmother, just because of a simple carelessness. However, at the same time teaches me a lesson in two ways, the first one is to value and respect the life of everyone else, and next to love myself and I started to build my self confidence and trust on myself, in the other hand teaches me to appreciate and value my family and friends who were with me in good and bad times.
At the same time, we noticed the heart of stranger helping you in different ways. I am very thankful to Community Impact for providing me this opportunity to teach me English, even thought we were distancing from family member we see good people providing us food. Sometimes something bad if has too happened to appreciate and value people who care about everyone else. Furthermore, we have the technology to be in touch with our families and friends who are away from us and let us feel that we were not alone.
I try not to feel lonely, because I must be strong to support and encourage my grandmother to go on. I realized the lives of vulnerable people and loved ones matter the most in my case to protect this special person who was the backbone of the members of the family tree my grandmother.
Now a days thinking about the lost our families, the distancing of closed family members makes me feel sad and always with the hope of good times is about to come, and as I started life goes on even thought is regrettable to see how many people have died, how many families have lost their loved ones ,It is ironic that something terrible would become part of our daily outfit, something extremely indispensable, which is to live with all the precaution against this disease.
We live in a first-world country, a world power to the country that holds the first place in terms of military power, economic wealth, and technological development, even so, hospitals collapsed, corpses in trucks in the absence of refrigerators since there were millions of people who were infected and Many of them did not survive because they did not want to take care of themselves and wear a mask and the rest because they were vulnerable people and they were infected.
We are living critical moments, with fear that at any moment someone we love will get infected. Something that causes a commotion in me is that many people in these moments where the economy depends on a pendulum, are going hungry and it is not only here, it is all over the world, such as Latin America, each country tried to do the best it could to try to avoid a collapse, some could do it some were not. to the point I am going is that this year we must live with a silent enemy, someone who attacks you without realizing it.
A few days ago, I read in an article that said "people who died from covid-19 is as like the deaths of the Second World War."
I know that many people of my age do not care much about the issue probably because they don’t have an important person to take care like me my grandmother, it is something very important to show people and teach them to take care themselves and at the same time to take care of our vulnerable beings, each day that is one less day for me to think that they will find the cure for this virus.
Finally, Covid 19 caused a global crisis, in months it changed our lives, it attacks everyone, and brings consequences. This planet was not ready for this virus, which causes chaos, panic and fear in everyone not matter their status. It changed people’s lives in different ways. The virus showed us how vulnerable we are. It recalled many questions such as, what world do we want to live in? What can we do? How long we must wait to gain our freedom again?
Fanny Heras
After a hundred years the covid2019 pandemic has arrived and no one was prepared for this, but unlike the other pandemics, thank God we have the internet to entertain ourselves and be able to withstand the confinement. we have lost friends, family members but we have faith that science can buy the vaccine for this disease and hoping that soon we will return to our daily lives and only remember it as a terrible nightmare in our stage of life.
Saw Myat Win
In quarantine stay at home period after 15 days, I was happy to stay at home with my children and family even though I was worried about our health. But one day, I could not sleep until 3 am. Then I was thinking that I should be happy because all of my family are still healthy and well. I think I should try to live to be happy. I noticed that I have a new interest in cooking and eating. I have learned how to cook my favorite traditional dishes and Korean food. I cooked almost everyday in that period. So as a result I have gained 10 lbs. Then I tried to do exercise at least 10 minutes per day, 5 days a week. I played with my son and helped with his homework. I made snacks with my daughter. I tried to not think about the Covid 19 virus. Overall what I am thinking is we are lucky to be alive and healthy. We will have to hang in there until we get the vaccine.
Angela Arias
Coronavirus is a mortal virus that started in China. That country had very difficult times. Then it went to Europe and they were also very affected. It came to America in mid-February and it was terrible. Many people were very scared. People were very nervous. Many families and friends were affected and lost family. Many health workers died and they were saving lives. The global economy was affected. It was so affected that many businesses had to close. People could not go to work and some people had to work from home using the internet. Schools closed and students had to take classes on the internet. There were no medications or vaccines and scientists tried to invent medications and vaccines. They are making them now and I hope they can have medications soon because we do not want to lose more lives. Scientists think that in the early months of 2021, we will have vaccines. Right now, the virus is coming back and cases are going up again. Many countries are going through this again, cases are going up again after they had gone down. Schools were opened but they had to close them again. My family was affected by Coronavirus. We had twelve relatives with coronavirus in the Dominican Republic but they are better now. Everyone is staying home and only going outside for necessary things. I am happy because my family is healthy and I am staying home in quarantine to protect myself and others.
Katherine Familia
My name is Katherine F, I'm a mom that has two daughters. This quarantine has made me very tired because my oldest daughter is taking remote classes and I need to be next to her all the time. On the other hand my younger daughter needed my attention because she was only 6 months. Another issue was that I couldn't understand English enough to help her. I need to improve my English and a good friend told me about the program, Community Impact, so I saw a good opportunity, I think it is very important if you live in a country with different language and culture know about this culture, if you want to progres is very important that you envol in the culture, enroll in learning the language. I think the norteamericana culture is a interesting culture. I have learned the people are very respectful, hard workers and they have a sense of independence very developed.
Learning English will allow me to express myself and to overcome the language barrier. So I can talk to my friends, my children's teachers, and possibly find a job, for this I feel very excited to find this space and I appreciate this opportunity.
Learning English will allow me to express myself and to overcome the language barrier. So I can talk to my friends, my children's teachers, and possibly find a job, for this I feel very excited to find this space and I appreciate this opportunity.
Abbe Kottia
I think that COVI19 is a mysterious disease, because it puts all medicine to work hard, without concrete solutions.Medicine has given us some signs of COVI 19 which are as follows: -Fever or chills - cough - fatigue -muscle or body aches - headache - new loss of taste or smell -sore throat -congestion - runny nose - nausea or vomiting -diarrhea. On analysis, these symptoms are already known several diseases.
COVI19 has negative consequences on lifestyle. Also the economy in general has fallen. I especially manage my quarantine with income from unemployment benefit. In a positive way, it allowed me to rest more .To be more present with my children and continue to learn english online also by my self at home. While following the protective measures and observing the quarantine when the government request it out of necessity. It remains the same to be alive today is divine grace .
the medicine seems to find solutions COVI19, but disease persists. It puts the world in total confusion.
COVI19 has negative consequences on lifestyle. Also the economy in general has fallen. I especially manage my quarantine with income from unemployment benefit. In a positive way, it allowed me to rest more .To be more present with my children and continue to learn english online also by my self at home. While following the protective measures and observing the quarantine when the government request it out of necessity. It remains the same to be alive today is divine grace .
the medicine seems to find solutions COVI19, but disease persists. It puts the world in total confusion.
Kadiatou Barry
Whole year begins, I was so excited to restart a school, meet a new friends,I was just start the registration for spring 2 class, everything was perfect until the day I woke up I was feeling sick, I was think it not a big deal but every day it getting worse.
I called my doctor and explain her what going on, she told me to go to the urgence care about covid-19.
The worse thing was I was living alone, my husband was traveling and I just move in the new house and in the other city. I had no one to help me about meals and every place was closed. The april 1st my grandma pass away following a short illness, the april 4th my uncle pass away too following a heart attack, he couldn’t bear the death of his mother. I was very scared not to be a next I was on depressed I can’t sleep. My doctor recommended me to follow up a social worker who had helped me a lot to over came that.
I called my doctor and explain her what going on, she told me to go to the urgence care about covid-19.
The worse thing was I was living alone, my husband was traveling and I just move in the new house and in the other city. I had no one to help me about meals and every place was closed. The april 1st my grandma pass away following a short illness, the april 4th my uncle pass away too following a heart attack, he couldn’t bear the death of his mother. I was very scared not to be a next I was on depressed I can’t sleep. My doctor recommended me to follow up a social worker who had helped me a lot to over came that.