Pandemic Projects
Life is often so busy that it’s hard to find the time and motivation to tackle important side projects, everything from creative pursuits to organizational tasks. With the global pandemic putting the whole world on pause, have you become more productive with your free time? If so, what types of projects or hobbies are you…
What Does the End of the Pandemic Emergency Mean to You?
On May 5, the World Health Organization declared the end of the Covid-19 global health emergency. A week later, on March 11, the coronavirus public health emergency in the United States expired.The New York Times writes:On Thursday, three years and 100 days after the Trump administration declared the coronavirus a public health emergency, the Biden…
Coronavirus Quarantine May Ignite an Online Education Boom
The coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, has been deemed a public health emergency and has been provoking fear for those looking to fulfill their educational dreams. This virus has emerged from China and has now been found starting to spread within the United States. This outbreak has come with many economic and social complications that…
Test-Taking in a Pandemic
Students in U.S. high schools can get free digital access to The New York Times until Sept. 2021.The SAT is taken by some two million high school students every year as part of the college application maze. But this year, just finding the opportunity to sit for the three-plus-hour exam, with its math and verbal…
It Took a Global Pandemic to Stop School Shootings
In March of 2020, when we received notice that we would be subjected to the chaos of a hastily put together online class due to the pandemic, I felt a small core of relief amid the roaring vortex of confusion and negativity inside of me. While I lamented the loss of prom, sports and social…
Film Club: ‘What the Pandemic Can Teach Us About Endings’
Do you think we will ever feel like the pandemic is really over? Or, do we need to rethink our need for Hollywood endings?
How Did the Covid-19 Pandemic Affect You, Your Family and Your Community?
It has been four years since the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 a global pandemic on March 11, 2020. The New York Times writes of the anniversary:Four years ago today, society began to shut down.Shortly after noon Eastern on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared Covid — or “the coronavirus,” then the more…
