Tufts is still a Match for me
Roughly three years, nine months, and seventeen days ago, I sat in my AP Calculus class, sitting unusually still while I clicked the refresh button…
As a computer science major, sometimes part of my learning is pondering technology and our reliance on it. Like an astronomer gazing at the stars to find the meaning of life, I stare at my computer screen to create functionality out of 1s and 0s. And now we have run into a world headfirst that we expected to arise in the next hundred years… the virtual world. Our society is now reliant on technology due to the coronavirus pandemic and a new style of learning and working.
What were schedules filled with runs to Eaton and Tisch are now rushing to open up our laptops, call-ins, and zoom links. In this new environment, as academics, we must re-learn learning. For me, the process started during the summer internship that I was lucky to have still. The reality was that I now had to be a successful intern and build relationships virtually rather than organically. But that thought process is the problem when trying to make the virtual transition. I was looking at the lack of physical interaction as a hindrance rather than a new way of communicating.
Some people call this change a new normal. I like to refer to it as a hybrid life. The truth is we spend so much of our time communicating virtually already. Now the change is that virtual communication is not optional but somewhat necessary. As a computer scientist, I ask myself, “well, wasn’t this where we were heading anyways?” While a more natural shift was on its way, the global pandemic's unprecedented nature has forced us to become pictures on a screen.
So I wanted to create a quick guide to how I set up my days around virtual studying:
These are my tips. If you’d like to do them too, go ahead!
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