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Talk about how the events of recent months have affected either your work or your ability to work.

<strong> I was a remote student at my college last semester</strong>. One of the mandatory classes that all freshman have to take at my college is the Scribner Seminar. I signed up for one that was labeled as hybrid, thinking that there would be half of the students online and half of the students in person. I was the only online student in the class. <strong> Two times a week my professor would set her laptop on top of a lazy susan and I would log onto zoom</strong>. I would watch as my classmates entered the room, wiping down the chairs and getting situated for the class<strong>. Most days I was forgotten about,</strong> but<strong> when I was remembered, one of my peers would swivel the laptop around so that I could see whoever was speaking.</strong> <strong> Being online for college wasn't much of a change from finishing high school online. By then I had created a routine</strong> - run/walk three miles, make oatmeal, get ready for class, and finally attend class. I loved my routines, I was active, had time to make healthy meals, and I was exploring the town I grew up in as an adult (a much different experience then when you are little). <strong> This semester I am in person at my school. I am only close with four people</strong> on campus and I am<strong> going through the acclimation period every other freshman went though last fall.</strong> It is definitely different, however it is<strong> totally worth it whenever one of my classmates from the seminar</strong> go out of their way to<strong> say hi and seem genuinely happy to finally meet me in person.</strong>