Many students are also grappling with guilt at being disappointed with what’s happening while knowing that they’re in a far more fortunate place than others.
Gillian Wanosky, a junior at West Virginia University, is trying to figure out how to continue her dance major, and her dance team’s trip to nationals has been canceled. “I have a feeling graduation’s going to get canceled and that’s like really crushing, especially for my family. … Like my grandfather helped me pay for this degree, and he’s not going to get to see me graduate from Columbia, which would’ve been amazing.”Colleges and universities nationwide, including at New York's Columbia University, have largely shut down and are conducting classes online.
I’d still be working as a nurse, still getting paid pretty cheaply, and I have tons of student loans I need to start paying back.” “One thing that we’re really worried about is our job search. We are all leaving with soul-crushing amounts of student loans and we were kind of, well like, you know, fingers-crossed, hoping to have a job when you graduate. But if that didn’t happen, sometime in the summer we were expecting [to find one] ― and now it seems like the economy is tanking.”
“I think the hardest part about this is a lot of classes can’t transfer into an online format easily. One of my classes this semester is a science with a lab and my professor is racking her brain trying to figure how to do this lab component online. And although most of the professors at my university have done online, there are still several who haven’t. So it’s going to be interesting to see how those students still get quality education from those who have never taught online.
“It’s both disappointing and understandable because we want to prioritize the health of the people around us and our patients. And objectively speaking, we do present an increase in potential exposure to our patients if we stay. … So the risk is high here, and I understand the decision. N’Kengé Robertson graduated from Michigan State University last year with an education degree, but she’s still at the school for her final internship year. She works at a school where many students get free and reduced lunch and depend on the school as a safe space. She said she’s worried for people ― whether in college or in grade school ― who will be losing that place while institutions are shut down.
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