Looking back on this semester, and specifically this class, I’ve learned to never take things for granted. I didn’t realize how lucky I was until I was suddenly ripped from normal life and isolated from everyone I knew. It seemed like everything was crumbling around me. I no longer had a source of income and…
Tag: Spring Break 2020
Embracing the Sad of No Trinidad
I learned a lot throughout my semester in this Global Service Learning class. First and foremost, I have gained an understanding about expectations versus reality. As March began, I was frantically preparing my supplies for my trip to Trinidad and buying sunscreen and bug wipes on Amazon. Just a couple days later, I was lying…
How My Life Got Twist Turned Upside Down..
Four days till spring break and that meant four days until I would finally be arriving in Germany, or so I thought. COVID-19 was spreading rapidly across the world. What had started as a pandemic that was believed to never reach our borders, was now the reasoning behind our trip being cancelled. At first it…
Adapting to Change, from Work to Emotions
Approximately three weeks ago, all of the students in our Global Service Learning class were informed that our trip to Bolivia would be canceled due to the Coronavirus outbreak. A week later, we were informed by the University of Pittsburgh that the remainder of the semester would be conducted online. Within a few days, I…
Continuing our work in a time full of uncertainty.
With the current state of COVID-19, it is clear that the University made the correct choice by not having us travel to Cochabamba, Bolivia over Spring break this year. When the news first broke, we were all devastated because we had been working all semester for our clients, Amizade and CEOLI, and we were finally…
The Impacts of COVID-19
Well that was certainly an interesting couple of weeks. After reading my last blog you learned all about the things that I hoped to gain and accomplish during our trip to Bolivia over spring break. Unfortunately, as you all know or expected, we were unable to travel to Bolivia due to the worldwide pandemic of…
Ramifications
Upon learning of spring break program cancelations, I was disappointed and surprised. The closest-reaching impact of the coronavirus to my life at that point was the shutdown of my roommate’s semester in Florence. This made sense to me due to the widespread outbreak Italy was facing. In the case of GSL Puerto Rico’s cancelation, I…
How a Global Pandemic Affected my Studying Abroad
“Pivot!” This is a motto that the professors for this class use a lot. It means to always be on your toes expecting some complications while working through your project and being resilient and solving the issue in order to still execute what you promised you would. I always heard them say it, but I…
From International Traveler to Online Learner
In my last blog post, I was eagerly awaiting our trip to Puerto Rico, but unfortunately, since then, a lot has changed: The coronavirus has become a widespread pandemic shutting down operations worldwide. When I first found out that we would not be traveling to Puerto Rico, I was obviously upset and my group was…
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