By Sebastian Cauce | Student Submission
The coronavirus pandemic has affected millions of people across the globe, including college students. Schools and colleges have shifted classes online for the rest of the semester, graduation and other school activities have been cancelled and students’ academic plans have been affected. Many Tallahassee Community College students returned home, some students stayed in town, but all of them are doing their best to fulfill their academic requirements to finish out the semester despite the societal upheaval.
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oming into my freshman year of college, I was so excited to get away from Miami, the place where I grew up. My parents and I had been struggling to live together since I was in ninth grade.
I always felt like I was babied and my parents hovered over every action I made causing me to lash out and not want to be around them. I felt a lot of pressure to do everything perfectly and if it didn’t, I was punished accordingly.
Moving to Tallahassee allowed me to learn so much about myself and surround myself with people who raised me up and didn’t put me down. I consider these past two semesters to be the best year of my life.
Unfortunately, when Coronavirus arrived in the U.S and Spring Break began, I came home hoping that I would be able to return in a few weeks. When I received the TCC alert informing me that classes would be moved online for the rest of the semester, I became depressed knowing that I wouldn’t return to Tallahassee until August.
I now feel like I am back in high school. The only difference is now we are all required to stay in the house and tension is building.
Sebastian Cauce is a first-year TCC student from Miami.
This is Sebastian Cause for the Talon, Tallahassee Community College’s student newspaper.
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