Online school is hard, but procrastination is worse
Hi, my name is Melody Nicole Batacan, and I am currently ending my junior year of high school.
Knowing that online working can be very difficult and stressful to some, people may not have the best results as they wish they could have in-person learning.
There were many times that I wish I could have given up and took a break from what has been going on. But even if I were to give up, time doesn’t stop with me. I have learned and made many mistakes without knowing that school work can build up, which causes procrastination. Procrastination is just another thing waiting to cause you more stress. By saying that time doesn’t wait for you explains why you should get ahead and start thinking further.
Melody Nicole Batacan, ‘Ele’ele
College students returning home face hardships
Due to COVID-19 guidelines and restrictions, returning college students find it difficult to return home without having to adhere to a mandatory quarantine.
The Hawai‘i Safe Travels requires trans-Pacific returning college students to take the COVID test 72 hours prior to their last flight home, and have a negative test result uploaded before their last connecting flight home.
If results are not uploaded by that time, these students are forced to quarantine in a resort bubble with high costs.
Many of these students are flying in from the Mideast and beyond, which requires 11+ hours total to get home.
Finding an approved testing center is difficult for students who do not commute, as well as getting the test in at the right time with the right time-zone difference.
Another complication they may face is a delay in flights when you have multiple stops, causing missing connecting flights and no where to stay. Flight delays also interfere with the timing of the COVID test taken based on your last flight connection.
In my opinion, any returning residents, especially returning college students, should at least be able to quarantine at home for the minimum 3 days, then test out of quarantine. This option leaves the returning residents with a place to stay and no additional high costs added on to their financial difficulties.
Isley Ulanday, Kalaheo
