In late April, a video of an American-Israeli settler attempting to remove residents of the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in Palestine’s West Bank went viral. The video, initially posted to Twitter, showed the settler walking into a Palestinian resident’s garden and verbally harassing them. After outrage sparked protests in Palestine’s Gaza Strip, Israeli Forces attacked Al-Aqsa Mosque and then began airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, followed by eleven incessant days of bombing Palestinians in Gaza.
Chicago is entering Phase 5, and with that comes an even riskier time for COVID-19. We’ve compiled a list of some fun, safe activities for this summer!
This final part of the series on the disadvantages of online education will focus on students’ different personal lives.
We’re Not All the Same
“Do you think that you are learning effectively with online learning?” I ask my cousin, Sophia.
“No!” she responds, almost too quickly. “It’s stupid… because you’re always so distracted by other stuff and you can’t focus on your schoolwork.”
“[Online learning] sucks and it’s stupid,” my cousin yells as she angrily bites down on her taco. “You don’t get to see your friends, you don’t get to actually chat, you don’t get to have any parties, you don’t get to have any school events, you don’t get to have any stupid clubs!”
Sitting beside her at a table, I laugh as she continues her tirade before asking, “How do you feel now that things have changed?”
She continues eating and pauses. “I still hate corona,” she finally responds. “They should find a cure.”
A new poem from Jumoke Taiwo for National Poetry Month!
