{"id":55625,"date":"2020-04-20T12:57:39","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T18:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/?p=55625"},"modified":"2021-02-07T16:52:28","modified_gmt":"2021-02-07T23:52:28","slug":"international-students-make-the-most-of-self-isolation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/2020\/04\/20\/international-students-make-the-most-of-self-isolation\/","title":{"rendered":"International students make the most of self-isolation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Let’s Eat!:<\/strong> Kawya Sood, left, Mandeep Saini, middle, and Ankush Sharma, right, eat the meal they made together in their shared house in Calgary on April 4. Self-isolation has given the three roommates the opportunity to get to know each other. (Photo by Balwinderjit Kaur\/The Press)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

W<\/span>ith university classes across Canada moving online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, some international students have remained in Canada and are trying to make the most of the situation.<\/p>\n

K<\/span>awya Sood, an international student at the University of Calgary<\/a>, lives with her two roommates\u00a0in a shared house in Calgary.<\/p>\n

Sood has been enjoying her time in self-isolation so far.<\/p>\n

“It is helpful for us to be safe, and I am learning new things,” said Sood. “I do academics, so I am not a home person, but I am becoming a home person by learning cooking from a girl. She is teaching me [about] cooking.”<\/p>\n

Sood says switching to online classes was difficult for her in the beginning because she has never taken online classes before. Now that she has adjusted to the change, she is enjoying her online classes.<\/p>\n

Ankush Sharma, a Business Administration student at Bow Valley College<\/a>, says self-isolation is important.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is [a] very easy way to save our [life] and thousands of others\u2019 lives from COVID-19,\u201d said Sharma.<\/p>\n

Sharma says due to everyone’s busy schedules he has not met his roommates before now, but self-isolation has allowed him to get to know the other students he lives with.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are making our food together, having it together and these [are] things we were missing from [a] long time, as we used to do these back home in India,\u201d said Sharma.<\/p>\n

Sharma says people who are living and spending time with their families right now are very lucky, and encourages people to stay home.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are living here on rents without our families and we always try to see our family in our friends and we are enjoying this time with them,\u201d said Sharma.<\/p>\n

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Friends and Food:<\/strong> Mandeep Saini, top, Ankush Sharma, centre, and Kawya Sood, bottom, cook a meal together in their shared house in Calgary on April 4. Living together in isolation has encouraged them to do more activities together. (Photo by Balwinderjit Kaur\/The Press)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With university classes across Canada moving online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, some international students have remained in Canada and are trying to make the most of the situation.
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