{"id":55817,"date":"2020-06-01T15:20:56","date_gmt":"2020-06-01T21:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/?p=55817"},"modified":"2020-06-01T15:20:56","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T21:20:56","slug":"students-concerned-about-the-return-to-post-secondary-this-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/2020\/06\/01\/students-concerned-about-the-return-to-post-secondary-this-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"Students concerned about the return to post-secondary this fall"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Study Buddies: <\/strong>Gabrielle Pyska and Kelsey Eng in Calgary on May 24. They have quarantined together because of COVID-19. (Photo by KaleyRamage\/The Press)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

W<\/span>ith unemployment at a worldwide high, students are feeling the uncertainty hitting hard for finding a job after graduation.<\/p>\n

Y<\/span>ounger generations have already felt the burn from the broken economy for a while, and now the anxiety of building a life after a global pandemic is another stress added on.<\/p>\n

Originally from Lethbridge, Kelsey Eng<\/a> and Gabrielle Pyska<\/a> are two roommates who have been in quarantine together since the pandemic started. They are in school to become journalists and also share a passion for social issues.<\/p>\n

Eng attends SAIT and is going into her second year starting in September. Eng worries about her future in the program as the sudden home schooling was a surprise.<\/p>\n

Practicum is also a big part of the program that many look forward to, but this year\u2019s gradates may have a different experience.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just not the same,\u201d said Eng. \u201cDoing an online practicum will be the same as doing an online class.\u201d<\/p>\n

SAIT has yet to update returning students on the status of their classes, but Eng is hoping it will be in person, though that doesn\u2019t seem likely.<\/p>\n

Pyska attends Mount Royal University and is a writer for the Calgary Journal.\u00a0 She is set to graduate and soon to complete an internship online.<\/p>\n

\u201cMount Royal sent an e-mail to us saying they\u2019re having their fall semester online,\u201d said Pyska. \u201cI\u2019m supposed to do my co-op for my internship this fall semester and I don\u2019t know how you can really do that online.\u201d<\/p>\n

One of the biggest fears students have for coming into the September semester is their grades dropping due to not being able to focus at home.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m scared my grade will drop significantly being at home,\u201d said Pyska. \u201cVersus going to school, seeing my friends, and being hands on with my learning.\u201d<\/p>\n

Journalism can be a hard industry to find work in. Pyska and Eng know that once the pandemic passes it will be even more of a struggle to find a job.<\/p>\n

I am someone who is very hands on, I don’t like the thought of going back online. – Gabrielle Pyska<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Both women are nervous, but still excited to go back to school, come September, even with the uncertainty. The stress about their future is still high, but making the best of the situation at hand is what they plan to do for now.<\/p>\n

Even though both are finding it hard to maintain the grades and experience they wanted out of post-secondary, they vow to remain optimistic about the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

COVID-19 has put a halt on every aspect of everyday life, and for those completing a degree during a pandemic, the stress of the future can be weighing. [ READ MORE ]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":607,"featured_media":55818,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_ef_editorial_meta_text_assignment-slug":"S1 Online classes for the fall semester","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1532,516],"class_list":{"0":"post-55817","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-campus-2","8":"tag-covid-19","9":"tag-school"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/607"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55817"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55817\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55931,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55817\/revisions\/55931"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}