By: Andrea Ortiz
The rapid and unplanned change to teaching and learning in the online format brought by COVID-19 has impacted many people. This study focuses on the impact of the pandemic on teens and adults' well-being, which has been found to be as important to students' lifelong success as their academic achievement.
For example, Danny Hernandez is a life teen and edge leader at St. Thomas the apostle church. He works with young adults helping them grow their faith and learn more about their religion. During the pandemic, many teens suffered from depression and not being able to talk to someone they were comfortable with as well with having no faith or just having a troubled relationship with God. "I was constantly praying for them because many people went through depression and hard times that they didn’t have a place to feel comfortable in”. Danny said. Life Teen leads teenagers and their families into a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ and His Church as well with helping teens with their mental health. When the pandemic hit life teens went online instead of face to face. “In the beginning of the year there were many teens who were in the classes and on zoom but then out of nowhere the people attending dropped. At first, we only had virtual classes, so the classes were through zoom but then once we got the clear we did give teens the choice of staying virtual or having classes in church, but they had to always wear mask”. Many things changed due to COVID-19 Danny even stated, “It was difficult to stable relationships with other teens since we did go virtual many would not really be involved in what we were doing others would have their cameras turned off or just not participate or answer any questions. Back then I was used to talking to a lot to teens and catching up on their personal lives, and with the whole outbreak the situation really changed because I did not get to see them or talk to them just one-on-one.
Changing their work and school environments and mental health as well with many other things. Student well-being has been linked to their engagement and performance in curricular, co-curricular, and extracurricular activities, intrinsic motivation, satisfaction, meaning making, and mental health.
Michael Cisneros is a senior at Hillgrove high school. As a student during the COVID-19 pandemic, Michael had spent a lot of time finding his new flow. He was the type of student who lived by the saying “The early bird gets the worm." His routine consisted of being on time at school and staying after for football practice. When the outbreak of the pandemic started, he was a rising 10th grader. “At first it was difficult because it was a huge change from learning at school and asking questions to going online and having to email my teachers. “I did not receive any individual learning from my teachers, the only way I heard from them was when we were in class and when they would send us updates on remind”. Many students struggled because of their teachers not really paying much attention because they were also not used to going online and not knowing how to involve everyone with this whole situation going on. However, Michael kept aiming for success and kept his grades in excellent condition matter of fact he said his grades have never been as amazing as they were during that time. Many students struggled with balancing their new routines to their old ones, but Michael kept his balance even though he would get more sleep he kept his grades in good condition and remain active. For other families when COVID hit they still had to go out and work and their children had to stay at home and do school and for Jennifer her experience was something like this. Change for her was very overwhelming because, “The change made my routine different than I was used to. I would have to wake up and make sure my siblings were in their classes and hop on mine and I had to make sure my siblings were fed and that they did their classwork that they needed to”.
For many students when the option of staying virtual or go back to face-to-face Jennifer was one of those students who preferred going back to school because she felt more confident in learning with the teacher instead of learning by herself through a computer.
In conclusion, this study focuses on the impact of the pandemic on teens and adults' wellbeing, which has been found to be as important to students' lifelong success as their academic achievement. for many people, their perspective from quarantine was quite different from others but what all can agree is that it has been a roller coaster with trying to get back into their routine get back with a slight change in their lives.
The rapid and unplanned change to teaching and learning in the online format brought by COVID-19 has impacted many people. This study focuses on the impact of the pandemic on teens and adults' well-being, which has been found to be as important to students' lifelong success as their academic achievement.
For example, Danny Hernandez is a life teen and edge leader at St. Thomas the apostle church. He works with young adults helping them grow their faith and learn more about their religion. During the pandemic, many teens suffered from depression and not being able to talk to someone they were comfortable with as well with having no faith or just having a troubled relationship with God. "I was constantly praying for them because many people went through depression and hard times that they didn’t have a place to feel comfortable in”. Danny said. Life Teen leads teenagers and their families into a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ and His Church as well with helping teens with their mental health. When the pandemic hit life teens went online instead of face to face. “In the beginning of the year there were many teens who were in the classes and on zoom but then out of nowhere the people attending dropped. At first, we only had virtual classes, so the classes were through zoom but then once we got the clear we did give teens the choice of staying virtual or having classes in church, but they had to always wear mask”. Many things changed due to COVID-19 Danny even stated, “It was difficult to stable relationships with other teens since we did go virtual many would not really be involved in what we were doing others would have their cameras turned off or just not participate or answer any questions. Back then I was used to talking to a lot to teens and catching up on their personal lives, and with the whole outbreak the situation really changed because I did not get to see them or talk to them just one-on-one.
Changing their work and school environments and mental health as well with many other things. Student well-being has been linked to their engagement and performance in curricular, co-curricular, and extracurricular activities, intrinsic motivation, satisfaction, meaning making, and mental health.
Michael Cisneros is a senior at Hillgrove high school. As a student during the COVID-19 pandemic, Michael had spent a lot of time finding his new flow. He was the type of student who lived by the saying “The early bird gets the worm." His routine consisted of being on time at school and staying after for football practice. When the outbreak of the pandemic started, he was a rising 10th grader. “At first it was difficult because it was a huge change from learning at school and asking questions to going online and having to email my teachers. “I did not receive any individual learning from my teachers, the only way I heard from them was when we were in class and when they would send us updates on remind”. Many students struggled because of their teachers not really paying much attention because they were also not used to going online and not knowing how to involve everyone with this whole situation going on. However, Michael kept aiming for success and kept his grades in excellent condition matter of fact he said his grades have never been as amazing as they were during that time. Many students struggled with balancing their new routines to their old ones, but Michael kept his balance even though he would get more sleep he kept his grades in good condition and remain active. For other families when COVID hit they still had to go out and work and their children had to stay at home and do school and for Jennifer her experience was something like this. Change for her was very overwhelming because, “The change made my routine different than I was used to. I would have to wake up and make sure my siblings were in their classes and hop on mine and I had to make sure my siblings were fed and that they did their classwork that they needed to”.
For many students when the option of staying virtual or go back to face-to-face Jennifer was one of those students who preferred going back to school because she felt more confident in learning with the teacher instead of learning by herself through a computer.
In conclusion, this study focuses on the impact of the pandemic on teens and adults' wellbeing, which has been found to be as important to students' lifelong success as their academic achievement. for many people, their perspective from quarantine was quite different from others but what all can agree is that it has been a roller coaster with trying to get back into their routine get back with a slight change in their lives.
