WHAT NOW?

Tremendous disruption made its way around the globe with the COVID-19 pandemic. While hospitals run nonstop, businesses have to come to a slowdown and, at some point, even bankruptcy. But one colossal impact this situation has introduced is the one towards the education system.

Before the pandemic, people were used to mobility. Being free was the norm. We could all go anywhere we wanted without any restrictions. But now, everyone is forced to stay at home for the sake of health and limiting transmissions. Most people would hate the fact that these routines that were once usual and essential are now harmful and even illegal (especially during the heightened quarantine levels). But maybe that "silver lining" this pandemic introduces to the world is how people could fancy relaxation and concentration. Since we cannot leave our homes,  we might as well focus on studying (especially finishing senior high school).

New habits are also born out of this pandemic. Suffice it to say even time management has morphed into a new system. We now get to calculate each minute of the day from the moment we wake up until the time we turn in. So far, I could say that I am coping relatively well in this area. It is possible to feel relaxed and productive since finishing tasks and doing leisure activities are now in sight more than before. In this new normal of schooling,  classes are only up to 2:00 in the afternoon compared to the once 4:00. Travel time is now shorter, if not virtually nonexistent. More time is now available for us, consequently discouraging any form of procrastination. I then further realize that finishing tasks in advance is way better than letting the deadlines draw close. It gives us more space and time, and it also prevents us from producing half-baked results.

These are reflections that, I suppose, would still be relevant even after this pandemic. They  illustrate how life can become simple but still meaningful. They  give us a new perspective on how we perform our daily routines and duties. They teach us how to make the most out of this situation while staying at home. 

Given this, what we get is the virtue of being a PCCian who will stop at nothing to uphold integrity in excellence once more. This timeless call to becoming better people goes beyond studying hard and striving to learn, for this is the vigorous call on transcending complacency and moving towards competence. Challenges are never foreign to us humans, after all. It's only a matter of how to get around them. 

So what now? We continue to fight so that we wake up on a day when we have overcome the adversity, for real this time.