Students’ Mental Health During the Pandemic
Alana is a Baltimore City College High School senior. She has been with UE since elementary school. She aspires to be a translator and film director.
By Alana Swinton T alking about the pandemic is redundant, but I’m sure the isolation has been as hard on you as on everyone else! Isolation has been a key factor to everyone’s mental health, but more so with students. Students who participate in virtual learning are often found to have higher stress.
I used to always go out and have sleepovers; we barely do tha t now. We only call each other. Many of my friends have told me that they do not normally leave the house unless it is for food. It's even harder to get up for knowledge! I BelongMagazine.com, 2023. All rights reserved. Published by UniFIED Efforts, Inc.,® Baltimore, MD, https://unifiedefforts.org Page 30
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