{"id":3917,"date":"2021-05-19T13:07:55","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T17:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/?p=3917"},"modified":"2021-05-21T08:07:55","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T12:07:55","slug":"this-summer-vacation-students-take-extra-classes-travel-and-everything-in-between","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/2021\/05\/this-summer-vacation-students-take-extra-classes-travel-and-everything-in-between\/","title":{"rendered":"This Summer Vacation Students Take Extra Classes, Travel and Everything in Between"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sanjida Tamim, a clinical psychology major at Hunter, planned to intern this summer with <\/span>Norwell Health<\/span><\/a> until March, when she missed an assignment deadline. She already wasn\u2019t doing her best and realized she would have to apply for Credit\/No Credit instead of getting a grade. Not getting credit for the class would mean she would have to take a summer course to stay on track with her current graduation plans.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI really didn\u2019t want to take a summer class this time around, because I always do. I kind of just wanted to do something different,\u201d said Tamim, as she explained how horribly she felt about having to spend the summer in school. \u201cNone of my friends are taking summer classes this time around,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

According to <\/span>CUNY<\/span><\/a>, c<\/span>olleges faced a 17% increase in summer enrollment from 2019 to 2020. There is a rise in people of all ages applying for the new summer term.<\/span><\/p>\n

While some students are taking advantage of online offerings, others at Hunter have different plans.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSummer classes are the furthest thing from my mind,\u201d said Syemum Shohid, an economics major at Hunter who planned on traveling to Bangladesh this summer. \u201cBut because of how cases are going in India right now, I know it\u2019s unlikely,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI haven\u2019t traveled in so long, now I feel safer doing so,\u201d said Shohid, who is fully vaccinated. \u201cBut it\u2019s not just about me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Shohid missed going to visit his grandparents last summer due to the pandemic. \u201cMy grandfather got COVID-19 and passed away and none of us could be there,\u201d he said. \u201cI am heartbroken about that, and I wanted to go this summer, see my grandmother, pay my respects, just everything.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Traveling and summer classes aren\u2019t the only things that students are doing this summer. \u201cI plan to get a second job,\u201d said Destiny Ramnath, a biology major at Hunter. \u201cI need to pay off the tuition money for this semester before I can even think about anything else,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe summer is supposed to be a time to relax. That’s what I associate summer with, but this year things are different for me,\u201d said Ramnath. She plans to move out of her parents home into her first apartment. \u201cThis is a big step for me,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ashleigh Hinds, a math major at Hunter, is also moving this summer, and will work full-time at a grocery store instead of her usual summer travels. \u201cI usually work part-time, but i\u2019ve picked up shifts all summer,\u201d she said. \u201cI need to save up as much as I can before I go back to school.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Hinds usually visits her father who lives in Florida during the summer, but decided that saving up was the more responsible decision. \u201cPlus, my dad tells me that barely anyone is wearing masks down there, and I honestly just don\u2019t like the sound of that,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Whether it\u2019s safety concerns, the inability to travel, or just plans to save, these students are still making the best of whatever situation they are in. \u201cI know I\u2019m getting a second job and all, but just being out of school feels like a vacation,\u201d said Ramnath.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Students speak on their summer plans and why things are different for them this time around.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[324],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-student-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3917"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3924,"href":"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3917\/revisions\/3924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}