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The Cascade Reading time: 7 mins As tough as the COVID-19 pandemic was for everyone, its effects were felt stronger for some more than others. The entire world was impacted in ways that no one saw coming and through talking with other UFV students, I learned that everyone handled their lockdown differently. I focused on their experiences and how distinct those experiences were from mine, despite being in a very similar situation. My personal experience was a bittersweet one. At the end of March 2020, we got the news that universities were being rapidly shut down. I really thought it would be a temporary shut down and things would be back to normal in no time. I thought I would have a nice summer and a break to go visit my family and friends in India, and in the fall I would come back and attend classes at UFV again. But that was far from what really happened. ....