#CalDuringCOVID

Anonymous testimonials from UC Berkeley students about COVID-19 and returning to in-person instruction.

Account run by @ASUCAAVP

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We're back (because we're all still living through #CalDuringCOVID). We'll be posting anonymous student testimonials about difficulties learning and living during a pandemic. Share your concerns anonymously at https://t.co/hPnz077QM1 or with #CalDuringCOVID

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The Office of Academic Affairs wishes you the best of luck on your midterm season. Remember, grades don’t define you nor your experience at Berkeley.

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"I am very disappointed with how the midterm season has seen people being forced to come to campus irrespectively."
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"The fact that there is no online accommodation for exams is scary. People are forced to choose grades over their health and the health of others."
- Anonymous
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"This was never formally emailed to any students in the course OR students in the section by any faculty or staff. Now, where is the transparency between professors or GSI’s with their students? Nonexistent!"

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"Professors and GSIs need to communicate with all of their students regarding any potential threats to their health."
- Third Year, College of Letters and Science
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"Example: I showed up to my ECON100A discussion and my GSI laughingly said “Well I have bad news and good news. Good news is one of your classmates has tested positive for Covid-19 and I cannot say who. Bad news is your quiz is coming up.”"

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"I still can’t believe that as a public health class, that focuses on studying disease and infection, we are “199” students crammed into GPB 100… not to mention how the discussion sections are very closed off and uncomfortable."
- 4th Year, CNR
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Join us every Friday at 4PM for office hours and coffee chats with the ASUC Office of Academic Affairs. Visit https://t.co/jQAIhBjI4D to join online. In-person appointments available by request (email [email protected])

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"The university has given no guidance on what to do if you’ve been exposed to covid or need[s] to quarantine and it’s not fair that we have to skip out on our academics because faculty and admin [aren’t] taking the necessary action to actually protect us."

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"I shouldn’t have to risk my safety just to attend class. I would strongly prefer a remote learning option just so I can at least feel safe when I learn..."
- Third Year, Haas
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"Some of my professors wish to do classes online, but they say that the university will not let them change their mode of instruction from in-person to online. I feel like the university does not listen to student nor faculty concerns."
- Third Year, CoE
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[ASUC AAVP @ASUCAAVP]

As a student, you're entitled to academic accommodations if you have a disability or are absent from class due to illness. Learn more at https://t.co/4wONw5oRDA

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Tomorrow, ASUC elected officials will send an open letter to the Chancellor and other senior administrators urging the campus to implement more effective COVID-19 safety measures and academic accommodations. You can read and sign the letter at https://t.co/mLXP945TUc

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"There are also no back up plans in case we shut down again which is problematic considering not everyone has a space to do online classes."
-4th Year, College of Chemistry
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"There is a lack of transparency regarding if someone in class tests positive. All we have is the covid tracing map which tells us buildings infected but not the time the person was in there and it makes me uncomfortable..."

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"A remote option should be provided for students so they don’t have to choose between their health/family’s health and their education."
-4th Year, L&S
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"Students have been provided with zero recourse to attend school if they are high risk, live with family members who are high risk or don’t feel comfortable being crammed into small rooms full of people who attend frat parties..."

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"I think there is too little testing going on as well. I get tested every week and I wish everyone else doing in-person activities would get tested weekly as well. It doesn't feel very safe at all in-person."

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"My teachers have been extremely supportive and helpful to me after I was exposed to COVID. My frustration comes more from the university. It makes me uncomfortable to have 4 people in my 6 foot distance."
-4th Year, L&S
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"I don’t understand why the university isn’t mandating...that a random pool of students get tested every week. As we know people can be asymptomatic and still test positive for COVID. The only way for us to know if COVID is spreading is to require students to test."
4th Year, CoE