I’m really looking forward to the week 6 and week 14 reading involving St. Louis history and COVID-19. I moved to the St. Louis area about a year ago and I’ve had a lot of fun learning more about local history such as the World’s Fair, Forest Park, and Cahokia Mounds. There’s so much history all over the city and I’m always excited to learn more about where I live now.
COVID-19 was a worldwide event and hearing about other people’s perspectives from different regions is always interesting. It affected everyone in unique ways from having to change our work culture, school culture and just everyday life. Some people had doomsday preparations with bunkers, others had financial backup plans to work from home and some were already self-sustainable with homegrown food and filtered water. It’ll be really interesting to explore how our personal culture might’ve been involved in these decisions through this class.