Boredom, Spring/Summer 2020 The virus was spreading fast. School was online for the rest of the year. “I was very bored, and I did nothing but school,” said Dorcilia Valbrun, junior. This is the period when students started to realize the virus is more serious than they previously thought. Masks were required everywhere now and places were limited to a certain number of people.
Depression,Fall/Winter 2020-21 School has started up again, but it was different. Everything was online, which made it hard to pay attention and get help if a student was struggling in a subject. The only time anyone left the house was for groceries. “Not being able to see my friends and having to stay inside was the hardest,” said Joshua King, senior. Any other time was spent isolating to avoid spreading/catching Covid-19. Students were starting to get restless, itching for life to go back to normal.
Hope Spring/Fall 2021 Finally, stores are starting to open again and students are returning to school. Friends and family could go out again. Everything is returning to normal. During this period, students were hopeful that everything would go back to the way it was.
Acceptance Winter 2021 A new variant of Covid-19 is spreading, Omicron, at this point students are used to self-isolation and quarantining. According to the CDC website, America has the tools to fight the new variant with vaccines and medicine. Masks are now required in some, but not all, stores. This time students can only accept what has happened and hope it will not be as bad as last time.
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