YEAR 12 STUDENTS
MEMBER STORIES
2020: The year we hit rock bottom, and it hit us back When I pictured my final year of high school I didn’t really picture this, I don’t think many of us did. And when they told us 'these are the best years of your lives', and when they said 'make the most of it', I don’t think they imagined this. I don’t know many people that would have; it's a twisted sort of premonition if you did. Instead of dances and sports games, debating and discussions, instead of chatting in class, and getting takeaway after events, instead of all that, I sat at home. I made the most of Zoom calls, daily emails and group chats. I think I’ve seen more of my video camera than I have my own school. I have to say, when I pictured my last year of high school, I did not picture it at my desk, in my bedroom, alone. Call me crazy but I was a bit more optimistic than that. We are missing too much already. Things I thought were guarantees, things I took for granted. My formal dress, bought in great anticipation, hung up in the hope that we would eventually be able to have that promised gala evening, is starting to look a little limp.
Megan Grove Year 12 student MacRobertson Girls High School Melbourne
Then, this. Apparently the Government will pay less per student and I will pay more. And because I am a humanities student, a lot more. And if I hadn’t pictured quarantine, I don’t know how I would have even comprehended this. I didn’t have time to duck this one.
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AUGUST 2020
